14/06/2015

  Rif Dimashq Province: The regime forces shelled areas in Jrud al-Jarajir in al-Qalamoun , other shells landed over areas in Dahiyat al-Asad near Harasta city, no information about casualties. They also shelled areas in the Eastern…

Thousands of Syrian civilians, including hundreds of women and children, are still trapped on the Syrian- Turkish border in the province of al- Raqqa after they have displaced from their villages and towns due to the clashes…

The Daily Star   BEIRUT: Five suspected terrorists were arrested in Lebanese border towns over the weekend, in a bid to insulate the volatile area from the threat of Syrian jihadis. The Army said in a statement Sunday that…

Sweden has welcomed record numbers of Syrian refugees and a growing group of those fleeing war are taking fast-tracks to jobs, bucking unemployment trends.   Rami Sabbagh, an energetic 31-year-old financial analyst, fled the Syrian …

A breakthrough in the fight against the Islamic State militant group seizing Syria and Iraq is impossible without a ground operation, former US President George W. Bush said.   MOSCOW (Sputnik) —  History will show that al-Qaeda in …

By Sean Lyngaas  Basileus Zeno simply wants an answer. The Syrian academic has been waiting nearly two years to be interviewed by the Department of Homeland Security about his application for asylum, but no word has come. “They don’t…

AP About 2,000 migrants, who had been stranded for days in the Greek island of Lesbos, have arrived in the port of Piraeus, southwest of the capital Athens. The migrants, who crossed over to Lesbos from Turkey, were brought…

BY LUCY WESTCOTT Thomas van Linge’s colorful, detailed maps showing which parties control which parts of Iraq, Libya and Syria are a hit whenever he posts them on Twitter. They have been cited on news stories in the Huffington Post,…

Reuters   GENEVA: U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura plans to meet senior Syrian government officials in Damascus in his effort to find common ground among the parties with an interest in ending Syria's civil war, his office said…

Reef Dimashq province: 1 rebel was killed by clashes against regime forces in eastern Ghouta. clashes continue between the two sides in Tal Kurdi farms in the eastern Ghouta amid regime's bombardment on the area. Regime forces opened sniper…