15/11/2015

The attacks in Paris have already prompted calls for Western countries to reconsider accepting refugees from Iraq and Syria. But Syrian-American political researcher Nader Atassi argues that backlash will only make it easier for ISIS to…

President Obama’s plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees is under fire after Friday’s terrorist attack in Paris, with one GOP presidential candidate saying the U.S. should halt its plans as long as it’s not able to assure Americans it…

Deir Ezzor Province: The regime forces shelled places in the two towns of Hatla and al- Mre’iyyah in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Reliable sources informed SOHR the IS had surveyed the money transfer offices in the…

Cameron and Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Brisbane last year. The UK and Russia are at odds over Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: David Gray/ReutersDavid Cameron is to hold his first bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin at the G20…

Several issues including the civil war in Syria and its consequences for Turkey, the Middle-East and Europe are set to feature highly at the G20 summit in the Turkish coastal city of Antalya. The search for a diplomatic…

Australia is set to play a role in better coordination of the fight against Islamic State in Syria as Malcolm Turnbull attends talks with the Russian and United States leaders in Turkey. The G20 summit will get under way in the…

Daraa Province: Violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces and allied militiamen against the rebel and Islamist factions in the town of al- Sheikh Meskin, accompanied by intense shelling on the town by the regime forces.…

He gave remarks after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan President Obama called the violence in Paris, as well as the recent bombingin Ankara, Turkey, attacks “on the civilized world,” reaffirming that the U.S. stands…

An official adjusts a Turkish flag before the G20 summit in Antalya, which has taken on new urgency after attacks in Paris pushed the fight against Islamic State militants to the top of the agenda. Photograph: Murad Sezer/ReutersWorld…

Turnbull told reporters in Antalya it would be desirable to source peacekeepers from Syria’s neighbours first because they would be more likely to find “greater acceptance” from the local population in the event peace was…