25/12/2015

By Bradford Richardson  The Obama administration maintained secret communications with senior Syrian officials in an effort to overthrow embattled President Bashar al-Assad, The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday.…

China's foreign minister, Wang Yi has met his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem in Beijing today. Wang announced that China would provide more humanitarian aid for Syria and he praised its government for moving towards a resolution to end…

Daraa Province: The regime forces shelled places in the two cities of Inkhel and al- Sheikh Meskin, while unknown militiamen targeted by an IED a car belongs to Jabhat al- Nusra near a mosque in the town of Tal Shhab, information about…

Al- Raqqa Province: Warplanes believed US-led coalition carried several raids on the municipal stadium area in the city of al- Raqqa, no information about casualties.   Aleppo Province: The rebel and Islamist factions launched several…

Deir Ezzor Province: Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids on the two oilfields of al- Tank and al- Omar in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.   Violent clashes took place between the regime forces and IS…

Lattakia Province: The violent clashes between the regime forces, Hezbollah and allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationals against Jabhat al- Nusra the rebel and Islamist are still taking place in several areas in Jabal al-…

Government helicoptor was reportedly targeting rebels in Busra Sham, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its historic citadel, ruins and well-preserved Roman theatre The ancient roman theatre in Bosra (file…

A U.S.-backed coalition of rebels in Syria — including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups — captured several areas in the country’s north from the Islamic State extremists as government air raids on a rebel-held Damascus…

ISIS terrorists are using human shields and have booby-trapped entire houses in Ramadi in a bid to prevent the Iraqi army from retaking the strategically important town. An estimated 100 jihadis are surrounded by Iraqi troops who…

A boy wounded in an airstrike by Syrian government forces awaits treatment at a field hospital. Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty ImagesSyria’s regime said it was ready to take part in new talks in Geneva aimed at ending the war but…