June 2017

Syrian refugees in Turkey have started heading home to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the close of Ramadan, after the Turkish government granted them a temporary right to return. Turkey has taken in some 3 million Syrian refugees…

Pictures of a colourful Ramadan iftar dinner taking place amid the rubble in the Syrian town of Douma have been widely shared online as a symbol of resilience in the face of death and destruction. Photos and video of a heavily damaged…

Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat representing Virginia, said US strikes on Syrian forces are 'completely illegal' Kaine is demanding that Congress vote to authorize the administration to use force against Assad regime Pentagon claims…

The Trump administration stands accused by some commentators of having entered into an escalating military situation in eastern Syria without the benefit of an objectives-based strategy. The truth or falsity of the accusation can best be…

To hear the Pentagon tell it, the United States still has no intention of getting involved in Syria’s six-year civil war; the American presence there is solely to help its allies defeat the Islamic State. But a recent spate of…

U.S.-backed Syrian militias closed in on Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa on Wednesday, taking territory on the south bank of the Euphrates River with the aim of encircling the city, a militia spokesman told Reuters. The Syrian…

Regime air and artillery bombardments hit rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Daraa, on the border with Jordan, on Tuesday after a two-day ceasefire expired, witnesses and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Syrian…

Turkey bolstered its ground forces in northern Syria in a possible lead-up to renewed battles between the Turkish military and local Kurdish forces, a monitoring group and a Syrian opposition commander said Wednesday. According to the…

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have completed a siege on areas under the Islamic State (IS) in Syria's northern city of Raqqa, a well-informed source told Xinhua Thursday. The siege on Raqqa has been completed, amid…

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey has sent ground forces into the northern Syrian countryside near Aleppo in Syria, an act that could potentially lead to renewed battles between the Turkish forces and Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).…