September 2019

The heads of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross joined Wednesday to appeal for a halt to bombings of the cities of Idlib in Syria and Tripoli in Libya. Both are "enduring untold suffering and destruction…

Israel is suspected of having carried out strikes on a base and ammunition facility operated by pro-Iranian fighters in eastern Syria. Unidentified unmanned aircraft attacked posts belonging to the Iraq-based Popular Mobilization Forces…

Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree Sunday granting amnesty and reducing sentences for all crimes committed before Sept. 14, state news agency SANA said. Similar amnesties have been issued on several occasions — most recently…

Until 2013, Mohammed Abdullah, a Syrian citizen, was working as a small goods trader, moving between his home in Kobani and Raqqah, another Syrian city on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River. With hundreds of militias blocking the way…

The heads of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross joined Wednesday to appeal for a halt to bombings of the cities of Idlib in Syria and Tripoli in Libya. Both are “enduring untold suffering and destruction…

The number of Iran-backed militants killed by a suspected Israeli airstrikes in eastern Syria has reached 17, local activists said Wednesday.  Tuesday’s overnight strikes targeted, “three positions of the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards and…

Germany, Kuwait and Belgium have demanded that the UN Security Council vote on a resolution for all groups to "immediately cease hostilities" in Syria's Idlib province, diplomats said Wednesday. The text of the draft, obtained by AFP,…

Germany, Kuwait and Belgium have demanded that the UN Security Council vote on a resolution for all groups to “immediately cease hostilities” in Syria’s Idlib province, diplomats said Wednesday. The text of the draft, obtained by AFP,…

Germany, Kuwait and Belgium have demanded that the UN Security Council vote on a resolution for all groups to "immediately cease hostilities" in Syria's Idlib province, diplomats said Wednesday. The text of the draft, obtained by AFP,…

Germany, Kuwait and Belgium have demanded that the UN Security Council vote on a resolution for all groups to "immediately cease hostilities" in Syria's Idlib province, diplomats said Wednesday. The text of the draft, obtained by AFP,…