Two soldiers killed in rare northeast Syria coalition strike
The strike was carried out after a regime checkpoint refused passage to a US-led coalition patrol. (File/AFP)
The strike was confirmed by the state news agency SANA…
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August 2020
US helicopters attack Syrian army checkpoint, one soldier killed: State media
Two US helicopters on Monday attacked a Syrian army checkpoint in northeastern Syria near the Kurdish-held city of Qamishli, killing one soldier and injuring two others, state media said.The incident happened shortly after a US patrol…
Saudi strongman ‘encouraged’ Russia intervention in Syria, lawsuit claims
Former spy chief Saad Aljabri, who is in hiding in Canada, says Mohammed bin Salman flipped his country’s support for rebels on its head in 2015
Mohammed bin Salman, now Saudi Arabia’s crown…
Syrian presidency reveals conditions for direct talks with US
The Syrian presidential advisor, Buthaina Shaaban, said in statements to the Al-Mayadeen channel:
“It is not possible to give up our land and our country, and it is not possible to talk with the occupier until after his departure from…
The Pointless Cruelty of Trump’s New Syria Sanctions
Last December, U.S. President Donald Trump adopted extraordinarily tough and wide-ranging new sanctions against the Syrian government and its supporters. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials have been…
‘Justice delayed’: Hariri trial verdict to increase tension
Verdict in politicised trial on assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri will pile pressure on Hezbollah and allies.
Supporters of slain former Prime…
Heavily-armed Hezbollah is Lebanon’s most powerful group
Four suspects belonging to Lebanon’s armed Shi’ite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri. The verdict is due on Tuesday.…
Fears of new bloodbath in Idlib as Assad troops go on the offensive
A wedding convoy drives along a residential area in Idlib province as fears grew on Sunday of a new Syrian regime offensive in the militant-held region. (AFP)
Battle…
U.S. Involved in Syria Clash, Russia and Turkey Also Targeted as War Rages On
Trump Says It's Time U.S. Passes War On ISIS To Russia, Iran, Iraq And Syria, Focuses On Oil Instead
The United States was involved in a reportedly deadly clash in Syria Monday, where Russian and Turkish…
Putin, Erdogan discuss conflicts in Libya, Syria in phone call
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed the conflicts in Libya and Syria in a telephone call on Monday.
The Kremlin said that the two leaders, focused mainly on the…