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Israeli strike kills 7 in Syria’s Dara’a
At least seven people have been killed and several others injured when Israeli military forces launched an attack against a residential neighborhood in Syrias southwestern province of Daraa, in the latest act of aggression against the Arab nation since the downfall of president Bashar al-Assads...
Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills 16
A massive explosion believed to have been triggered by a scrap dealer handling an old bomb killed at least 16 people in Syria, civil defence officials said Sunday (March 16). The blast on Saturday in the Mediterranean city of Latakia demolished a four-storey building, ripping down slabs of...
Erdogan warns against sectarian conflict in Syria, emphasizes regional stability
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a stern warning against efforts to provoke sectarian conflict in Syria, emphasizing that Turkiye welcomes the moderate stance of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has pledged to punish those who break the law, amid increasing violence in the region, reads...
US condemns escalating violence in Syria, calls for accountability
On Sunday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement condemning the escalating violence and civilian deaths in Syria, particularly the recent attacks carried out by radical Islamist terrorists. Rubio expressed strong condemnation of the terrorists, including foreign jihadis, who have...
OIC restores Syrian membership
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has restored the members of Syrian Arab Republic, reports BSS. With the revised decision of OIC, Syria becomes a member of the organization after more than a decade. The decision of resumption of the Syrian membership was approved at the 20th...
Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians
Syrias interim president Ahmed Sharaa has called for national unity after days of clashes, where its been reported Syrian security forces have allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority, BBC reported. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) -...
Over 1,000 people killed in two days of clashes in Syria
More than 1,000 people, including 745 civilians, were killed in the two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters loyal to the former Assad regime and subsequent revenge killings, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said 745...
Syrian security forces, allies killed 311 Alawite civilians: monitor
A Syria war monitor reported on Saturday that the security forces and their allies have killed more than 300 Alawite civilians in recent days, reports AFP. The killings occurred as authorities clash with militants loyal to the former government of Bashar al-Assad. Restoring security has been...
UAE condemns attacks by armed groups on Syrian security forces
The UAE has strongly condemned attacks by armed groups on Syrian security forces, reaffirming its commitment to Syrias stability and sovereignty, reads a Khaleej Times post. More than 70 people were killed, and dozens more injured, during clashes between government security forces and militants...
Syria’s OIC membership restored after Turkiye-backed initiative
Syria has regained its membership in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) after more than a decade, following an initiative led by Türkiyes Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, sources confirmed Friday. Fidan attended an extraordinary session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Saudi...
Death toll crosses 70 in Syria clashes between security forces, Assad loyalists
More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday. More than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes on the Syrian coast...
48 killed in Syria conflict between government forces and Assad-supporters
Fierce fighting between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to deposed ruler Bashar Assad killed 48 people on Thursday, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes in the coastal town of Jableh and adjacent villages were the most violent attacks against the...
'Where's the gold?': How the Assads sucked Syria dry
From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city it bled dry. Many of the bases of the elite Fourth Division formerly run by toppled president Bashar al-Assads feared younger brother Maher now lie...
Lavrov in Qatar speaks out on new US talks, frozen Russian assets
Russia is waiting for Europeans to stop lying that Moscow is refusing to engage in talks on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference as he wrapped up his trip to Qatar. He also said the issue of frozen Russian assets will not disappear from the Ukraine settlement...
Israel strikes targets in southern Syria
Israeli warplanes have carried out multiple airstrikes on military targets across southern Syria, attacking areas outside the capital Damascus and the southern province of Deraa after a call by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for demilitarization of the region, Press TV reported....
EU suspends sanctions on key Syria economic sectors
The European Union on Monday eased sanctions on Syrias energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the countrys reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Syrias new leaders have been clamouring for the West to ease sanctions imposed on Assads regime during the civil war....
US-backed YPG continues to use child soldiers in Syria, expert says
The U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG, a faction of the PKK terrorist group, continues to recruit and use child soldiers, constituting a serious violation of international human rights law, a Turkish researcher has revealed. Kutluhan Görücü, a foreign policy researcher at the Turkish think-tank...
Syria arrests 3 linked to Tadamon massacre
Syrian authorities have arrested three men suspected of involvement in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, two years into the countrys 13-year civil war. Security forces, accompanied by dozens of police and security trucks, carried out the arrests in...
Saudi, IMF discuss recovery of conflict-affected economies
At the inaugural annual AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies, Saudi Arabias Ministry of Finance and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) co-hosted a high-level roundtable to address the recovery of conflict-affected economies in the Middle East, with a special focus on Syria. The session...
Erdogan welcomes EU decision to suspend Syria sanctions
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the European Unions decision to suspend sanctions on Syria, emphasizing the importance of fully lifting them in the future. In a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, he also underscored the need to maintain the cease-fire in Gaza, the...
Russian spy ship catches fire off Syria, drifts out of control
A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syrias coast on Jan. 23, temporarily drifting out of control with flames and thick black smoke rising from its smokestack, military officials said. A radio transmission intercepted by a NATO vessel captured a mans urgent instructions: Warship on your course. I am...
German opposition leader hopeful pledges stronger strategic ties with Turkiye
Germanys opposition leader and frontrunner for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for closer cooperation with Turkiye, highlighting its strategic importance amid major geopolitical shifts. Speaking ahead of Germanys early elections on Feb. 23, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader...
Syria car bomb explosion kills at least 15
A car explosion in northern Syria on Monday has killed at least 15 people, authorities said, reports DW. The blast took place on a main road on the outskirts of Syrias northern city Manbij, the civil defense said. Fourteen women and one man were killed, and fifteen other women were injured....
Aid freeze deepens crisis at Syria’s Al-Hol camp
Ahmad Abdullah Hammoud had to rely on stored food to sustain his family after a US-funded aid organization suddenly halted operations at the overcrowded al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, reports AP. The camp, home to 37,000 peoplemostly women and children with suspected links to the Islamic...
Syria’s interim president Sharaa embarks on 1st official visit to Saudi Arabia
Syrias interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa is heading to Saudi Arabia for his first international visit since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, according to his office. A photo shared on X by the presidency shows Sharaa and his foreign minister aboard a private jet, captioned: President Sharaa and...
Syrian resistance group vows ‘surprise’ strikes against Israeli forces
A new resistance group has emerged in Syria, pledging to stage surprise strikes against the Israeli forces occupying the country as well as the terrorist gangs of the countrys self-proclaimed president Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, Press TV reported. The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria (IRFS) passed...
Turkiye eliminates over 270 PKK/YPG terrorists in January
Turkiyes ongoing counterterrorism operations in northern Iraq and Syria have led to the elimination of 278 PKK terrorists so far in 2025, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced Thursday. According to ministry spokesperson Rear Adm. Zeki Aktürk, 57 terrorists were neutralized last week alone in...
Syria’s Sharaa: jihadist to interim head of state
In less than two months, Syrias Ahmed Al-Sharaa has risen from rebel leader to interim president, after his Islamist group led a lightning offensive that toppled Bashar Assad, reports Arab news. Sharaa was appointed Wednesday to lead Syria for an unspecified transitional period, and has been...