Tag: Syria
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A long-shuttered Iraq-Syria border crossing reopens for the first time in more than a decade
A key border crossing between Iraq and Syria reopened this week for the first time in more than a decade, with officials highlighting its potential for ... -
Hundreds mourn in Homs after deadly mosque bombing
Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday in the rain and cold outside of a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs for the funeral of eight people ... -
Al-Sharaa to become the first Syrian president to visit the White House after an unlikely rise
Two decades ago, Ahmad al-Sharaa was held in a U.S.-run detention center in Iraq after joining al-Qaida militants fighting against American forces there. Few would have predicted that he would go on ... -
Syria announces ceasefire after sectarian violence
Syria ‘S defence minister announced a ceasefire shortly after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province yesterday. The announcement came a day after sectarian clashes ... -
A church bombing leads Syria’s Christians to consider leaving
The day after last month’s deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria’s capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling ... -
Remains of 30 people believed killed by IS militants found
The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a ... -
Two days of clashes and revenge killings in leave more than 1,000 people dead
The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen ... -
Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad
Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Then it was Zahra’s ... -
Rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. ... -
Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets
Bashar Barhoum woke in his dungeon prison cell in Damascus at dawn Sunday, thinking it would be the last day of his life. The 63-year-old writer ... -
Collapse of Syria’s Assad is a blow to Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’
For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” supporting militant groups and proxies around the region is ... -
US releases video of Russian fighter jets harassing American drones over Syria
Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria yesterday (Macau time), setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take ... -
Syrian president heads to Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing country’s return to Arab fold
Syrian President Bashar Assad headed to Saudi Arabia yesterday to attend a regional summit, his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in ... -
Survivors of Turkey, Syria quake struggle to stay warm, fed
Thousands who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the ... -
Turkey, Syria quake deaths pass 9,500; deadliest in decade
Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic ... -
US strike on Syria is widely hailed, but angers Russia
BEIRUT (AP) — World leaders rallied around the United States after it launched a missile strike early today (Friday) on a Syrian air base in response ... -
World Cup 2018 | Syria to make Macau its ‘home’ for qualifiers in China group
Syrian National Football team will play all of their “home” matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Macau, as proposed by Macau Football Association ... -
Syria to make Macau its ‘home’ for 2018 WC qualifiers in China group
Syria’s National Football team will be playing all of their “home” matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Macau, as proposed by the Macau ... -
ISLAMIC STATE OFFENSIVE | Turkish troops head to Syria border as options weighed
Turkey sent busloads of troops to its border with Syria and considered military options as an Islamic State onslaught against Syrian Kurds drew Turkey deeper into ... -
US, Arab allies hit IS strongholds in Syria, Iraq
Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes hit Islamic State group military strongholds in Syria and Iraq, and a simultaneous U.S. strike targeted an al-Qaida cell said to be plotting ...
