These are external links and will open in a new window/ The Syrian regime is moving towards the Turkish border after Damascus reached a deal with Kurdish forces It has taken a week to reshape the map of the Syrian war, in the seven days since President Donald Trump used what he called his "great ...
In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 photo, Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters prepare their guns in Syria's northern region of Manbij. Syrian state media said Tuesday that government forces have entered the center of the once Kurdish-held northern town of Manbij and raised the national flag. (AP ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria and are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, the UN has said. Turkey launched a cross-border military operation against Kurdish-led forces in the ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as Syrian government forces enter town of Ain Issa Russia has said it will not allow clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces, as Turkey's military offensive in northern Syria ...
Russia announced on Tuesday that its forces have begun patrolling the area between Syrian and Turkish troops and allied militias positioned near the Turkey-Syria border. The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement saying its forces had established a presence in “the northwestern borders of ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as Syrian government forces enter town of Ain Issa The US has imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior government officials in response to the country's military ...
Syrian government forces say they arrived in Kurdish-held towns, including Tal Tamer, on Monday Syrian government forces have started to reach the north of the country, hours after the government agreed to help Kurdish forces facing Turkey. Syrian state media say government forces entered Ain ...
to pull troops from northern Syria, his critics immediately warned that the move would pave the way for a Turkish offensive with potentially catastrophic repercussions./ State Department officials swiftly denied that Trump supported the Turkish incursion. Meanwhile, Trump appeared convinced he ...
Dozens have been killed since the assault against Kurdish forces in Syria began on Wednesday The Kurds in Syria say the Syrian government has agreed to send its army to the northern border to try to halt Turkey's offensive against them. Syrian state media earlier reported that government forces ...
backed body has warned that more than half a million people across Gaza are facing "catastrophic" conditions characterised by "starvation, destitution and death"/ Residents of the Gaza Strip have described to the BBC the effects of severe hunger on their bodies, after a UN-backed report Reem ...
Gaza City and its surrounding area is now experiencing famine, a UN-backed body of food security experts has confirmed. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which is used by governments and international bodies to identify food insecurity and malnutrition levels around the ...
Israel's military says it has warned medical officials and international organisations to prepare for the planned evacuation of Gaza City's one million residents ahead of an offensive to occupy it. The officials were told that "adjustments" were being made to hospitals in southern Gaza to ...
The UK is among 27 countries backing a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access to Gaza. France, Germany, Australia, and Japan have also signed - an intergovernmental group which advocates for the rights and protection of journalists globally. The ...
Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected head of the Catholic Church in May. Archbishop Paul Sayah, deputy to Lebanon's highest-ranking Catholic leader, told the BBC the Vatican was "studying" the trip but that ...
The Israeli military says it has begun the "preliminary actions" of a planned ground offensive to capture and occupy all of Gaza City and already has a hold on its outskirts. A military spokesman said troops were already operating in the Zeitoun and Jabalia areas to lay the groundwork for the ...
Netanyahu said Anthony Albanese would be remembered as a 'weak politician'/ Israel's prime minister has accused his Australian counterpart of having "betrayed Israel" and "abandoned" Australia's Jewish community, after days of growing strain between the two countries. Benjamin Netanyahu said on ...
Hostages' families and their supporters want the Israeli government to agree a deal to end the war and bring them all home/ Arab mediators are awaiting a formal response from Israel after Hamas said it had accepted a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The plan was ...
Thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing from intensifying Israeli strikes in parts of Gaza City in recent days/ Hamas has agreed to the latest proposal from regional mediators for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel, a source in the Palestinian armed group has told the BBC. ...
BBC News, Der Abu Falah, in the occupied West Bank/ The BBC's Lucy Williamson witnessed an attack by masked settlers/ From among the broken remains of Brahim Hamaiel's olive trees, in the occupied West Bank, we saw the masked men approach. A dozen settlers, charging down from the illegal outpost ...