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 ...
Father Gabriele Romanelli was among those who needed medical treatment/ Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for a Gaza ceasefire after three people sheltering in the Catholic church in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli strike. A telegram said the Pope was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of ...
A fire that tore through a five-storey shopping centre in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut has left at least 61 dead, local officials said. The blaze at the mall, which opened seven days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control. Videos posted on social media showed ...
The Syrian president says government forces had expelled "outlawed groups" in Suweida city/ Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority ...
A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose its authority over the fractured territory. On Sunday 13 July, the reported abduction of a merchant from the Druze minority sparked ...
Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued for a fourth day. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said its forces were "working to save ...
Casualties from the incident were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis/ Twenty people trying to get food have been killed "amid a chaotic and dangerous surge" at an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza, the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says. Nineteen were ...
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem addressed supporters in Beirut on 6 July/ At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, a regional governor says. Seven Syrians, including a family of five, and three Lebanese were killed when the Wadi Faara area ...
Nimisha Priya is currently lodged in the central jail of Yemen's capital Sanaa/ Authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution of an Indian nurse who is on death row after being found guilty of murder, Indian foreign ministry sources say. for killing a local man, was set to be executed on 16 ...
Syria's defence minister announced a ceasefire as government forces entered Suweida city on Tuesday/ Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly sectarian clashes. About 100 people have reportedly ...
Ten people were killed as they gathered near a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp/ Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed says his son, Abdullah, was "searching for a sip of water" when he took the family's jerrycans on Sunday morning and headed as usual to one of the water distribution ...