These are external links and will open in a new window/ Funerals were held on Thursday for three SDF fighters killed in fighting near Ras al-Ain Kurdish-led forces in north-east Syria have accused Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels of violating a ceasefire deal that ended a two-week ...
A convoy of Russian military vehicles heads towards the northeastern Syrian city of Kobane (AFP Photo/-)/ Qamishli (Syria) (AFP) - Russian forces in Syria conducted their first patrols near the Turkish border Wednesday to ensure Kurdish fighters withdraw under a deal between Moscow and Ankara ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Trump on Turkey ceasefire: "This was an outcome created by us, the United States." The US is lifting sanctions imposed on Turkey nine days ago over its offensive against Kurdish ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Russia has steadily built up its military presence in Syria Russian forces have begun to deploy towards the Turkey-Syria border, as part of deal to remove Kurdish troops. Units have already entered the two key border towns of Kobane and ...
A convoy of Russian military police has arrived in the border city of Kobane, in north-eastern Syria, as part of a deal agreed between Russia and Turkey. The military police will help facilitate the complete withdrawal of Kurdish fighters and their weapons 30km (18 miles) from the border.
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan back opposing sides in Syria's civil war Turkey and Russia have agreed what they called a "historic" deal over military action against Kurds in northern Syria after a marathon diplomatic meeting. ...
An agreement between Russia and Turkey to deploy their forces in northeast Syria was a positive step towards securing stability in the country, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “Iran welcomes any steps that will bring security and calm to Syria and to secure the country’s integrity,” ...
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 ...
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 ...
A BBC documentary about Gaza breached editorial guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the narrator was the son of a Hamas official, the corporation's review has found. BBC director general Tim Davie commissioned the review into Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, after it was in February ...
Syria's interior ministry said security forces were deployed to try to restore calm/ At least 30 people have been killed in armed clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria, the country's interior ministry says. The violence erupted in the predominantly ...
Last week, President Pezeshkian accused Israel of trying to kill him - a claim denied by Israel/ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel's attacks on Iran last month. Iran's state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 ...
Relatives mourn Palestinian child Saraj Ibrahim. In other photos and video, the man in grey is seen carrying the child's body after a strike hit a water distribution point/ Ten people, including six children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in ...
Palestinians seeking food and other supplies near an aid distribution site in May/ The Nasser hospital in southern Gaza has said 24 people have been killed near an aid distribution site. Palestinians who were present at the site said Israeli troops opened fire as people were trying to access ...
Palestinians look on as a fire burns on a hilltop seized by Israeli settlers near Sinjil on 4 July/ Two Palestinians have been killed in an attack by Israeli settlers on a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old ...
Gaza has been devastated by 21 months of war between Israel and Hamas/ Negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are on the brink of collapse, according to Palestinian officials familiar with the details of the discussions. One senior ...