GENEVA (AA) – The present stalemate in Syria is intolerable, as the country remains unsafe for refugees to return, said the chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Friday, urging parties to allow in humanitarian aid. “There are no ultimate winners, and the country remains one that is unsafe for [&helli...
Hangzhou, China — AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began his first official trip to China in almost two decades, with Beijing saying the visit will take ties to a “new level” as the Arab leader seeks financial support to help rebuild the devastated country after a long, brutal civil war. China is one of only […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday said it struck two structures used by the Syrian regime army in the Ayn al-Tineh area in the Golan Heights. In a statement, the military said the strike was carried out after soldiers identified the “two structures in the area of the security zone” on Wednesday. “These […]
NEW YORK (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the resumption of humanitarian aid through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing into northwest Syria on Tuesday after a two-and-a-half-month hiatus. “Though our humanitarian operations have continued to assist millions of people in need in northwest Syria, the Bab al-Hawa crossing...
GENEVA (AA) – Syrians continue to suffer from fighting, extremely severe economic deterioration and persistent human rights violations and abuses, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on Tuesday. “Before Syria plunges deeper into escalating violence and economic decline, we call on the key actors to cease attacks on civilians...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP More than 2,000 people marched in the government-held city of Sweida in southern Syria in an anti-regime protest movement that is getting stronger, an activist and a witness said. The protests in Sweida province, the heartland of the country’s Druze minority, began after President Bashar al-Assad’s gover...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – The Syrian army, Iran-backed groups and Russia carried out over 1,400 attacks in Syria’s Idlib and its surrounding areas over the past week, forcing more than 6,000 civilians to flee their homes. According to the Syrian opposition aircraft observatory, the Syrian army and Iran-backed groups targeted villages in the so...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP United States-backed Kurdish-led fighters in northern Syria on Wednesday fought a deadly battle with Turkish-supported forces who said they intervened after clashes killed dozens in an Arab-majority province further east. Days of fighting in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, which left 90 people dead, had r...
Near Deir Ezzor, Syria – AFP Kurdish-led forces were sending reinforcements to eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province on Monday amid days of clashes with Arab fighters loyal to a detained local official, an AFP correspondent said. Fighting erupted after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) detained Ahmad al-Khabil, head of the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Iranian soldier from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in Syria, Iranian media reported on Monday. The semi-official Fars News Agency identified the soldier as Yahya Rostami, who was killed on August 31. The agency, however, did not give further details about the circumstances of his death. Iran, which...
