Russia’s role in the Libyan crisis has been rather slow to develop, because Moscow was deeply busy with Syria’s civil war.  Sometimes, Russia even appeared disinterested in Libya from...

Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, Moscow’s embassy in Damascus said, with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the country’s...

A US court has ruled that Iran and Syria are liable for compensation to American citizens wounded and killed in a series of attacks attributed to Palestinian resistance factions...

The European Union has proposed a plan to provide financial support for Turkey to deal with the refugees in the country, as part of an amendment of its 2020...

Turkey has warned the Syrian opposition groups in the north-west province of Idlib to prepare for a potential military offensive by the Assad regime and its allies Iran and...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said yesterday that the Syrian regime and Russian warplanes have launched a new offensive in northwestern Syria for the first time since...

Transiting through Turkey, the UN on Wednesday sent 112 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict...

Millions of children have been displaced and more than 29,000 others killed since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, according to a joint report by the Syrian Network...

The Central Bank of Syria imposed a cap of five million Syrian liras ($9,746) on the amount of cash that travellers may carry with them when they move from...

On one of the few walls left standing in the devastated town of Idlib Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun joined thousands globally to express solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement

Some 125 civilians have been killed in Syria throughout the month of May alone, eight as a result of torture, according to a report released by the Syrian Network...

At least five civilians were injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Afrin, northwestern Syria, according to security sources. An explosive-laden vehicle detonated in Afrin’s Jindires district, also...

US prosecutors have accused former Venezuelan politician, Adel El Zabayar, of conspiracy to help recruit Hezbollah and Hamas operatives to plan attacks on US targets. The 56-year-old, who is of Syrian descent, also...

The US will designate anti-fascist group Antifa as a terrorist organisation, President Donald Trump said yesterday. Anti-government and anti-capitalist Antifa members are often seen as more closely aligned with...

The UK on Saturday expressed concern over the recent transfer of Russian aircraft from Syria to Libya, Anadolu reports. “We are concerned by recent US reports of Russian fighter...

Conflicts are meant to involve the living, with the dead being long withdrawn from the complex web of political alliances and bloody feuds that mankind revels in. So when...

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed on Friday two ministries to hold talks on getting additional property in Syria, Anadolu Agency reports. Russian defense and foreign ministries will negotiate with the Syrian side the transfer...

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said yesterday that he had donated his shares in banks and insurance companies to Ramak Development and Humanitarian Projects; a charity dedicated to members of...

Militias fighting alongside the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad destroyed and desecrated the grave of the eighth Umayyad Caliph Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz yesterday, located in the north-west...

There have been frequent reports that Russia has transferred a fleet of MiG-29s and two Sukhoi 24s from Hmeimim on the Syrian coast to Al-Jafra in central Libya to...

A high-ranking European official said yesterday that the EU intends to extend sanctions imposed on the Syrian government, despite the spread of the coronavirus. The unnamed official told reporters...

A Turkish soldier was killed in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib on Wednesday after an explosion along the M4 highway, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said in a statement, Reuters...

Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) announced yesterday that they have arrested Daesh’s media official in the Saladin province. A statement from the PMF said that “a force from the...

Ex-Daesh fighters could face prosecution for gruesome “conflict selfies” with severed heads and dead bodies, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Daesh terrorists have been known to...

The leader of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq was killed in an airstrike in eastern Syria, the Iraqi government said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. According to a statement...

Eurojust, Europe’s judicial cooperation agency, has called for Daesh returnees from Iraq and Syria to be charged with war crimes. The call was made in a new report by...

The Turkish Defence Ministry has formally refuted allegations that it has been obstructing and cutting water supplies to areas in northern Syria. This was done, says Turkey, by the...

Syria reported 20 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, the largest single-day increase to date, the health ministry said. The war-torn country has recorded 106 infections and...

Turkey’s defense minister on Sunday welcomed Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, with the troops deployed at the Syrian border, Anadolu Agency reports....

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, who became homeless due to aerial bombardments by the Assad regime, welcomed Eid Al-Fitr in the shadow of homesickness, migration and high cost of...

The Russian ambassador to Syria Alexander Yefimov has said that his country’s relations with Syria are stronger than ever. Speaking to Al-Watan newspaper, Yefimov described the relations as “friendly...

Russia and Turkey yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to cooperation in the Syrian crisis and called for an immediate cessation in hostilities in Libya and the resumption of the political...