Syria yesterday released an Israeli woman who crossed into the country after Tel Aviv returned two shepherds to Damascus-controlled territory. The Israeli woman had entered Syria days ago, prompting...

Syrian regime forces yesterday bombed a number of areas in the northwestern province of Idlib, a day after Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed to support calm in the area....

Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed on Wednesday to extend the ceasefire in Idlib, Syria, sources close to the Astana Peace Process have confirmed. The three countries are the guarantors...

Turkish border guards yesterday arrested five Russians and a Libyan citizen as they attempted to infiltrate the country from Syria. "Our border guards stationed in the northern Hatay Narlica...

Russia is mediating a deal for the release of an Israeli girl who accidentally crossed into Syria, in exchange for two Syrians held by Israel, Syrian state media said...

The US army began building a second base in the Al-Malikiyah region in the Syrian northeastern province of Hasakah, Syria's SANA news agency reported. The agency quoted local sources as saying...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibilities and immediately take firm measures to stop the Israeli airstrikes in Syria. In...

This month, the United States removed the Houthis from its list of designated terrorist groups, a decision thought wise by the administration of President Joe Biden. That move, more...

The Syrian regime has forcibly seized the land and properties of dissidents and their families and sold them in public auctions, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said...

The Israeli army said yesterday that its Air Force had begun "a surprise exercise" near Lebanon and Syria "to improve Air Force readiness to combat in northern Israel". The...

Turkey last week conducted a military operation in northern Iraq against the terrorist group the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), failing to save 13 Turkish hostages being held by the group for...

The senior assistant to Iran's foreign minister warned Israel on Sunday not to cross any "red lines" in Syria, the Sputnik news agency has reported. Ali Asghar Khaji made...

The Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) distributed blankets and fuel to Syrian refugees living in sub-human conditions in Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reports. Emre Kaya, the Middle East Desk coordinator...

At least one civilian was killed and 12 others injured in a bomb blast in northern Syria on Saturday, local sources said, Anadolu Agency reports. An explosive-laden vehicle blew...

Russia has been developing the Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia in western Syria in preparation for it to receive strategic nuclear bombers as part of plans to strengthen the...

The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint declaration for Syria, further delaying the peace process to settle the ongoing conflict in the country. According to...

Human Rights Watch has called on the Egyptian government to reverse the decision it made in December to revoke the citizenship of political activist Ghada Najibe. Parliament should amend...

The United Nations' top counter-terrorism official has said that the terror group Daesh must be defeated in cyberspace by countering its ideology online, amid the group's recent efforts to revive itself....

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Tuesday said the UN is deeply concerned by the situation of nearly 31,000 foreign children detained in Al-Hawl and Rouge refugee camps in...

Five current and former European members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday said they held the Syrian regime responsible for the Syrian Constitutional Committee's failure to achieve...

Russian Defence Ministry announced that its forces carried out military drills with Assad regime forces in suburbs of Aleppo, north of Syria, Aram Media reported yesterday. "The Russian military recently carried...

US forces in Syria are no longer responsible for protecting oil fields in the country as "their only duty is to fight the Islamic State (Daesh) remnants", a Pentagon...

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has refused to openly endorse the Trump administration's recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, Reuters reported. "As a practical...

With the approaching presidential elections in Syria, it has become clear that the military solution is not within sight, and that the current borders between the four Syrian regions,...

The UK and the US have been named and "shamed" along with 57 other countries including China and France for not repatriating their citizens – women and children associated...

The European Union will hold its fifth international donor conference for Syria in March, according to a statement by the European Commission Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. The conference on "Supporting the...

A shepherd who crossed the Syrian border into Israel was arrested on Sunday by the Israel Defence Forces, the Jerusalem Post has reported. According to the IDF, the man...

The Russian army conducted searches in a cemetery near the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Syria, in an attempt to find the remains of two Israeli soldiers who...

A mother of conjoined twins reunited with her babies after 101 days, thanks to efforts by the Turkish government that brought her to the capital Ankara from northern Syria,...

As we approach the tenth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, the conflict rages on with no apparent end in sight. The role of the United Nations, the international organisation...

Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said yesterday that it evacuated 12 of its citizens, including seven children, from Syria. The ministry added that the repatriation process came through the country's intelligence...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been responsible for an increase in conflicts and the heightened threat from terrorist groups, UN experts have claimed in a report released yesterday. The...