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Syria’s government criticizes US decision to allow investment in country’s north
Syria’s foreign ministry on Friday criticized a US decision to allow some foreign investment in areas of northern Syria that are outside of government control, vowing to “defeat” the move.On Thursday, ...
Syria donors’ conference in Brussels overshadowed by Ukraine war
International donors held a sixth pledging conference in Brussels for conflict-wracked Syria on Tuesday, saying Syrians should not be forgotten even as the Ukraine war grips world attention.“World ...
Crowds in Syria await prisoners freed in mass amnesty
Families of prisoners held for years in Syrian jails gathered Wednesday, hoping their loved ones were among the “hundreds” the government said had been released in a mass amnesty.A crowd of hundreds ...
Bashar al-Assad's family likely worth $1-2 billion, US report says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family is likely worth $1-2 billion, the US State Department said Thursday, despite US-led efforts to isolate him over the brutal war.In a report required by ...
UN war crimes experts urge US investigation into Syria airstrike civilian deaths
The UN Commission of Inquiry reiterated a “recommendation to the United States and all parties to conduct credible, independent and impartial investigations into incidents entailing civilian ...
15 soldiers dead in Syria attack on military bus: Monitor
Fifteen soldiers died Sunday in an ISIS attack on an army bus in the central Syrian desert, a war monitor said.State news agency SANA had reported 13 dead “including officers” and 18 wounded.ISIS ...
Russia sees military coordination with Israel on Syria continuing amid Ukraine crisis
Russia sees its military coordination with Israel over Syria continuing, the Russian embassy said on Saturday, after Moscow signaled displeasure with Israeli statements about the Ukraine ...
Syria humanitarian needs reach record high: UN
A record number of people in Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance more than a decade into a devastating civil war, the United Nations said.At least 14.6 million people in Syria are in need of ...
Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria’s one-time ISIS capital
In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for ISIS’ brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought.He wants to leave Syria, but has a problem: The 75-year-old has ...
Syria regime shelling on Idlib kills six: Monitor
Syrian regime shelling killed six civilians including women and children on Saturday in Idlib province, the country's last main opposition bastion, a war monitor said.An AFP photographer at the scene ...
ISIS women in Syria camp clash with police, one child killed
Women held in a camp housing families of ISIS militants in northeast Syria tried to kidnap their Kurdish guards Monday, an opposition war monitor said. The attempt led to a shooting that left one ...
Minors still detained in Syria prison attacked by ISIS: UN
The United Nations said on Sunday that minors were still being detained in a northeast Syria prison attacked last month by ISIS, calling their conditions “precarious.”International rights groups, ...
Two babies killed by winter cold in northwest Syria: UN
Two Syrian infant girls have died from harsh winter weather in northwest Syria where snow and rain have destroyed the tents of hundreds of displaced families, the United Nations said Tuesday.“A ...
At least 18 Kurdish fighters found dead in Syria jail hit by ISIS: Monitor
Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria on Friday found the bodies of 18 fellow fighters inside a prison that ISIS attacked last week, a war monitor reported.The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said ...
Snowstorms, cold and fire threaten displaced Syrians in northern camps
Five-year-old Intissar and her younger sister Lin were sheltering from northern Syria’s bitter winter cold when fuel from a heater ignited their tent, killing them and seriously injuring their ...
More than 70 dead in fighting after Syria jail attack: Monitor
Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between ISIS and Kurdish forces in Syria after the terrorist group attacked a prison housing extremists, in violence that has claimed over 70 lives, a monitor ...
Bahrain appoints first ambassador to Damascus in a decade
Bahrain appointed its first ambassador to Damascus on Thursday since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria.The appointment of Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, reported by Bahrain’s state news agency ...
Syria approves $5 bln budget for 2022 as crisis bites
Syrian lawmakers have approved a draft budget for 2022 of $5.3 billion, down from $6.8 billion this year, as a spiraling economic crisis hits public finances and threatens subsidies on essential goods ...
Bus attack kills 10 oil workers in Syria’s Deir Ezzor
At least 10 oil workers were killed and one was injured in an attack that targeted a bus carrying them in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, state news agency SANA said on Thursday.“Ten workers ...
Russia documenting its combat in Syria through art… When will we do the same?
How many works of art, be they movies, series, documentaries, or plays, have been made by various states and independent entities about WWI and WWII? How many have been made about Napoleon’s wars from ...
UAE foreign minister arrives in Syria, meets President Bashar al-Assad
The top Emirati diplomat met with Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, Tuesday in a sign of improved relations between the UAE and Syria.The pair discussed “exploring new horizons” for cooperation ...
UN envoy blames Syria’s Assad regime for failure of constitution talks
The UN special envoy for Syria said Wednesday the Syrian government’s refusal to negotiate on revisions to the country’s constitution is a key reason for the failure of talks last week that left the ...
Two killed in Israel strike on Syria base: Monitor
An Israeli missile strike on an airbase in central Syria has killed two Damascus-allied foreign fighters and wounded several Syrian service personnel, a Britain-based war monitor said on Saturday.The ...
Syria must admit chemical weapons inspectors: West
“It is imperative that Syria issues visas... without obstruction or delay,” Britain’s ambassador Joanna Roper said at a meeting at The Hague of the OPCW’s executive council of member states.
Jordan fully reopens main border crossing with Syria
Jordan fully reopened its main border crossing with Syria on Wednesday in a boost for their struggling economies following a push by Arab states to reintegrate the country they have shunned during the ...