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The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could break thousands of hardened fighters out of prison. Men accused of ...
Kurdish parties agree on federalism as common political vision Kurdish-led groups control a quarter of Syrian territory Kurds have criticised path set by Islamist president Joint announcement by ...
The fighters, nominally aligned with Syria’s new government, had descended on the region and were looking for Alawites – a religious minority to which Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad ...
At least seven people have been killed and 52 wounded in clashes on the border with Syria, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health says. Monday’s violence came after skirmishes over the weekend ...
Days before his troops overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, Ahmad al-Sharaa declared that Syria deserves a system in which no “single ruler makes arbitrary decisions.” Sharaa, once a feared ...
The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.
BEIRUT, April 6 (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa will make his first visit to the United Arab Emirates and is also scheduled to visit Turkey next week, the Syrian foreign ministry ...
Fighting along the Syrian-Lebanese border intensified on Monday as deadly clashes erupted between the Syrian military and Hezbollah-aligned forces. The escalation follows accusations from Syria ...
Syrian troops responded by shelling Lebanese border towns overnight, according to the Syrian defence ministry and the Lebanese army. Residents of the town of Al-Qasr, less than 1 kilometre (0.6 ...
By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Aleppo and Damascus, Syria When he returned to Syria recently for the first time in 12 years, Kazem Togan asked the passport control agent to check whether he ...
War monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported two strikes "on military positions and posts" in the vicinity of Al-Kiswah and Al-Muqaylibah outside Damascus. It said there were no ...
Syria’s military fired rockets and shells at Lebanon on Sunday after accusing Iran-backed Hezbollah of executing three Syrian army personnel, sparking unusual tensions between the two war ...