Tag: Syria
Eight killed in US-led coalition airstrike against Syrian forces
Beirut - At least eight people died when US-led coalition forces carried out an airstrike against Syrian government allies near the Iraqi border on Thursday, a...
US launches airstrikes against target in Syria
Washington - The United States has attacked an airbase in Syria using cruise missiles launched from US naval ships in the region.
The Pentagon has...
Amnesty: Syrian government jail secretly hanged up to 13,000 people
London - A military jail authorized at the highest levels of the Syrian government has overseen a "monstrous campaign" of secret atrocities, including the...
Red Cross: 25,000 evacuated from east Aleppo
Cairo - A total of 25,000 people have been evacuated so far from the rebel enclave of eastern Aleppo, a spokeswoman for the International...
Heavy clashes as Syrian Kurds launch move on Islamic State “capital”
Cairo - Heavy clashes were taking place on Sunday north of al-Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, a monitoring group said, after...
Syrian death toll rises to 90 in US-led air raid, monitor...
Cairo- The death toll among Syrian government troops in airstrikes by the US-led coalition the day before has risen to 90, a monitoring group reported...
Syrian regime recaptures ancient desert city of Palmyra
Cairo (dpa) - The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State extremist organization Sunday, in...
Putin says Russia’s Syria mission accomplished, orders troop pullout
Moscow (dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of the majority of Russian troops in Syria starting Tuesday, saying their task...
Ceasefire in Syria goes into effect – will it hold?
Beirut (dpa) - A ceasefire went into effect across large parts of Syria at midnight (2200 GMT Friday) after major rebel factions, President Bashar...
At least seven migrants drown in Aegean near Greek island
Athens (dpa) - At least seven people, two of them children, drowned Wednesday in the Aegean while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece...
