A member of Islamic State opened fire on Sunday inside Mar Elias Church in the east of Damascus before blowing himself up, killing at least 22 people and injuring 63 others, Syria’s interior ministry said. Eyewitnesses inside the church...
Evening attack is first major atrocity by Islamist terror group in Syria since President al-Assad was deposed A suicide bombing by Islamic State (IS) targeting a church in Damascus has killed 20 people and wounded 52, Syrian authorities...
Weakening of ‘axis of resistance’ forces leaves Iran with limited options if it chooses to retaliate Middle East crisis – latest updates Iran’s proxy militias across the Middle East have yet to retaliate for the overnight strikes against...
Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have the bomb, writes Corrado Pirzio-Biroli . Plus, letters by Hubert Cassel, Dr Anthony Isaacs and Randhir Singh Bains I agree...
Israel’s strikes against Tehran risk spiralling conflict, flout legal norms and may permanently bury the last chance for nuclear diplomacy In late 2020, Gen Mark Milley – then chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff – urged Donald Trump...
Bassam Hassan, a top general under Assad, reportedly gave news regarding American who went missing in 2012 A high-ranking Syrian general under former president Bashar al-Assad who is now in Lebanon has reportedly told US investigators...
Alaa Mousa accused of torturing detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war under former ruler Bashar al-Assad A Syrian doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity in his home country –...
Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rush They come by night. Armed with pickaxes, shovels and jackhammers, looters disturb the dead. Under the cover of darkness, men exhume...
Israel’s defence minister says he holds Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa responsible for the two projectile launches Israel hit southern Syria with a series of strikes overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday, saying it had targeted weapons...
Militant group calls for changes to US proposal as IDF confirms it killed Hamas leader on 13 May The Times of Israel reports that today, a convoy of tractors that set out from kibbutzim across Israel has arrived at Hostages Square in Tel...
Attack follows announcement of indirect talks between Damascus and Israel aimed at reducing tensions between the longterm antagonists Israeli airstrikes have struck western Syria , the Israeli military and Syrian state media have said,...
Sanctions relief thanks to Donald Trump’s unexpected embrace of the new president gives a shattered country the chance to rebuild The startled joy that greeted Bashar al-Assad’s fall less than six months ago was always shadowed by the...
Relatives of those killed in March attacks on Alawite towns worry perpetrators are still at large as investigation draws out Haider* hid in the attic as gunmen rifled through his cousins’ belongings. “Is anyone upstairs? Don’t come down...
Muhammad Al Muhammad called a hero after helping to halt train station attack in which 18 people were injured A 19-year-old Syrian refugee in Germany has been hailed as a hero after he pinned down an assailant at Hamburg’s main railway...
Thomas Barrack also stresses temporary lifting of sanctions for first time since 1979 after meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa Donald Trump’s old friend Thomas Barrack, now serving as the US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria,...
Moscow, SANA- Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova stressed that the major Western powers continue their hostile practices and attacks against Syria. “Attempts to target the Syrian state, its sovereignty and independence...
Damascus, SANA- Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums held an exhibition entitled “Syrian Pottery Through Ages” at Damascene hall at Damascus National Museum within activities of Syrian Culture Days, Damascus. The exhibition...
New York, SANA – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that lives of 75,000 Palestinians still in northern Gaza Strip are in danger, as a result of the Israeli occupation preventing the entry...
Beirut, SANA-Two Lebanese were injured Thursday as Israeli enemy aircraft targeted Markaba town, south of Lebanon, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement that was announced on Wednesday. The Lebanese News Agency said that enemy...
Damascus, SANA- Our armed forces continued to confront the large-scale terrorist attack carried out by terrorist organizations in Aleppo and Idleb countryside. “The terrorist organization “Jabhat al-Nusra” positioned in Aleppo and Idleb...
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- 13 Palestinians were martyred and others were injured on Thursday in Israeli occupation air force bombing several areas in the afflicted Gaza Strip. Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation air force bombed...
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA-One Palestinian was injured and six others were arrested on Thursday in Israeli occupation forces’ storming of several areas in the West Bank. Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation soldiers...
Moscow, SANA- Russian forces shot down 25 Ukrainian drones over several Russian regions. “Kiev regime attempts to carry out terrorist drones’ attacks, Wednesday night, on Russian territory were thwarted, as aerial defense systems...
New York, SANA- Syria reaffirmed its firm stance in support of the Palestinian people and their rights to self-determination, return to their homeland and to establish their independent state on all of their occupied territories, with...
A Note to US Citizens in Particular: What you are going to watch is done with full support of your government, mostly by your tax money, the Trump regime is now pushing the Saudis to pay back for. It was done to be used by terrorists who...
NATO and its regional stooges tried their best and shot their ‘nice, new and smart missiles’ against Syria targeting at least 8 SAA airports among other command centers in their bank of targets, and failed. Now they want to...
On the same day the Western trio USA, UK and France launched their heinous attack against the Syrian nation in revenge for the cleaning of Douma and the whole of East Ghouta from their terrorists they invested in highly and dearly, the...
On the morning of the Muslim’s commemorating Israa and Miraaj, the ascending of prophet Muhammad PBUH to heavens and to Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the pariah states of the USA, UK and France illegally, unlawfully, without consent,...
The last batch of terrorists left the city of Douma, last stronghold of terrorists in East Ghouta, in the vicinity of Damascus. Syrian Arab Army with a government delegation and a unit of Russian military police entered the city and the...
The ‘EU Europeans’ disregard for human lives can be obviously demonstrated in their double-standards especially when it comes to the lives of their own people traveling by airlines over and into Saudi Arabia, where money is...
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you are unifromed, if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed”. I guess Mark Twain was very much talking about the New York Times. I received the daily brief of the New York...
The last terrorists of Douma have engaged in a ghastly repeat of the heinous atrocities in Khan Sheikhoun, just days after the first anniversary of their slaughter, there. Though the dominant alQaeda faction there is alNusra, the...
Families of kidnapped are pouring onto the streets from the Faiha Stadium, where hundreds have been waiting to find out if their children, parents, cousins will be found among the living. In that Douma agreement, terrorist gangs Jaish al...
Israeli fighter jets launch an attack in the dense of the night against the T4 military airport in central Syria from Lebanese airspace. Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack was an Israeli carried out by two F15 fighter jets...
Damascus is facing a housing crisis as displaced Syrians stream into the capital. New government-imposed security regulations targeting the new arrivals are feeding an already vibrant culture of price manipulation and bribery.
We review the key developments in Syria, including the effective collapse of the cease-fire, Obama's announcement of another 250 U.S. troops for Syria and a truce in Qamishli between Kurdish and government forces.
After launching an awareness campaign highlighting deteriorating health conditions in Daraya, a Damascus suburb under government siege for more than three years, a group of women hope their efforts will help prevent yet another...
We review the key developments in Syria, including the steady deterioration of both the cease-fire and the peace talks in Geneva as Russia shifts heavy artillery from Palmyra to the north, heavy ground battles between Kurdish and...
Journalist Rahaf Haboub grew up in Daraya, a Damascus suburb besieged by pro-government forces for more than three years. She and her family fled in fall 2012 after the government targeted the area with airstrikes and barrel bombs –...
We review the key developments in Syria, including the "pause" in the Geneva-based peace talks as Assad and his allies appear to be preparing for a major assault on opposition-held areas of Aleppo, another ISIS advance in Deir Ezzor and...
Marah, a teenage girl from one of Syria’s besieged cities, has been sharing her stories of life in the war. With her mother and siblings, she left Syria and is now in Switzerland, where she's dealing with a new marriage, her first...
After being repeatedly accused of sidelining the role and demands of Syrian women at the negotiation table in Geneva, the U.N. established the Syrian Women’s Advisory Board to consult with Staffan de Mistura. But the board's makeup has...
We review the key developments in Syria, including the collapse of the peace talks in Geneva and the cease-fire on the ground, deadly air raids on two Idlib markets, a Russian-backed counteroffensive in Latakia and another refusal by the...
We review the key developments in Syria, including thousands of civilians trapped at the Turkish border with Syria in the northern district of Azaz, the opposition's halt on peace talks in Geneva as violations of the truce continue and...
Members of an underground activist network named "Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently" have scoured government and ISIS-controlled territories across the oil-rich province and discovered 36 mass graves – allegedly the grisly work of...
We review the key developments in Syria, including major ground battles between rebels and government forces in rural Latakia, the opposition's threat to quit the Geneva peace talks if violence continues and the victory of Bashar...
Backstreet doctors in the border town of Reyhanli and elsewhere in southern Turkey are caring for injured rebel fighters. Funded by armed opposition groups, the network of underground hospitals is patching up militants and sending them...