Damascus

Syria: 200,000 people fled Aleppo battle in the past two days

United Nations announces that some 200,000 people have fled intense fighting in Syria's second city Aleppo in the past two…

12 years ago

New clashes rock Syria’s main cities

New fighting is reported in Syria's two biggest cities - Damascus and Aleppo - as government forces seek to regain…

12 years ago

Hisham Ikhtiar, Syria’s national security chief, dies from wounds

Hisham Ikhtiar, Syria's national security chief, has died from injuries he received in a bomb attack in Damascus on Wednesday,…

12 years ago

Syrian rebels seize Iraq and Turkey border posts

Syrian rebels have captured a number of positions on the country's borders with Iraq and Turkey. A senior Iraqi official…

12 years ago

Syria: new clashes follow the deaths of three top regime figures

Fresh fighting in many parts of Syria throughout the night has followed the deaths on Wednesday of three top regime…

12 years ago

Syria is in civil war, says Red Cross

Fighting in Syria has become so widespread that the conflict is now in effect a civil war, says The Red…

12 years ago

Heavy firefight between rebels and Bashar al-Assad forces in Damascus

Damascus bomb blasts over the weekend have been followed by firefight between the rebel Free Syria Army and the forces…

13 years ago