Syria

France: Four people arrested on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria

French authorities have arrested four people have in the Paris region and southern France on suspicion of recruiting militants to…

10 years ago

US citizen carried out suicide bomb attack against Syrian troops in Idlib

The US state department has confirmed that a US citizen carried out a suicide bombing against Syrian troops in Idlib…

10 years ago

Syria: Mortar attack on pro-Bashar al-Assad rally kills at least 20 people in Daraa

A mortar attack on an election rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad has killed at least 20 people in…

10 years ago

Jordanian journalists fight with studio table on live TV

Two Jordanian journalists having a televised debate about the civil war in neighboring Syria literally turned — and overturned —…

11 years ago

Syria: Large explosion destroys Carlton Citadel Hotel in Aleppo

Carlton Citadel Hotel and several other buildings have been destroyed by a huge explosion in the northern Syrian city of…

11 years ago

Syria: Two suicide bombings kill 11 children in Hama

Two suicide attacks in the Syrian province of Hama killed at least 18 people, including 11 children, state media has…

11 years ago

Syria: Mortar attack kills 12 people in central Damascus

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a mortar attack on a technical institute in…

11 years ago

Syria: Alleged poison gas attack in Kafr Zita

Syria’s government and opposition forces have accused each other of using poison gas in an attack on Kafr Zita village…

11 years ago

Syria: Spanish journalists released by ISIS rebels after six months

Spanish journalists Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova - kidnapped in Syria six months ago by radical Islamist rebels -…

11 years ago

Turkey shoots down Syrian military jet

Turkey shot down a Syrian military jet it says violated its airspace, but Damascus calls this "blatant aggression" and says…

11 years ago

Israel attacks Syrian military sites after Golan Heights bombing

Israel has attacked several Syrian military sites in retaliation for a bombing that wounded four of its troops in the…

11 years ago

Syrian rebels release kidnapped nuns

Syrian rebels have released a group of Greek Orthodox nuns, who were kidnapped in the Christian town of Maaloula in…

11 years ago

Syria: UN restarts aid mission in besieged rebel-held Old City of Homs

The UN has restarted its aid mission in the besieged rebel-held Old City of Homs, Syria, after hours of talks…

11 years ago

Syria: More than 600 civilians evacuated from Homs

More than six hundreds civilians have been evacuated from the rebel-held Old Quarter of Homs, Syria, state media report. This…

11 years ago

UN aid convoy fired on in Homs

A UN aid convoy bringing supplies into the besieged district of the central Syrian city of Homs has come under…

11 years ago

Syria peace talks in Geneva end in recriminations

Syria’s government and opposition have traded insults after a week-long peace conference in Geneva ended with no firm agreement. Foreign…

11 years ago

Geneva peace talks: Syria to allow women and children to leave besieged area of Homs

UN mediator at the Geneva peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi has announced that Syria will allow women and children to leave…

11 years ago

Geneva peace talks: Syria’s opposition and government meet face to face

Syrian government and opposition representatives have met briefly face to face in Geneva in what is being hailed a small…

11 years ago

Geneva peace talks: Syrian government and opposition trade bitter accusations

Syrian government and opposition have traded bitter accusations on the first day of a major peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland.…

11 years ago

Syria proposes prisoner exchange with rebels at Moscow meeting

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has said Damascus is ready to offer a prisoner exchange with rebels. Speaking in Moscow,…

11 years ago

Syria: First chemical weapons leave country on Danish ship

The first Syrian chemical weapons are leaving the country on a Danish ship. The vessel left the northern Syrian port…

11 years ago

Pope Francis receives private message from Bashar al-Assad

Pope Francis has received a private message from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, the Vatican said on Saturday, without disclosing its…

11 years ago

Winter storm hits Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon

Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon have been hit by a fierce winter storm, the UN say. There has been snow,…

11 years ago

US and UK suspend non-lethal assistance for Syrian rebels

The US and UK have decided to suspend all "non-lethal assistance" for Syrian rebels. A US embassy spokesman in Ankara…

11 years ago

Abdul Qadir al-Saleh: Top Syrian rebel commander dies in Aleppo

Top Syrian rebel commander Abdul Qadir al-Saleh has died of wounds he sustained in a government air strike on a…

11 years ago