The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region
Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of the 1 ...
Horror of the Syrian massacres: Video footage 'shows brutal executions and mutilations carried out by fighters as nation's new rulers wipe out hundreds of Assa…
Some were forced to crawl besides the bloodied corpses of their neighbours as they were battered by branches. Others were ...
Taipei Times21h
Interim leader calls for peace as death toll in Syria rises
Syrian interim president Ahmed Sharaa yesterday called for peace after hundreds were killed in some of the deadliest violence ...
Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days. The ...
Donald Trump, aiming at Iran, puts a squeeze on Iraq
The Trump administration has revoked a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy gas and electricity from Iran, US officials ...
Hundreds killed in Syria as new leader says divisions from Assad regime are prompting fresh violence
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Kronen Zeitung22h
Government accuses “unorganized masses”
According to estimates by activists, more than 1,000 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Syrian coastal province ...