WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has spotted “potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack” by the Syrian government, the White House said late Monday in a statement that took some defense and military officials…
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Munich, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday left open the possibility of longer-term assistance to Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying the U.S. may need to supply them weapons and equipment even after the…
Damascus, Fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters has intensified in the Quneitra province in the country’s south, situated in the roughly 30 percent of the Golan Heights under Syrian control. More than a dozen…
Istanbul, President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar and said a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an unlawful intervention against the Gulf…
Tehran, A senior commander with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian missiles recently fired at Daesh in Syria all hit their designated targets. Last Sunday, the IRGC fired six medium-range ballistic missiles at Daesh targets in northeastern…
Damascus, Israeli aircraft struck various positions in Syria Saturday, destroying two tanks, in response to more than 10 projectiles that landed in its territory, the military said. The flare-up marked a rare case of Israeli involvement…
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish officials said Thursday that U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has written to his Turkish counterpart, reassuring him that arms provided to Syrian Kurdish fighters would be taken back once Islamic State…
By Faysal Itani It was always fantasy to pretend the U.S. could fight ISIS without being a party to the broader civil war. Since it initiated air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria in…
Damascus, An F-15E Strike Eagle on Tuesday shot down an armed drone belonging to the Syrian regime that was advancing on coalition forces in the southern part of the country, U.S. Central Command said. The…
Damascus, Government air and artillery bombardments hit rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa, on the border with Jordan, on Tuesday after a two-day ceasefire expired, witnesses and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
