DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:30 P.M.) – On Sunday, ISIS insurgents launched a localised counter-attack in the eastern countryside of Homs, targeting the newly liberated Al-Mashirfah hill that overlooks the long-standing government fortification of Jubb Al-Jarrah. Preluded…
Damascus, U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria was holding hours after it took effect on Sunday, a monitor and two rebel officials said, in the latest international attempt at peace-making in the six-year war. The…
BEIRUT — Islamic State militants fought on Friday to repel the advance of U.S.-backed Syrian forces, days after they inched closer to the heart of the extremist group’s de facto capital of Raqqa. The Britain-based…
Damascus, An explosion has hit a bus station in the city of Hama in Syria, SANA state news agency reported on Thursday. Buses bound for Masyaf, a city in northwestern Syria, depart from the station where the blast…
WASHINGTON — In setting the stage for President Trump’s first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. remains open to working with Russia with an eye toward creating stability and…
Damascus, Russia may deploy its military to police the borders of planned de-escalation zones in Syria within two to three weeks after finalizing an agreement with Turkey and Iran, Russian negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev said on…
ASTANA (Sputnik) — Parties to the fifth international meeting on Syria suggest that monitoring over de-escalation in Syria be conducted from two monitoring centers — Jordanian and Russian-Turkish, a source in one of the delegations told Sputnik. We expect that there will be two…
United Nations, The US Secretary of State has reportedly told the United Nations Secretary General that he thinks the fate of Syria and its leader is now up to Russia. Rex Tillerson held a private meeting…
BEIRUT, LEBANON – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) battled against militants in Damascus on Sunday, reportedly breaking through their defensive line in the suburb of Ayn Tarma. As a result of their advance, Sunday, the…
Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the Syrian currency for the first time since taking office, with his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote ($3.9) that went into circulation on Sunday. Syria‘s Central Bank…
