Syria 10/08/2017 Gaining ground in Raqqa - US backed Syrian forces surround Islamic State fighters in push to take back the city US-backed forces have Islamic State fighters surrounded in central Raqqa - but driving the militants out could take up to four months
icon_view View 18/04/2017 EU should not blackmail Syria over aid By Fabrice Balanche, associate professor and research director at the University of Lyon 2, visiting fellow at The Washington Institute On April
Russia 11/04/2017 Putin: the US is planning more strikes in Syria Vladimir Putin says Russia has information that the US is planning to launch new missile strikes on Syria. The Russian president also says there are plans to fake chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
Syria 05/04/2017 Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack' Russia has said chemical gas which killed dozens in Syria leaked from a rebel facility, after it was bombed by Syrian planes.
Syria 05/04/2017 Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack' Russia has said chemical weapons that killed as many as 100 people in the town of Idlib leaked from a rebel weapons facility after it was bombed by the Syrian air…
world news 31/03/2017 ISIL accused of using civilians as human shields near Raqqa People fleeing villages around the Syrian city of Raqqa claim ISIL has been using civilians as human shields.
Syria 18/03/2017 Homs: hundreds leave the city's last bastion Eyewitnesses say rebels and their families have begun leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city. The Russian-backed deal with the government is expected to be among the largest evacuations of its
Switzerland 24/02/2017 Geneva peace talks: looking for a way out of Syrian war Opposing sides in the Syrian war have come face to face in UN peace talks for the first time in three years, as a way out of the deadly conflict remains elusive.
Switzerland 23/02/2017 Syrian opposition calls for direct talks with Assad regime in Geneva Syrian opposition delegates have for the first time called for face-to face talks with government representatives ahead of negotiations which begin today in…
Syria 31/01/2017 Syria: Anti-ISIL forces close in on Raqqa The US-backed campaign against ISIL is closing in on Raqqa, the Syrian capital of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate.
Kazakhstan 23/01/2017 Syria peace talks start in Kazakhstan Syria's opposition and government representatives are meeting in Astana, in the latest efforts to secure peace after a six-year long civil war.
Syria 23/12/2016 Putin announces Syria peace talks in Kazakh capital as residents return to Aleppo Russia, Iran, Turkey and President Bashar al-Assad have all agreed to meet in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to try to end the conflict in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has…
Syria 16/12/2016 Syria, Turkey and Russia weigh in on status of eastern Aleppo ceasefire Conflicting messages are coming from Syria, Turkey and Russia following the suspension of a ceasefire agreement between the latter two countries which was supposed to see tens of thousands of people e
Syria 19/11/2016 Syria: hospitals in eastern Aleppo 'bombed out of use' Hospitals in besieged rebel-held districts of the Syrian city have been hit by intense airstrikes in recent days, several sources say.
Syria 11/11/2016 Families flee Raqqa after Syrian Democratic Forces offensive The guns turned on Raqqa almost a week ago with the start of an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces – the SDF – on the city which is the stronghold of the so-called Islamic…
world news 02/10/2016 Global protests for an end to Aleppo air strikes They called it ‘The Global Day of Rage for Aleppo’.
Syria 22/09/2016 Syria's Assad says US 'lacks will' to work with Russia to defeat terrorists Embattled Syrian President Bashar al Assad has hit out at the US, saying it has no will to work with Russia to defeat ISIL and other groups seen as terrorist in…
Syria 22/09/2016 The UN resumes aid deliveries to Syria as overnight airstrikes hit Aleppo The United Nations has said it will resume aid operations to Syria by sending trucks to a besieged district near Damascus.
Syria 02/07/2016 West secretly helping Syria against militants, says Assad Syria’s President al-Assad is claiming that Western countries have sent security officials to help his government covertly fight militants.
