Minors still detained in Syria prison attacked by IS: UN BEIRUT: The United Nations said on Sunday that minors were still being detained in a northeast Syria prison attacked... Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:35pm
World Russia takes lead at UN in crises around the world UNITED NATIONS: Russia has a stake in crises around the world from Ukraine to Syria, Sudan and Mali -- and that is... Published 03 Feb, 2022 11:34am
World Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria JALAWLA: Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern... Published 02 Feb, 2022 12:48pm
World Erdogan seeks payoff from Russia-US clash on Ukraine ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to leverage his strategic position in NATO and his rapport... Published 02 Feb, 2022 09:49am
World US urges allies to repatriate IS detainees after Syria prison attack WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday urged its allies to repatriate suspected Islamic State-linked nationals... Published 31 Jan, 2022 07:35pm
World Israel strikes Hezbollah positions near Damascus: monitor BEIRUT: Israeli strikes early Monday hit a military outpost and weapons depot operated by Lebanon's powerful... Updated 31 Jan, 2022 01:53pm
World Over 330 killed since IS attacked Syria prison HASAKEH, (Syria): More than 330 people have been killed in heavy fighting since Islamic State group militants first... Published 31 Jan, 2022 07:10am
World Jordan army says killed 27 drug smugglers on Syria border AMMAN: The Jordanian army said Thursday it had killed 27 drug smugglers in a clash as they tried to enter the ... Published 27 Jan, 2022 01:33pm
World Lebanon signs power deal with Jordan, Syria to boost ailing grid BEIRUT: Power-starved Lebanon signed an agreement Wednesday to import electricity from Jordan via Syria with the aim... Published 26 Jan, 2022 05:31pm
World Deadly fighting between IS, Kurdish forces in Syria HASAKEH: Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after ... Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am
World 11 soldiers killed in Iraq by IS militants: authorities BAGHDAD: Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed in an overnight attack by the Islamic State group against their base in... Published 21 Jan, 2022 01:45pm
World Russian strikes in Syria kill 11 IS fighters: monitor BEIRUT: Russian air strikes in desert areas of eastern Syria have killed 11 suspected members of the Islamic State... Published 13 Jan, 2022 02:11pm
World Israeli strikes in southern Syria JERUSALEM: Israeli tanks fired Wednesday on suspects along the Syrian border in the Golan Heights after they were... Updated 06 Jan, 2022 12:13pm
World Rockets fired at US base in east Syria: monitor BEIRUT: Pro-Iran militia fighters fired shells towards a US base in eastern Syria's Al-Omar oil field on Wednesday,... Updated 05 Jan, 2022 06:48pm
World Rocket hits military base near Baghdad airport, no casualties BAGHDAD: A Katyusha rocket hit an Iraqi military base hosting US forces near Baghdad's international airport on... Published 05 Jan, 2022 12:55pm
World Sweden charges woman for enlisting son, 12, to fight in Syria STOCKHOLM: A Swedish woman has been charged with war crimes for helping enlist her 12-year-old son to fight as a... Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:37am
World Five Syrian soldiers killed, 20 injured by Islamic State DUBAI: Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants on a military... Published 03 Jan, 2022 12:29pm
World Russian jets bomb rebel-held Idlib in Syria, witnesses say AMMAN: Russian jets bombed areas near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, witnesses and rebel sources... Published 03 Jan, 2022 06:42am
Editorials Israel’s unabashed expansionism EDITORIAL: Secure in the knowledge that the US has its back Israel continues to gobble up more and more of Arab ... Updated 02 Jan, 2022 05:37am
Opinion Youth exodus takes joy out of Syria Christmas Inside a Syrian monastery desecrated by “jihadists,” Matanios Dalloul stood alone by the shattered altar where a... Published 25 Dec, 2021 05:02am
World UN chief says cross-border aid to Syria rebel bastion vital UNITED NATIONS: Cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria remains vital, the United Nations Secretary-General said in ... Published 16 Dec, 2021 11:49am
Markets Turkish lira collapse piles misery on northern Syria AL-BAB: Mohammed al-Debek, a schoolteacher in northern Syria, is on strike: the currency devaluation in neighbouring... Published 12 Dec, 2021 11:08am
Print Authorities seize captagon shipments in Lebanon, Syria BEIRUT: Security forces in Lebanon and Syria said Saturday that they had seized two separate shipments of the banned... Published 12 Dec, 2021 04:19am
World Israeli air strikes hit Latakia port: Syrian state media DAMASCUS: Israeli air strikes hit the Syrian port of Latakia early Tuesday, according to Syrian state media, in a... Published 07 Dec, 2021 10:33am
Print Syrian private airline to start operations from 15th KARACHI: Cham Wings Airline, a private carrier of Syria, will start its scheduled operations to Karachi from ... Updated 07 Dec, 2021 09:44am
World Pentagon orders new probe into Syria airstrike investigated by NYT WASHINGTON: The Pentagon launched a fresh probe Monday into a 2019 airstrike that killed civilians in Syria, two... Published 30 Nov, 2021 11:22am
World China donates 500,000 more vaccine doses to Syria DAMASCUS: China donated 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday to war-torn Syria, which has one of the ... Published 15 Nov, 2021 05:58am
World China donates 500,000 more vaccine doses to Syria DAMASCUS: China donated 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday to war-torn Syria, which has one of the world's... Updated 14 Nov, 2021 07:19pm
World At Raqa 'roundabout of hell', Syria lovers find new meeting spot RAQA: Only a few years ago, Al-Naim square was the grim stage for Raqa's public executions. Today, Nader al-Hussein... Published 11 Nov, 2021 10:12am
World UAE top diplomat on first Syria visit in over a decade BEIRUT: The United Arab Emirates foreign minister met President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, the Syrian... Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am