Syrian Crisis

US missile strike on Syria lacked political, practical justification: Deputy FM

Jul 03, 2017 15:20

A high-ranking Syrian official has strongly denounced a recent US missile attack against a military airfield in Syria’s central province of Homs, stressing that the assault targeted those fighting terrorism in the region.
US airstrikes kill 11 civilians in Syria

Jul 03, 2017 09:44

A monitoring group says 11 civilians have lost their lives in aerial bombing by a US-led coalition in Syria’s northern city of Raqqah.
US-backed SDF enters new area in northern Syria

Jul 03, 2017 00:47

The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have entered a new area in the city of Raqqah, the last stronghold of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria, retaking territory on the southern bank of the Euphrates River.
Huge fire at Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley kills 3 people

Jul 02, 2017 12:17

Three people have lost their lives after a huge fire engulfed part of a camp for Syrian refugees in Bekaa Valley near the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Fresh US-led air raid leaves 5 civilians dead in northeast Syria

Jul 01, 2017 12:16

At least five civilians have lost their lives when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out an airstrike against Syria’s troubled northeastern province of Hasakah.
Daesh terrorists pull out of Syria’s Aleppo Province

Jun 30, 2017 12:27

Members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have withdrawn from Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo as government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, are making territorial gain against the extremists and other foreign-sponsored terrorists in the region.
Women, children returning from Daesh warzones could pose threats: EU

Jun 30, 2017 08:07

A senior EU judiciary official warns that women and children related to Middle East-based Takfiri terror groups, including Daesh, are increasingly returning to their home countries in Europe, with some of them posing security threats to their homeland.
Lavrov: Russia to respond 'in proportion' to US strike on Syria

Jun 29, 2017 02:21

Russia has said it will react "in proportion" to any US military actions against Syria on the pretense of preventing a chemical attack.
UN urges protection of 100k civilians trapped in Syria's Raqqah

Jun 28, 2017 23:41

The United Nations human rights chief says as many as 100,000 civilians are trapped in Syria's Raqqah province, urging all sides fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, "including international forces", to spare their lives.
Turkey says returned fire on Kurdish YPG militants in Syria

Jun 28, 2017 03:55

The Turkish military claims it has fired back at US-backed Kurdish militia after they targeted the anti-Damascus militants it supports in Syria.