Syria

UN calls for 'free and fair' elections in Syria

Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests precipitated one of the deadliest wars of the century.

Ex-prisoners back in Syria's cells 'of despair'

Darwish was detained for months by one of the most feared branches of the former government's many-tentacled intelligence services.

Project Syndicate / Rebuilding Syria after Assad

Syrians will not miss Assad, a brutal ruler who failed his people.

Syria's new government thanks countries that reopened missions

The offensive, which took just 10 days to sweep across Syria and take the capital Damascus, stunned the world and brought an end to more than a half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan.

Russia calls for rapid Syria stabilisation, criticises Israel

"We would like to see the situation in the country stabilised somehow as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

New Syria PM calls for Syrians abroad to return

"Their human capital, their experience will allow the country to flourish," Bashir said in an interview published Wednesday.

Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way'

The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad

Mohamed al-Bashir appointed PM of Syrian interim govt

Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed caretaker prime minister of the transitional Syrian government until March 1, 2025, he said in a televised statement on Tuesday

War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall

Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led rebel alliance swept into the capital Damascus, bringing to an end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.

August 17, 2016
August 17, 2016

Why Turkey is so important

According to WikiLeaks, soon after Bashar Assad rejected the Qatar pipeline, the CIA began funding opposition groups in Syria…. intelligence documents, published by WikiLeaks, show that by 2012”, some US allies “were arming, training and funding radical Jihadist Sunni fighters from Syria, Iraq and elsewhere to overthrow the Assad's Shia allied regime.

August 4, 2016
August 4, 2016

Broken promises for Syria's children

The human consequences of the education crisis among Syrian refugees are impossible to miss. They are apparent in the growing army of child labourers picking vegetables in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley or working at garment factories in Turkey, where a half-million refugees are out of school.

June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016

US diplomats urge military strikes against Syria's Assad

More than 50 State Department diplomats signs an internal memo sharply critical of US policy in Syria, calling for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the country's civil war.

June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016

Mouhamad’s journey

Mouhamad, a 40-year-old dentist and poet, lived in Aleppo, Syria, for many years.

June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016

Terrorist attacks rise in Bangladesh in 2015, says US State Department report

Terrorist attacks and the total number of deaths increased in Bangladesh in 2015, according to the US State Department.

June 2, 2016
June 2, 2016

Western powers urge Syria aid drops

The US, UK and France urge the UN to begin air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria.

May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016

Top Syrian negotiator quits peace talks

The chief negotiator of Syria's main opposition umbrella group, Mohammed Alloush, has resigned over what he called the failure of peace talks.

May 28, 2016
May 28, 2016

IS advance near Turkish border, civilians trapped

Islamic State fighters capture territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border and inch closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said.

May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016

IS 'destroyed aircraft' at Syria base

New satellite imagery appears to reveal extensive damage to a strategically significant airbase in central Syria used by Russian forces after an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS).

May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016

Islamic State may be down, but it's far from out

Islamic State (IS) is losing territory, its finances are being drained and the number of foreign fighters recruited has reportedly down to a trickle, dropped by as much as 90 percent from a high of 2,000 a month in the past year.