Syria ceasefire 'practically dead and has ended'
FA Syrian ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia was in deep trouble on Monday as a rebel official said it had practically failed and signaled insurgents were preparing for a full...
View ArticleKerry says humanitarian aid trucks will reach 8 locations in Aleppo
Humanitarian aid deliveries were expected to reach eight or more locations in areas of war-torn Syria on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said amid signs that a Syrian ceasefire may be in...
View ArticleInternational aid trucks were hit by airstrikes as Syria declares the...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air raids hit aid trucks near the city of Aleppo on Monday, a monitoring group reported, as the Syrian military declared that a week-long ceasefire was over.The attacks were carried...
View ArticleUN suspends all convoys in Syria after a deadly airstrike on aid trucks
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian aid agency suspended all convoys in Syria on Tuesday following deadly airstrikes on aid trucks the previous night that activists said killed at least 12 people,...
View Article'Sickening' airstrike on UN aid trucks in Syria may be the last straw in...
A week into a cease-fire in Syria brokered by Russia and the US, Russian-made warplanes hit a UN aid convoy traveling to the besieged town of Aleppo to provide relief to Syrians at the scene of some of...
View ArticleUS says Syria ceasefire isn't dead, but others are skeptical
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States said that a Syria ceasefire was "not dead" on Tuesday even as other countries voiced skepticism that a U.S.-Russian deal to halt the violence could be...
View ArticleHere’s how Skittles responded to Trump Jr. comparing the candy to Syrian...
Donald Trump Jr. is facing backlash after he tweeted a graphic comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleUS: Only Russia or Syria could have bombed the UN aid convoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An attack on a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies in the Aleppo area of Syria appeared to be an air strike but it was not carried out by coalition jets, U.S. Central Command...
View ArticleAmal Clooney wants to prosecute Syria's president for war crimes
Renowned human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said that if Syrian President Bashar Assad is prosecuted for war crimes, she wants to be on the team.Amal, who is married to actor George Clooney, has done...
View ArticleKerry to Syria, Russia: Ground your air forces to 'give a chance for...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wants all aircraft over key humanitarian routes in northern Syria grounded in order to give peace a chance.Kerry told the U.N. Security Council...
View ArticleRussia is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to Syria's coast
Moscow (AFP) - Russia's defence minister said Wednesday that Moscow will dispatch its flagship aircraft carrier to bolster its forces in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria."Currently...
View ArticleScarborough grills Clinton campaign chief: ‘What are you here for if you...
Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook stumbled Wednesday when pressed on how the Democratic presidential nominee's policy on Syria would differ from that of the current administration.Mike...
View ArticleA Syrian warplane is reported to have crashed near Damascus after carrying...
A Syrian warplane has crashed near the capital, but it's unclear if it was shot down or came down because of a technical fault.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group...
View ArticleSecretary of US Air Force: We're worried about a US-Russia alliance in Syria
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force’s top civilian leader didn’t mince words Sept. 20 when she doubted Moscow’s ability to make good on potential military cooperation with the United States in...
View ArticleSyrian President Assad: I am blameless for nearly 6 years of death and...
President Bashar Assad rejected accusations that Syrian or Russian planes struck an aid convoy in Aleppo or that his troops were preventing food from entering the city's rebel-held eastern...
View ArticleHere's the full text of the collapsed secret Syrian ceasefire deal
The following is the text of the Syria cease-fire agreement reached by the United States and Russia on Sept. 9, 2016.While the truce appears to have all but collapsed amid Syrian government and rebel...
View ArticleIt's becoming clear that the West cannot restrain Russia
Only days after the latest ceasefire agreement came into force in Syria, a United Nations aid convoy en route to Aleppo was attacked and destroyed.The UN was quick to declare this both a premeditated...
View ArticleThe Syrian army has begun a new assault on rebel-held Aleppo
Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said, after the army announced a new offensive aimed at retaking all of the divided second...
View ArticleThe fiercest airstrikes yet were launched on Aleppo, killing any hope of...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Warplanes launched some of the heaviest air strikes yet on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday after the Russian-backed Syrian army declared an offensive to fully capture Syria's...
View ArticleThis is how Europe fights back against Russian disinformation
For a little more than a year, a small group of eight officials with the EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS) has been working on a counter-propaganda strategy that reads like something out of...
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