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The fall of Aleppo to pro-Assad forces has heightened alarm in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The fall of Aleppo to Syrian government forces backed by Russia and Iran has heightened alarm in Israel about potential threats to its borders and a wider reshaping of the...
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The US government is suing to recover 4 ancient Syrian artifacts it believes...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is suing to recover four ancient Syrian artifacts it believes were trafficked by Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a tiny fraction of the...
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The fall of Aleppo deals a humiliating blow to years of Turkish policy in Syria
ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The recapture of Aleppo by Syrian government forces deals a humiliating blow to years of Turkish policy in Syria, leaving in ruins its efforts to force President Bashar...
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Syrian President Assad: 'History is being made' with defeat of rebels in Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday the world would be different after what he called the "liberation of Aleppo", describing it as a historic moment."What is happening...
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Aleppo evacuations have ground to a halt amid recriminations from all sides
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT — The evacuation of the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended Friday after pro-government militias demanded that wounded people should also be...
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Putin and Erdogan push for talks on Syria without the US or UN
MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said he and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan are working to organize a new series of Syrian peace talks without the involvement of the United...
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Trump says he wants to set up safe zones in Syria 'so people can have a chance'
President-elect Donald Trump addressed the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria's largest city during a rally Thursday night, calling it "sad" and promising to set up "safe zones" so that "people...
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For Syrian refugees who supported the opposition, Assad's victory in Aleppo...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - They fled Aleppo from different districts and at different stages of Syria's civil war, seeking refuge abroad. Now, for refugees who supported the opposition, President Bashar...
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OBAMA: 'I feel responsible' for Syria
President Barack Obama said in his final press conference of the year that he feels "responsible" for the bloodshed in Syria, and that his administration "went through every option" to try and limit...
View ArticleObama on Syria: 'As president of the United States I feel responsible'
During his final press conference of 2016, President Barack Obama shared that as president of the United States, he feels a certain amount of responsibility for the terrible things happening in the...
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Here's what you can do to help besieged, war-torn Aleppo, Syria
The crisis in Syria reached new, heartbreaking heights on Friday as a brokered cease-fire attempted to give tens of thousands of residents the opportunity to escape the besieged city of Aleppo.While...
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The State Department just doubled the reward for one of the 2 most-wanted...
The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program more than doubled the bounty for Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the emir of the Islamic State and its self-professed caliphate, making him one of the two...
View ArticleWatch a US-led airstrike obliterate an ISIS fighting position near the terror...
As fighting in the western Syrian city of Aleppo appears to be coming to an end in favor of Bashar Assad, US airstrikes against ISIS forces in the eastern part of the country have continued.In a...
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Busses en route to evacuate Syrians in besieged villages reportedly attacked...
Several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya were attacked and burned on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian...
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Before-and-after photos show the staggering scale of destruction in Aleppo
Aleppo has been almost completely destroyed as the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fought to retake the eastern part of the city from rebels.The commercial capital of Syria, Aleppo was...
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Over 1,000 people were evacuated from east Aleppo on Monday morning
Beirut (AFP) - More than 1,000 people were evacuated from the last rebel-held pocket of Syria's Aleppo early on Monday after hours of delay, a medical official told AFP."About 20 buses carrying people...
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The seven-year-old girl who tweeted the horrors of living in east Aleppo was...
Cilvegözü (Turkey) (AFP) - Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter account has offered a tragic account of the war in Syria, was evacuated from the divided Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, a Turkish...
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Turkey's southern border is becoming a key hub for refugees fleeing Aleppo
Cilvegözü (Turkey) (AFP) - Clogged daily by dozens of aid trucks, a Turkish border crossing has become a key hub in efforts to get help to those who have fled the devastation in the war-ravaged Syrian...
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The US-led coalition mounted a daytime raid to destroy weapons ISIS captured...
As heavy fighting continues in ISIS' last Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, the terrorist group's forces retook the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.The recapture of Palmyra comes just a few months...
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The 7-year-old girl whose horrific tweets from inside Aleppo went viral has...
A 7-year-old girl whose tweets from inside the besieged city of Aleppo opened a window into the heinous situation there has been safely evacuated from the city along with her family, activists on the...
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