Syria

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Hours after Baghdadi's death, ISIS spokesman killed in fresh North Syria raid

IS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir had been killed, after SDF chief Mazloum Abdi said he had been 'targeted' in a fresh raid.

28 Oct 2019 11:28 AM

The Kurdish withdrawal from Ras al-Ain will be a boost to the ceasefire, which came into effect on Thursday evening, but has been shaky ever since. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

Kurds fully withdraw from besieged Syria border town

SDFspokesmanin a statement cited by Al Jazeera that the Kurdish-led group had no fighters left in Ras al-Ain

21 Oct 2019 10:53 AM

IS families escape Syria camp as Turkey battles Kurds

Fighting raged along the border of an offensive that has provoked an international outcry and left dozens of civilians and fighters dead.

13 Oct 2019 6:52 PM

Air strikes stop in Syria's Idlib after truce announced

Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents on the edges of the anti-government bastion have also ceased after a unilateral ceasefire.

31 Aug 2019 4:21 PM

The picture went viral on social media networks: two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building. (Photo: AFP)

Photo: Syrian girl grabs baby sister from shirt in bombed building’s rubble

The girls are part of a family of eight, consisting of two parents and six sisters.

27 Jul 2019 9:03 AM

Lisa Smith joined the Islamic State group after divorcing her husband for not following her at the age of 33. (Photo: ScreenGrab)

IS bride, Lisa Smith says she did not train fighters

She and her two-year-old daughter are being held in a camp for IS women and children.

05 Jul 2019 5:33 PM

Toward the start of the Syrian civil war, the Israeli military established a number of red lines, which if violated would result in a retaliatory strike, including any attacks, either intentional or otherwise, against Israel. (Photo: ANI)

4 killed, 7 injured in Israeli attack in Syria

In recent years, Israel has carried out 100 strikes in Syria alleging it of violating ‘red lines’.

01 Jul 2019 3:47 PM

The Idlib region of some three million people is supposed to be protected by a September buffer zone deal, but the jihadist-run enclave has come under mounting bombardment by the government and its ally Russia since late April. (Photo: File/ AFP)

Regime strikes kill 8 civilians in Syria: monitor

Since late April, more than 460 civilians have been killed in government or Russian bombardment, according to the Observatory.

23 Jun 2019 1:28 PM

The bombardment destroyed shops and ripped apart bodies, according to an AFP photographer, who found human remains more than a hundred metres away from the site of the strike. (Photo: AFP)

28 including 17 civilians killed in regime attacks in Syria

The latest violence comes after UN chief Antonio Guterres called Tuesday on Russia and Turkey to 'stabilise the situation' in Idlib region.

20 Jun 2019 10:23 AM

More than 370,000 people were killed and millions were displaced in Syria and abroad since the beginning of the Syrian war in March 2011. (Photo: AFP)

Syria: Aleppo mortar shelling claims 12 lives

The strike comes a day after seven people were killed in air strikes by the Syrian government on the northwest province of Idlib.

17 Jun 2019 9:06 AM

Over 170 civilians have lost their lives in Idlib since April 25. The province is home to about three million people. (Photo: AP)

7 killed, 15 injured in air strikes by Assad regime in Syria

More than 370,000 people were killed and millions were displaced in Syria and abroad since the beginning of the Syrian war in March 2011.

16 Jun 2019 1:24 PM

The fighting to retake towns has been raging since April. A total of 126 personnel from government-backed forces and 102 rebels have lost their lives in the three towns since the latest offensive was launched three days ago, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Syrian Army continue offensive to retake rebel-controlled areas

‘We are heading to the towns of Tal Balah, Jalameh, and Jubain,’ a Syrian officer said in the village of Kafr Houd.

10 Jun 2019 3:34 PM

Further details are awaited. (Photo:ANI)

Syria: 14 killed after bomb-laden car detonates in Azaz

The death toll in the incident is expected to rise.

03 Jun 2019 9:19 AM

The four women interviewed by the AP said joining IS was a disastrous mistake. (Photo: File)

ISIS: Amidst fanfare and support, there are regrets, sorrows and sadness...

The women say it was misguided religious faith, naivety, a search for something to believe in youthful rebellion.

23 Apr 2019 4:10 PM

People flee as heavy smoke rises above the ISIS group's last remaining position in Syria. (Photo: AFP)

ISIS terrorists emerge from tunnels to surrender to US forces after Caliphate fails

Top foreign affairs official for Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish region warned ISIS members captured during assault still posed threat.

25 Mar 2019 11:52 AM

A day earlier, President Donald Trump declared that Islamic State militants no longer control any territory in Syria. (Photo:AP)

US-backed Syrian force claims victory over Islamic State

US-backed forces in Syria announced they have liberated the last area held by the Islamic State in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz.

23 Mar 2019 3:33 PM

Four years after leaving Germany to live under the ISIS group, 19-year-old Leonora has fled the terrorists' last bastion in eastern Syria and says it's time to go home (Photo: Twitter Digital Journal)

‘Big mistake’: German woman who joined ISIS, asks to go home

Just beyond village of Baghouz, Leonora and her two children are among the thousands to have scrambled out this week.

02 Feb 2019 2:18 PM

Sufyan was selected to speak to AFP by the Kurdish authorities, who detained him a year ago. (Photo; AFP)

'I am not jihadi John': German ISIS 'shoemaker' pleads to come home

Berlin is not known to have repatriated anyone, but Sufyan hopes he, his Syrian wife and their son can start afresh in Germany.

23 Oct 2018 11:29 AM

The reopening of the crossings is a major boost to the Syrian government, keen on sending messages to its citizens and the world that it is slowly emerging victorious from the bloody conflict and beginning to restore vital services and relations.(Representational image | AP)

Syria's key border crossings with Jordan, Israel to be reopened

Israel also said the Quneitra crossing with Syria will reopen on Monday to UN observers, four years after it was closed because of fighting.

15 Oct 2018 1:42 PM

Destroyed buildings are seen on August 12, 2018 following an explosion that reportedly killed 12 people at an arms depot in a residential area in the Syrian town of Sarmada, Idlib province. (Photo: AFP)

Children among 39 civilians killed in Syria arms depot blast: monitor

'The explosion occurred in a weapons depot in a residential building in Sarmada,' said the head of the Britain-based monitor.

12 Aug 2018 7:26 PM

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