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Bashar al-Assad wins expected majority

Baath party wins 200 of 250 seats

18 Apr 2016 6:16 AM

Syrians go to polls in govt-held areas

Peace talks kick off amid surge in violence

14 Apr 2016 6:17 AM

IS attacked the town of Dmeir, east of Damascus, after suffering a series of territorial losses at the hands of regime troops

ISIS executes 175 kidnapped Syrian workers within 24 hours: reports

The group was accused of kidnapping more than 300 employees of a cement factory in Syria.

08 Apr 2016 5:32 PM

ISIS ‘kidnaps over 300 cement workers’ in Syria

The ISIS militant group has abducted more than 300 workers from a cement factory near Damascus, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported on Thursday, citing a source at the industry ministry.

08 Apr 2016 12:02 AM

ISIS attacks Syrian Army near capital

ISIS fighters launched attacks on government-held areas near Damascus overnight in what a Syrian source said appeared to be a response to the group’s loss of ground elsewhere.

07 Apr 2016 12:15 AM

Syrian troops take another ISIS-held town

A week after taking back the historic town of Palmyra, Syrian troops and their allies on Sunday captured another town controlled by ISIS in central Syria, state media reported.

05 Apr 2016 6:18 AM

Army captures key bastion in blow to ISIS

Syrian troops on Sunday seized the key ISIS group bastion of Al-Qaryatain, dealing the jihadists a new blow in the country’s centre a week after expelling them from Palmyra, state television said.

04 Apr 2016 5:20 AM

150 mines removed so far from Palmyra site

A Syrian antiquities official said that demining experts have so far removed 150 bombs planted by ISIS inside the archaeological site in the historic town of Palmyra.

30 Mar 2016 7:16 AM

150 mines removed so far from Palmyra site

A Syrian antiquities official said that demining experts have so far removed 150 bombs planted by ISIS inside the archaeological site in the historic town of Palmyra.

30 Mar 2016 7:09 AM

This time around, not only have they successfully struck prime targets ,they have also released celebratory photographs

ISIS celebrates Brussels attack, distribute sweets to Syrian residents

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the horrific attacks at the Brussels airport and on a subway train.

23 Mar 2016 12:23 PM

Amid violation claims, Syria’s tenuous truce holds

A Syrian refugee is helped by volunteers to leave a sinking dinghy at a beach on the south-eastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Sunday. — AP

29 Feb 2016 6:17 AM

Series of bombings in Homs, Damascus kill 119

The site of double car bomb attack in Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of Homs in Syria on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

22 Feb 2016 5:38 AM

Aid convoys to enter towns in ‘test’ for Syria truce

Convoys were to deliver aid to thousands of besieged Syrians Wednesday in what the United Nations has described as a test for the country’s warring sides ahead of a hoped-for ceasefire.

18 Feb 2016 4:24 AM

Syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Walid Muallem (centre, right) in a meeting. — AFP

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says ceasefire plan ‘difficult’ to implement

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad poured cold water on an internationally-backed plan for a ceasefire to begin later this week, saying it would be “difficult” to implement.

17 Feb 2016 5:52 AM

Bashar al-Assad: Will retake whole nation, may take long time

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake the entire country but warned it could take a “long time,” in an interview that comes as international pressure grows for a ceasefire.

13 Feb 2016 3:33 AM

ISIS losing fighters to rival groups after pay cuts: report

US military officials estimate that IS has lost as much as 40% of the territory it held in Iraq and as much as 20% in Syria, it said.

08 Feb 2016 4:08 PM

Destroyed buildings are seen in Homs, Syria. (Photo: AFP)

Bombs kill 22 at army checkpoint in Syria's Homs

He said the two bombers appeared to have pulled up at the army checkpoint in a car together.

26 Jan 2016 2:43 PM

Rare Syrian evacuation as blasts hit Homs

A rare UN-backed deal between Syria’s warring sides saw hundreds of fighters and civilians evacuate three towns on Monday, as bomb blasts in the regime-held city of Homs killed at least 19 people.

29 Dec 2015 6:05 AM