Turkey’s defense minister says withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syria would be “unimaginable” before his country’s national security concerns are addressed.
Explosions rock Syrian capital, with no immediate word on source or targets
State media and local residents say repeated blasts heard before dawn in Damascus; war monitor says sites involved were weapons warehouses of Iran-backed militias …
Can Yemen hold together?
Fragmented states in the Middle East are no rarity—think of Iraq, Libya, Palestine and Syria—but Yemen is the most disunited of all. Rent by civil war for the past eight years, it is a …
Assad blames Erdogan for violence in Syria and insists on a pullout of Turkish troops
Syrian President Bashar Assad has slammed Turkey and blamed Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country …
Assad blames Erdogan for violence in Syria and insists on a pullout of Turkish troops
Syrian President Bashar Assad has slammed Turkey and blamed Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country …
IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 20 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fighting
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an ambush in eastern Syria that killed at least 20 government soldiers and wounded others …
Fierce clashes erupts between Syrian army, terrorists
News sources reported the fierce clashes between the Syrian army and the terrorists of the Al-Nusra Front in the northern Reef of Latakia City, Syria.
Turkey-Syria reconciliation slips away as Assad bashes Erdogan
The top diplomats of Syria and Turkey met in Moscow this week, but little substantial progress seems to have been made in their path toward reconciliation.
Syrian President Assad accuses Turkey of fueling violence, calls for withdrawal of Turkish forces
Syrian President Bashar Assad has criticized Turkey for exacerbating the surge in violence within his war-ravaged country and demanded the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria.
UN envoy persists with Syria peace talks despite series of stalemates
Every several months, a UN envoy seeking a political solution to the Syrian civil war briefs the Security Council on what has been described as a lack of any significant progress. Geir Pedersen’s …