A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon. The stimulant — once notorious for its association with Islamic …
Ten killed in Syria regime rocket strikes: monitor
Syrian regime rocket fire on Sunday killed 10 people including three children at makeshift camps for displaced people in the country’s last major rebel-held bastion, a war monitor said.The dead …
Monitors say 6 killed in Syria’s shelling of tent settlement
Syrian government forces shelled tent settlements housing families displaced by the country’s conflict in the rebel-held northwest early Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, opposi …
Scores of Syrian refugees head home from crisis-hit Lebanon
Scores of Syrian refugees headed home Saturday from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country.
Why the US still has not defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria, according to a new report
It’s been more than three years since the Islamic State appeared to be defeated after the terror group lost all the territory it had once controlled, and yet ISIS continues to wage an insurgency in …
Sabbagh: Syria stresses the necessity of lifting the unjust US blockade imposed on Cuba
Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh reiterated Syria’s firm and continuous support for the steadfastness of the friendly Cuban people in the face of the u …
A secretive US special-operations base in Syria is taking fire from a shadowy Middle East war
An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. An curved arrow pointing right. A remote US special-operations base in the Syrian desert is caught in a shadow war between military powers in …
140 civilian homes demolished by YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria
The YPG/PKK terrorist group has demolished 140 civilian homes in al-Hasakah city’s East Ghweran and al-Zuhour neighborhoods in northeast Syria, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New …
140 civilian homes demolished by YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria
The YPG/PKK terrorist group has demolished 140 civilian homes in al-Hasakah city’s East Ghweran and al-Zuhour neighborhoods in northeast Syria, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New …
Kyle Larson and Daniel Silverman: Critics of US efforts have it wrong — Ukraine isn’t Libya or Afghanistan
Its criticism is simple: The U.S. has done this before. With Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, America’s recent interventions have been a parade of mission failures. In each of these cases, the …