Sectarian tensions in Iraq and the wider region have been inflamed by the civil war in Syria, where mainly Sunni Muslim rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, whose Alawite …
Israel ‘bombed a dozen ships carrying Iranian oil or weapons in past two years’
Unconfirmed attacks would suggest opening of new front in semi-covert conflict between arch-foes Last modified on Fri 12 Mar 2021 05.29 EST Israel has bombed at least a dozen ships en route to Syria …
Inside U.S. troops’ stronghold in Syria, a question of how long Biden will keep them there
At a makeshift military outpost abutting a natural gas field in eastern Syria, the signs of the country’s violent upheaval are everywhere. Bombed-out concrete buildings lie in ruins. The pipes that …
Ten years of Syria conflict, from protest to war to economic decline
This is a timeline of how the conflict began with peaceful pro-democracy protests, then developed into a multi-sided conflict that sucked in world powers and killed hundreds of thousands of people.
The whole of the Middle East will pay the price for Biden’s Iran appeasement policy
Empowering Iran will come at the expense of not only Saudi Arabia – but at the expense of Iraqis, Lebanese, Syrians and Yemenis …
This Syrian Woman Built a Thriving Dairy Business in Jordan
With only some pots, utensils, an oven and small refrigerator, Abeer Abbas has created a sustainable and profitable local operation.
This Syrian Woman Built a Thriving Dairy Business in Jordan
With only some pots, utensils, an oven and small refrigerator, Abeer Abbas has created a sustainable and profitable local operation.
US says Syria’s Assad has ‘done nothing’ to restore legitimacy
Biden administration has no plans to normalise relations ‘anytime soon’ as Syrian government flouts accountability, State Department says …
Syria’s war: A decade after the Syrian civil war began, memories haunt a family it tore apart
Seham Hamu lost her husband, son and grand-daughter on the same night in 2016 when a missile struck their home in Douma, a rebel stronghold near the Syrian capital that saw some of the fiercest …
Syria’s war: A decade after the Syrian civil war began, memories haunt a family it tore apart
Seham Hamu lost her husband, son and grand-daughter on the same night in 2016 when a missile struck their home in Douma, a rebel stronghold near the Syrian capital that saw some of the fiercest …