Kazakhstan has been leading the way in repatriating Kazakh foreign fighters and their families held in Kurdish-controlled prisons and camps in northeastern Syria, with experts debating whether such …
Crisis in Syria
The shelling continues in the Syrian city of Homs as activists say that close to 200 people have been killed in the last two days. President Obama has said that the “world cannot be bystanders” as the …
US likely to call for Syria’s Assad to step down
The United Nations said Syria’s brutal crackdown on its own citizens “may amount to crimes against humanity,” and the Obama Administration is expected to call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to …
Israel and the U.S.: Maintaining the Alliance Against Iran | Opinion
Hezbollah’s budget has been cut, Iran’s formerly 80,000-strong militia in Syria, commanded by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers, has been reduced to approximately 10,000, and the …
UN observers blocked from alleged Syria massacre site
Rebels in Syria say Assad’s forces had slaughtered at least 78 people, including women and children, but Assad’s people say it was the rebels and the numbers were far fewer. ITN’s Paul Davies reports.
How to Save Lebanon From Financial Ruin and Starvation
Lebanon is in crisis. It is now home to 1.6 million Syrian and Palestinian refugees and their descendants. The government is democratic but barely functions as numerous political parties, mostly …
Syrian businessmen linked to firm that bought Beirut explosives
One of the businessmen had previously been accused of trying to procure ammonium nitrate for the Syrian government.
57 Killed in Deadliest Israeli Strikes on Syria in Years
The latest raids came hours after separate strikes near the Iraqi border killed at least 12 Iran-backed militia fighters.
Israel Strikes Iran-Linked Targets in Syria
TEL AVIV—Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes early Wednesday in eastern Syria, killing dozens of people according to independent war monitors, in one of its deadliest raids on sites used by …
Israel launches unusually intense strikes on Iranian positions in Syria
Israeli warplanes hit eastern Syria overnight, targeting Iranian militia warehouses and positions across several cities in a series of fierce air raids.