The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that a Palestinian woman from Syria living in a refugee camp in Lebanon has become the first refugee to test positive for the coronavirus …
Former British rapper arrested on suspicion of fighting for Islamic State in Syria
A former London rapper has been arrested on suspicion of joining Islamic State fighters in Syria. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was arrested on Monday in southern Spain, according to The Associated Press, …
Syria War Crimes Trial to Open in Germany
Two former Syrian security intelligence officers face charges of crimes against humanity in groundbreaking trial.
Gunman Kills 9 in Lebanon Mountain Town
A gunman went on a rampage in a mountain town in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing four Lebanese and five Syrians before fleeing into the surrounding wilderness, Leb …
Abdel-Majed Abdel-Bary profile: Rapper turned fighter who became disillusioned with Syria war
Majed Abdel-Bary’s brief popular identification as “Jihadi John” was always thin, resting mainly on his west London background and the photograph he cheerfully posted online …
Turkey warns Syria of ‘very heavy losses’ if truce violated
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syrian government forces of “accelerating its aggression” in the Idlib de-escalation zone by taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic. “Turkey …
Turkey says Syria is violating a truce in rebel-held north
Turkey’s president on Monday accused the Syrian government of taking advantage of the world’s preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to increase attacks in rebel-held northwestern Syria in …
Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court
Together with more than a dozen other witnesses, Mukdad will testify before a German court in the trial of Anwar R., a former member of Syria’s secret police suspected of overseeing the abuse of …
Syria says it shot down Israeli missiles over Palmyra
The missiles were downed before they could hit their targets, it added. Syrian state television gave no further details about the attacks, the latest to hit Syria in three weeks. The United …
Iran’s new frontline with America in the Gulf and Syria
It is part of Tehran’s Middle East game plan to try to remove the US from Iraq and Syria while also carrying out pinprick threats in the Gulf. Iran has harassed US ships in the Gulf for decades but …