Tag: Syria

Kurdish-led authorities released on Thursday hundreds of militants from the Islamic State group imprisoned in northern Syria, as part of a general amnesty in the region controlled by the U.S.-backed …

The New York-based watchdog says the targeting of civilians by the Syrian-Russian alliance may amount to crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Syria-Russia alliance of …

Human Rights Watch has declared Syrian and Russian strikes against Idlib to be war crimes. The report blasts the strategic attacks on civilian targets as a “callous disregard” for life.

Even as diplomats work on a last-ditch effort to get Syria to hand over its chemical weapons to international authorities, the US gearing up to launch missiles if Obama gives the order. But just how …

The Syrian government has set up a temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients at a Damascus sports complex in preparation for what an official said was a possible second wave. The facility at Al-Faiha …

The UN says at least three people have died in the fires that erupted last week in Latakia, Tartus and Homs provinces.

Bashar Assad’s public appearances around Syria have been rare since the country’s conflict began in March 2011.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has made a rare public visit to the coastal province of Latakia where he toured areas that suffered heavy damage in last week’s wildfires that killed three people, state …