More than 200 U.N. staff members have been infected by COVID-19 in Syria as the global body steps up its contingency plans to combat the fast spread of the pandemic in the country, medical workers and …
Coronavirus: Leaked letter says over 200 UN staff in Syria have contracted Covid-19
Independent sources say scores of medical workers have died in recent weeks, increasing fears that Damascus is covering up true scale of pandemic …
Over 200 UN staff in Syria have COVID-19
More than 200 UN staff have been infected by COVID-19 in Syria as the global body steps up contingency plans to combat the fast spread of the pandemic in …
Cyprus worried as 4 migrant boats reach island in 48 hours
Cypriot authorities are alarmed over the arrival of four boats carrying Syrian and Lebanese migrants in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation’s coastline within a 48-hour span …
U.S. Says Iran Must Leave Syria, Russia Can Stay, But Allies Keep the Oil
Amid heated criticisms as President Donald Trump focuses on securing oil reserves, a State Department spokesperson tells Newsweek, “We have been very clear regarding our overall policy goals in Syria.
U.S. conveyed concerns to Russia over Syria troop collision – White House official
The United States has conveyed its concerns to Russia over an incident in Syria in which several U.S. troops were injured when a Russian military vehicle collided with theirs, National Security …
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, the Iraq veteran on the front line of the war against chemical weapons in Syria
Beneath the smoke-hazed starlight of the desert night, a young tank captain waited for his moment of war. He was a romantic man and it was his first conflict. Now, on the eve of battle, as the trails …
Keeping US troops in Syria to counter Russia has the opposite effect
Moscow relationship cannot be used to justify a continued partial occupation of Syrian territory.
How U.S. Sanctions Can Crack the Syrian Regime
Joshua Landis and Steven Simon argue that the new American sanctions imposed against backers of the Syrian regime harm ordinary Syrians and fail to advance core American interests. The authors ignore …
Turkey says France’s Macron ‘hysterical’ over Syria, Libya, East Mediterranean
Turkey’s foreign minister said on Friday French President Emmanuel Macron had become “hysterical” over developments in the Libyan and Syrian conflicts and a dispute over maritime boundaries in the …