Several US troops and other members of a US-led coalition were injured in a Friday drone attack on a US base in northeast Syria, Reuters reported on Saturday. The US military initially said there were no casualties in the attack but later found minor injuries,...
Israeli airstrikes targeted central Syria on Thursday as tensions are soaring in the region amid anticipation of an Iranian reprisal attack on Israel. A Syrian military source told Al Mayadeen that the strikes targeted several military sites and injured four Syrian...
On Wednesday, Arab tribesmen launched a major attack on the US-backed Kurdish SDF in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor province, and reports say US helicopters helped defend the Kurdish forces. According to Turkey's Daily Sabah, the Arab tribes attacked seven villages,...
On Sunday, members of the Arab Druze community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights mourned 12 children who were killed when a rocket hit a soccer field in the village of Majdal Shams a day earlier. Israel has pinned the blame for the rocket strike on Hezbollah,...
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has announced that Italy will appoint an ambassador to Syria for the first time in 12 years. According to The Associated Press, Tajani said one reason why Rome was restoring ties with Damascus was to "prevent Russia from...
Eight European Union countries are calling on the 27-nation bloc to reconsider its policy toward Syria and suggested engaging directly with the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. In a letter to the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, the foreign...
According to US Central Command, the US and its partner forces were involved in 196 missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that killed 44 ISIS operatives during the first half of 2024. In Iraq, CENTCOM said it was involved in 137 operations with government forces...
Israeli airstrikes targeted sites in and around the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday, killing one Syrian soldier and wounding three others, Syrian media has reported. "A soldier was killed and three others injured following an aerial aggression launched by the...
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Turkey for talks on potentially restoring ties. "We will extend our invitation (to Assad); with this invitation, we want to restore Turkey-Syria relations to...
A State Department official has told Rudaw that the US has no plans to withdraw its troops from Syria. The US has about 900 troops in eastern Syria and backs the Kurdish-led SDF, allowing Washington to control and occupy about one-third of the country's territory. The...
