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...
The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed on Wednesday that Israel will "pay" for killing an Iranian military advisor in Syria in strikes that hit targets north of Aleppo on Monday night. Iranian media reported that IRGC advisor Saeed...
Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday morning, resulting in heavy casualties. "The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of southeastern Aleppo, targeting some sites in the vicinity of Aleppo," a military source...
The Syrian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike hit the coastal Syrian city of Baniyas, killing a girl and injuring 10 other civilians. "The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Lebanon, targeting a central site and a...
Israeli airstrikes were launched in Syria early Thursday morning, targeting a building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syria's SANA news agency reported. "At approximately 03:20 am on Thursday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial attack from the...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged on Thursday that its forces killed a civilian in a May 2023 drone strike in northwest Syria, walking back its initial claim that it killed an al-Qaeda leader. Lufti Hasan Masto, a 56-year-old father of 10, was hit by a...
