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Five members of the pro-Assad Liwaa al-Quds Palestinian militia have been killed in clashes with the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian desert near the town of Sukhna.
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and its former commercial centre, had its airport closed for years because of the conflict.
Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf complains regime 'stole his land'
Rami Makhlouf claims his family's property has been confiscated by the Assad regime.
Syria TV journalist shot by unidentified gunmen in Al-Bab
Baha Al-Halabi, a reporter for Syria TV, was reportedly shot in an assassination attempt in Al-Bab.
Syria's regime auctions off land of the displaced
Rights groups and legal experts say local authorities in parts of northwest Syria recaptured by government forces have staged auctions to ...
2020: 10 uplifting stories from the Middle East
Marred by the coronavirus pandemic, the year 2020 has been a challenge for all. Here are some stories that provided glimmers of hope.
How Putin's Russia helped crush the Arab Spring
Analysis: Putin has always endorsed authoritarian rule in the Middle East and Russia has profited significantly from the brutal subversion of ...
Struggling Syria farmers turn to tropical fern for fodder
Syrians farmers are turning to a southeast Asian plant to feed livestock as animal fodder prices skyrocket.
Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander dies of Covid-19
Iranian media have reported that IRGC Brigadier-General Abdul Rasool Mahmudabadi, who fought alongside General Qasem Soleimani in Iraq and ...
Syria graduate doctors to battle Covid-19 in rebel hub
In Idlib and adjacent parts of Aleppo province, opposition officials have recorded almost 15,766 novel coronavirus infections in total, ...
For wounded Syrian photographer, Paris protest reawakens Aleppo trauma
Ameer al-Halbi, a freelance photographer who has covered the Syrian civil war from his home city of Aleppo, needed treatment for face ...
Award-winning Syrian photojournalist 'wounded by police' during Paris protest
Ameer Alhalbi was covering the weekend demonstrations opposing police violence and the French government's new law restricting sharing images of ...
Syrian documentary film For Sama wins Emmy International Award
Syrian filmmaker Waad al-Kateab has won an Emmy International Award for her critically acclaimed film For Sama, which tells the heartbreaking ...
Fourth doctor in Syria's Idlib province dies from Covid-19
Syria's Idlib is seeing a growing number of cases of the potentially deadly Covid-19 virus.
Turkey withdraws more troops from northwest Syria bases
Turkey has pulled out of more bases in Syria's Aleppo province, with locals fearing the regime might be planning a new assault.
Covid-19 rampaging through northwest Syria, warns IRC
Northwest Syria has seen an surge in Covid-19 cases which is concerning health workers and NGOs.
Why US elections present Syrians with a complex dilemma
Syrian Americans have been affected by Trump's discriminatory policies and his 'Muslim ban' but many of them fear that a Biden presidency will ...
Syrian rebels bomb regime positions following deadly Russian airstrike
Syrian rebels have bombed regime positions in the northwest of the country in retaliation for a Russian airstrike which killed up to 100 ...
Turkey evacuates Syria outpost long-encircled by regime
Turkey started withdrawing from the Morek outpost in Hama, a province which is under regime control.
Syria builds new Covid ward, prepares for second wave
Syria has already been ravaged by an outbreak of Covid-19.
HTS kill 13 ‘IS-affiliated militants' in northern Syria
An HTS-affiliated security force says it has killed 13 Islamic State militants in the village of Tal’ada in Idlib province, while local people ...
Syria Insight: Russia's intervention five years on (Part 1)
In-depth: Five years have passed since Russia's intervention in Syria's war began. For Syrians, it is a time of loss and mourning.
Three humanitarian workers injured in Syria's Al-Bab blast
Three humanitarian workers were injured in Tuesday's Al-Bab bombing, which left at least 18 people dead.
Nineteen killed in car bomb attack in northern Syria
A car bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab, which is controlled by Turkish-allied forces, has killed 19 people, most of them ...
Russia's intervention in the Syria war has cost thousands of lives.
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