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Turkey has criticised an oil deal between a US firm and Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria.
Eastern Syria has been viewed as under Iran's sphere of interest, but the resource-rich region remains a lucrative area for Russia too.
Syria regime says Kurdish-US firm deal is 'theft'
The Syrian regime condemned an agreement between Kurdish-led forces in the country's northeast and a US oil company, describing it as "theft" and an "affront to national sovereignty".
Two children killed, three injured in Syria mine explosions
Two children have been killed and three others injured when two mines exploded in Syria’s Raqqa and Idlib provinces as violence continued across ...
Russian, Iranian fighters killed and injured in Syria airstrikes
Three Russian soldiers have reportedly been injured in a Turkish strike near a Kurdish-controlled town in northeast Syria, while suspected ...
Russia's commander in Syria meets Kurdish SDF leader
The SDF has been at loggerheads with Turkey over control of northern Syria.
'Huge' mass grave found in former IS capital Raqqa
The total number of civilians killed by the Islamic State group is not known, but regional authorities have found a number of mass graves since ...
Turkey bolsters reinforcements in northern Syria
Adding to rising tensions, sources told The New Arab that Syrian regime forces had sent reinforcements to areas under Kurdish control.
Kurdish authorities pursue 'starvation policies' in eastern Syria
The official statement is a sign of increasing ethnic tensions between Arab tribesmen and Kurdish-dominated ruling authorities in eastern Syria.
Turkey's Erdogan claims BLM protesters 'working with PKK'
Ankara has attempted to link the Kurdish militant group to the Black Lives Matter protests.
Russia's expanding military footprint in the Middle East
Over the last decade Russia has visibly expanded its military, economic and political influence in the Middle East.
Six militia members ‘killed by IS’ in eastern Syria
Suspected IS militants have killed three members of the Syrian Democratic Forces ‘in a horrible way’ and three members of an Iran-backed militia ...
US may carry out wide-ranging operation against Iranian militias
Syrian opposition sources say the US and Syrian groups may carry out an air and ground operation against Iranian militias in eastern Syria.
Iraq confirms killing of deputy IS leader Moataz al-Jubouri
The Islamic State group's so called 'Governor of Iraq' Moataz al-Jubouri, is confirmed to have been killed in an international coalition air ...
France and Turkey's growing rivalry in the Middle East
France views Turkey's foreign policy stance as a threat to its own economic and geopolitical interests.
Two regional IS leaders killed in Syria: CentCom
Two regional Islamic State group leaders were killed in a strike on Deir az-Zour province earlier this week.
IS launches new deadly attack in eastern Syria
Islamic State militants have killed three people in an ambush in central Syria.
Three IS militants escape jail in Syria
The escape from a jail near the Al-Hol camp follows a prison riot earlier this month.
Foreign hands in Syria's war creating problems for Assad
Foreign intervention has marked Syria's war. Now it could lead to Assad's downfall.
Turkey, US sanctions and the looming S-400 showdown
Tensions over Turkey's S-400 missile system have subsided amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the US Congress remains poised to act.
Syrian Kurdish authorities ban journalist who 'offended martyrs'
Rudaw reporter Vivian Fatah has been banned from reporting for two months after she said Syrian Kurdish fighters were 'killed' rather than ...
Syrian fighters upping attacks on civilians during pandemic: UN
United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet lamented a surge in violence in Syria.
IS attack kills 11 Syrian regime and allied fighters
An Islamic State attack killed 11 in the Syrian desert as fighting intensifies.
Iraq's religious minorities fear plans to resettle IS families
Yazidi and Iraqi Christian communities who suffered atrocities at the hands of the extremist group fear the return of IS-affiliated families ...
A brief riot has erupted in a prison in Hassakeh, housing IS detainees.
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