Syria
German court finds main suspect in first Syria torture trial guilty
A court in Germany found a Syrian former colonel guilty on charges of state torture on Thursday, and sentenced him to a…
UPDATED: Israeli attack in Syria’s central region kills 2 civilians – state media
An Israeli air strike in Syria killed two people and wounded seven others including six soldiers on Wednesday, Syrian state media said,…
Syrian air defences intercept Israeli missiles aimed at Damascus area -state media
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Syrian air defences on Saturday intercepted Israeli missiles targeted at sites in countryside around the capital Damascus and…
Senior al Qaeda leader in Syria killed in drone strike
The U.S. military killed senior al Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in a drone strike in Syria on Friday, a U.S. Central…
UPDATED: Roadside bomb attack kills 13 Syrian military personnel in Damascus
At least 13 Syrian military personnel were killed in a roadside bomb attack, as their bus crossed a bridge in central Damascus…
Syrian government, opposition agree on drafting new constitution -envoy
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Sunday the government and opposition co-chairs of the Syrian Constitutional…
One Syrian soldier killed, three wounded in Israeli air attack
One Syrian soldier was killed and three others wounded in an Israeli air attack on Syria's Palmyra area in the province of…
Arabs ease Assad’s isolation as U.S. looks elsewhere
BEIRUT, Oct 10 (Reuters) - While Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West who blame him for a decade of brutal…
U.N. issues new Syria war death toll, says 350,000 is an ‘undercount’
At least 350,209 people have been killed in the decade-old war in Syria, the United Nations human rights office said in its…
Syria sees spike in COVID-19 cases as fears grow of new wave
Syria is facing a new surge in COVID-19 infections in both government-held areas and territory outside state control that could overwhelm the…
Syria violence worsening, not safe for refugee return, UN investigators say
Syria is still unsafe for the return of refugees a decade after its conflict began, U.N. war crimes investigators said, documenting worsening…
Putin meets al-Assad in Moscow, criticizes foreign forces in Syria
President Vladimir Putin received Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Moscow for the first time since 2015 on Monday and criticised foreign forces…