Syria
UPDATED: Syria’s Assad says would welcome more Russian troops
By Guy Faulconbridge and Caleb Davis MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Thursday that he would welcome…
UN, Syrian government implicated in Syria aid failures after quake – commission
GENEVA, March 13 (Reuters) - The United Nations, the Syrian government and other actors are responsible for delays in getting emergency aid…
Syria says Israeli strike puts Aleppo airport out of service
An Israeli air strike knocked Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and forced the Syrian authorities to reroute flights carrying aid…
Panic as Turkey, Syria rocked again by 6.3M earthquake
ANTAKYA, Turkey Feb 20 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border late on Monday, setting off…
Turkey clears away rubble from earthquake, rescue efforts wind down
By Henriette Chacar and Ali Kucukgocmen ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Turkey stepped up work to clear away rubble from collapsed…
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) aid convoy enters northwestern Syria
PARIS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Paris-founded medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that a convoy of 14 MSF trucks had entered…
Arab states need new approach towards Syria, says Saudi foreign minister
DUBAI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said consensus was building in the Arab world that isolating Syria was not…
Survivors dug out of rubble in Turkey, but many families pray to find a body to mourn
By Clodagh Kilcoyne, Ali Kucukgocmen and Marco Trujillo ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Survivors were still being dug out of the…
Israeli missile strikes building in central Damascus, five dead
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - An Israeli rocket strike early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus's Kafr…
World Food Programme boss criticises northwestern Syrian authorities for slowing quake aid
By John Irish MUNICH, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday pressured authorities in northwestern…
UPDATED: Teenager rescued from rubble in Turkey 10 days after quake
By Suhaib Salem and Ali Kucukgocmen KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in…
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000 as Turkey starts legal action
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria,…