Syria
Syria’s Red Crescent ready to deliver aid to opposition-held areas
Syria's Red Crescent is ready to deliver relief aid to all the country's regions including opposition-held areas and is urging the United…
WATCH: Death toll from earthquake in Turkey nears 3,000, rescuers search for survivors
Rescue teams worked early on Tuesday to release people trapped in the rubble of buildings in southern Turkey as the death toll…
Bad weather hampers efforts to find survivors after huge Turkey quake
A huge earthquake killed more than 2,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather…
Huge earthquake kills 2,600 in Turkey and Syria, bad weather worsens plight
By Mert Ozkan and Kinda Makieh KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey/DAMASCUS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A huge earthquake killed more than 2,600 people across a…
UPDATED: Netanyahu says Syria requests quake relief, Israel ready to send it
JERUSALEM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday that it had received a Syrian request for assistance with earthquake relief for…
U.S. military says it captured two Islamic State members in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American forces have captured two Islamic State members during an air and ground assault in eastern Syria, the U.S.…
Dutch authorities arrest alleged Syrian ISIS security chief
The Dutch national prosecutors office on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 37-year old Syrian refugee who is accused of committing war…
Syria weakens official exchange rate
DAMASCUS, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Syria weakened its official exchange rate to 4,522 Syrian pounds to the dollar, a central bank statement…
UPDATED: Syria says Israel strike puts Damascus airport briefly out of service
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Monday an Israeli missile strike had briefly put the…
Syria’s Assad issues conditional amnesty for draft dodgers
(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty on Wednesday that pardons draft dodgers and helps them avoid prison if they…
Turkish forces nearly ready for a Syria ground operation
ONCUPINAR, Turkey, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Turkey's army needs just a few days to be ready for a ground incursion into northern…
Turkish air strikes destroy 89 Kurdish militant targets in Syria, Iraq – ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday that 89 targets, including shelters and ammunition depots, were destroyed in air strikes…