May 26, 2017
6:35 pm

Illustrative: A US Marine fighter jet aircraft aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, which serves as a base for air strikes in Syria, September 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

New US-led Syria strike said to kill 80 relatives of IS fighters

Families were sheltering in municipal building; at least 33 children among the dead, monitor group says

By AFP

May 22, 2017
3:42 am

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, second left, meets with Syrian refugee students, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AP/Raad Adayleh, Pool)

At refugee camp, Trump envoy Haley vows more aid for Syrians

In Jordan, US envoy to UN pledges more American support even as her president indicates otherwise

By Josh Lederman

May 20, 2017
12:37 pm

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis stands in front of a map of the Middle East during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

Mattis: Convoy hit by coalition in Syria likely ‘Iranian-directed’

Russian FM calls airstrike against pro-regime forces ‘illegitimate’ and ‘unlawful,’ denies being informed beforehand

By AFP

May 20, 2017
1:28 am

(From L-R) Lebanese Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem, head of the Hezbollah Executive Council Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, and the brothers, Annan Badreddine and Hassan Badreddine, of top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine who was killed in an attack in Syria, receive condolences in a southern suburb of Beirut, on May 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)

As Trump sets out, US and Saudi Arabia blacklist ‘terrorist’

Designation of Hezbollah executive council head Hashem Safieddine freezes his assets in kingdom

By AFP

May 18, 2017
10:41 pm

Illustrative: In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 photograph, crew direct an F-18 on the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels through the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

US-led coalition aircraft strike pro-Assad convoy

Strike launched after Shi’ite militia convoy ignores calls not to approach remote coalition garrison close to Jordanian border

By AFP

May 18, 2017
8:49 pm

Illustrative image of a displaced child, who fled from the Islamic State (IS) group bastion of Raqqa, standing outside as she eats a loaf of bread in a camp for displaced near the town of al-Karamah on May 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN)

IS kills more than 50 people in Syria assault — monitor

Civilians, soldiers, executed and maimed in twin attacks on government-held villages in central Hama province

By Rouba El Husseini

May 17, 2017
1:20 pm

A displaced Syrian child, who fled the countryside surrounding the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa, sitting outside a tent at a temporary camp in the village of Ain Issa, Syria, May 1, 2017. (AFP/DELIL SOULEIMAN)

Syrians brave mines, execution to flee Islamic State in Raqqa

Displaced people arriving at camp in Ain Issa say jihadists preparing for determined fight to keep stronghold

By Ayham al-Mohammad

May 16, 2017
11:15 pm

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after speaking to the press in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

Trump and Erdogan hail ties despite US arming of Kurds

American president pledges commitment to assist Turkey in combating Islamic State, Kurdish PKK insurgency

By VIVIAN SALAMA

May 16, 2017
4:36 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions during the Belt and Road Forum, at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing, May 15, 2017. (AFP/POOL / Lintao Zhang)

Trump, Erdogan seek to mend strained ties at White House meeting

US support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen are sticking points in relations between the two countries

By AFP

May 16, 2017
3:48 pm

A satellite image of what the State Department described as a building in a prison complex in Syria that was modified to support a crematorium, April 18, 2017. (State Department/DigitalGlobe via AP)

Syria says crematorium accusations ‘totally unfounded’

Damascus dismisses US allegations as ‘fabricated lies’ meant to ‘justify their aggressive and interventionist policies’

By Agencies

May 16, 2017
12:14 pm

Housing Minister Yoav Galant calls for the assassination of Syrian President Bashar Assad at a conference in Latrun, near Jerusalem, on May 16, 2017. (Miriam Tzachi/Office of Yoav Gallant)

Israeli minister: ‘The time has come’ to kill Bashar Assad

Yoav Galant says revelation the Syrian president is executing prisoners and burning their bodies ‘crosses a red line’

By Judah Ari Gross

May 15, 2017
7:24 pm

A satellite image of what the US State Department described as a building in a prison complex in Syria that was modified to support a crematorium, January 15, 2015. (State Department/DigitalGlobe via AP)

US accuses Syria of mass executions and burning bodies in crematorium

State Department says 50 people a day are hanged at Saydnaya military prison, then cremated to hide evidence of killings

By AP

May 15, 2017
2:04 pm

Syrian civilians and rebels, who were evacuated from the Qabun district in northeast Damascus, arrive at a temporary camp in the northern countryside of Idlib province on May 15, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

Syria regime nears total recapture of Damascus

Rebels evacuate 3 of the last city districts under their control, shattering dreams of seizing capital and toppling Assad regime

By Sammy Ketz

May 10, 2017
11:33 pm

Gen. Joseph Dunford testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2015. (AP/Kevin Wolf)

Hezbollah presence in Syria a big threat to Israel, Dunford says

During visit to Jewish state, US military chief also says countering Iran a top priority alongside fighting IS

By JTA

May 10, 2017
6:00 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, March 9, 2017 (Israel embassy in Moscow)

Netanyahu discusses peace process, Syria with Putin

Phone call comes day before scheduled meeting between PA President Abbas and Russian leader in Sochi

By Alexander Fulbright

Topic: Syrian civil war

New US-led Syria strike said to kill 80 relatives of IS fighters

Families were sheltering in municipal building; at least 33 children among the dead, monitor group says

At refugee camp, Trump envoy Haley vows more aid for Syrians

In Jordan, US envoy to UN pledges more American support even as her president indicates otherwise

Mattis: Convoy hit by coalition in Syria likely ‘Iranian-directed’

Russian FM calls airstrike against pro-regime forces ‘illegitimate’ and ‘unlawful,’ denies being informed beforehand

As Trump sets out, US and Saudi Arabia blacklist ‘terrorist’

Designation of Hezbollah executive council head Hashem Safieddine freezes his assets in kingdom

US-led coalition aircraft strike pro-Assad convoy

Strike launched after Shi’ite militia convoy ignores calls not to approach remote coalition garrison close to Jordanian border

IS kills more than 50 people in Syria assault — monitor

Civilians, soldiers, executed and maimed in twin attacks on government-held villages in central Hama province

Syrians brave mines, execution to flee Islamic State in Raqqa

Displaced people arriving at camp in Ain Issa say jihadists preparing for determined fight to keep stronghold

Trump and Erdogan hail ties despite US arming of Kurds

American president pledges commitment to assist Turkey in combating Islamic State, Kurdish PKK insurgency

Trump, Erdogan seek to mend strained ties at White House meeting

US support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen are sticking points in relations between the two countries

Syria says crematorium accusations ‘totally unfounded’

Damascus dismisses US allegations as ‘fabricated lies’ meant to ‘justify their aggressive and interventionist policies’

Israeli minister: ‘The time has come’ to kill Bashar Assad

Yoav Galant says revelation the Syrian president is executing prisoners and burning their bodies ‘crosses a red line’

US accuses Syria of mass executions and burning bodies in crematorium

State Department says 50 people a day are hanged at Saydnaya military prison, then cremated to hide evidence of killings

Syria regime nears total recapture of Damascus

Rebels evacuate 3 of the last city districts under their control, shattering dreams of seizing capital and toppling Assad regime

Hezbollah presence in Syria a big threat to Israel, Dunford says

During visit to Jewish state, US military chief also says countering Iran a top priority alongside fighting IS

Netanyahu discusses peace process, Syria with Putin

Phone call comes day before scheduled meeting between PA President Abbas and Russian leader in Sochi

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