Syria

American military investigating cause of accident, says there was no enemy fire; 10 of the injured moved to ‘higher care facilities’ BEIRUT (AP) — A helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend left 22 American service members injured, the US military said Tuesday, adding that the cause of the…

WASHINGTON: After more than a decade of civil war, the devastating earthquakes in Syria this year inflicted further trauma on an already vulnerable population, experts said during a conference in the US on Wednesday. Many Syrians are not only suffering the physical effects of the crises in their country but…

Twenty-two U.S. service members were injured in a “helicopter mishap” in Syria over the weekend, the Pentagon revealed late on Monday. “A helicopter mishap in northeastern Syria resulted in injuries of various degrees to 22 U.S. service members” on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement...Read More

American attack helicopter flies over Hassakeh, northeast Syria, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.Clashes between U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and militants continued for a fourth day Sunday near the prison in northeastern Syria that houses thousands of members of IS, the Kurdish … American attack helicopter flies over Hassakeh, … more >…

Twenty-two US service members were injured in a helicopter "mishap" in northeast Syria on Sunday, the US military said late on Monday, without disclosing the cause of the incident or detailing the severity of the injuries. The US military's Central Command said 10 service members were evacuated to higher-level care…

Back to homepage / Europe Canada and the Netherlands have taken Damascus to the International Court of Justice over allegations of torture, the tribunal said Monday, in the first case at the UN's top court over Syria's brutal civil war. Issued on: 12/06/2023 - 15:38 2 min A Syrian boy…

Abu Mohammed sifts through rubbish at a dump near the village of Hazreh - Copyright AFP Aaref WATAD Aaref Watad At a rubbish dump in northwest Syria, Mohammed Behlal rummages for plastic to be sold to recyclers and transformed into floor rugs and other items in the impoverished rebel enclave.…

A Saudi customs officer opens imported pomegranates, as customs foiled an attempt to smuggle over five million pills of an amphetamine drug known as Captagon, which they said came from Lebanon, in 2021. Photo / Saudi Press Agency via AP A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad…

Iran’s foreign minister spoke to his Syrian counterpart over the weekend. The goal was to follow up on a recent trip by Iran’s leader to Damascus. Iran and Syria are close allies and Iran backed Syria’s regime during the civil war in Syria. Iran also sent IRGC officers and soldiers…

A woman places flowers near the site where children were stabbed on Thursday morning in a playground in the southeastern Alpine town of Annecy, France, taken on 9 June 2023. — AFPFour young children, ages 1 to 3, who were stabbed in a park in Annecy, in the southeast of…