Syria

Published November 21, 2022 at 5:53 PM ISTANBUL - Rockets fired from Syria towards Turkey’s border town of Karkamis on Monday killed two people and wounded six, a Turkish regional governor said. “Five mortars/rockets were fired... towards Karkamis centre. Two of our compatriots died. Six of our citizens were wounded,…

Turkey on Sunday said it launched airstrikes into Syria and Iraq over the weekend targeting those it holds responsible for last week's deadly bombing in Istanbul. Photo courtesy of Turkey's Ministry of Defense/Release Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Turkey's ministry of defense said it launched air strikes over the weekend hitting…

Turkey has launched a string of offensives in neighbouring Syria since 2016 targeting Kurdish militias, Islamic State group jihadists and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. The latest, in Iraq and Syria and dubbed Operation Claw-Sword, come ahead of a general election in June that will see Turkish President Recep…

Syrian Foreign minister Fayssal Mekdad has appreciated Indian support to his country amid the decade-long crisis it has been facing. In an exclusive interview with WION correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Mekdad said: "You know at a time humanity doesn't mean anything for western power, we found all human noble concepts prevailing in Indian…

Turkish air strikes on Syria border posts run by regime forces killed 17 fighters on Aug 16 2022. — AFP/FileBEIRUT: Turkish air strikes hit several towns across northern Syria, including the city of Kobane, late Saturday, said Kurdish-led forces there and a Britain-based monitoring group. The Turkish raids killed at…

Updated November 20, 2022 at 9:01 PM Published November 20, 2022 at 1:38 PM ISTANBUL - Turkey announced early on Sunday it had carried out air strikes against Kurdish militant bases across northern Syria and Iraq which it said were being used to launch “terrorist” attacks on Turkey. The Turkish…

Israeli airstrikes hit central and coastal regions of Syria early Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding one, the Syrian military said. State media quoted an unidentified Syrian military official as saying that Israeli warplanes flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles toward military positions in coastal and central Syria. The Syrian…

Two Syrian refugee boys ride a bike down the main street in Zaatari refugee camp. Photo: Stef Kight/Axios ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN — A whole generation of Syrian refugees are living out their lives — working, getting married, having children — in a camp that was supposed to be a…

OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man being held in northeastern Syria accuses the federal government of doing "precisely nothing" to secure his release.  Sally Lane urged the Liberal government Tuesday to send a delegate overseas to help free her son Jack Letts and other Canadians detained in atrocious…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Kurdish militants strongly denied any links…