Syria

Mirage News 5 Oct 2021 8:16 am AEDTDate Time Thank you Mr President and may I also start by thanking High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. Mr President, we are disappointed that despite Council members making clear, month after month, the importance of resolving the outstanding issues in Syria’s chemical…

Islamic State (ISIS). Representational image/Reuters Mohammed Khalifa, 38 and born in Saudi Arabia, was captured during a firefight in January 2019 by Kurdish-dominated Syrian forces allied with the US. AFP Last Updated:October 03, 2021, 07:23 ISTFOLLOW US ON:A Canadian jihadist who fought for the Islamic State group and narrated violent…

Under Israel’s blockade, Gaza fishermen struggle for a catch High prices of fuel in the enclave means that fishing operating costs are crippling, making them stay closer inshore The permitted fishing zone was expanded last month to 15 nautical miles Updated 24 October 2021 AFP October 24, 2021 09:11 GAZA…

A U.S. drone strike has killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria, the Pentagon said. The September 20 strike hit a vehicle on a rural road outside the city of Idlib in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, killing at least one person, the Associated Press reported. That person has been identified as…

The organisation called for the international community – particularly countries that have already benefitted from decent vaccination roll-outs – to urgently support and fund relevant authorities and NGOs in the fight against the pandemic and to help impacted children. Save the Children earlier this month warned of a sharp increase…

Turkey is seeking closer coordination with Russia on regional issues, particularly in Syria, where it hopes to work with Moscow to eject US forces from eastern Syria. It is not clear yet what Ankara’s latest plan is, as in the past it has invaded and ethnically cleansed parts of northern…

Washington suspended its diplomatic presence in Syria in 2012 and later imposed sanctions on President al-Assad’s government. The United States has no plans to “normalise or upgrade” diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and also does not encourage others to do so, a US State Department…

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with the Syrian cabinet in Damascus. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Author of the article: Reuters Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN — Unidentified aircraft hit a base run by Iranian-backed militias in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al Zor near the Iraqi border where Tehran has in the last year expanded its military presence, residents and military sources said on Monday. They said…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hospitals in the Syrian capital Damascus and the coastal province of Latakia have reached capacity due to rising coronavirus admissions, a health official said Sunday. "We have started transferring COVID-19 patients from the province of Damascus to the (central) province of Homs, and from Latakia to…