Syria

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials said their Green Village military base in northeastern Syria was targeted in a failed rocket attack on Sunday. U.S. Central Command said in a brief statement that shortly after 7 p.m., local time, three 107 mm rockets were fired at the base where…

Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comTUNIS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Leaders of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda,…

BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on the Damascus International Airport and nearby military posts south of the Syrian capital killed five soldiers, state media reported Saturday. State news agency SANA, quoting an unnamed military official, said the strikes happened after midnight Friday, causing “material losses” as well. It added that…

Israel has intensified missile attacks on Syrian airports saying the strikes target Iranian forces and military assets. Published On 17 Sep 202217 Sep 2022 Israel has carried out an air attack on Syria’s Damascus International Airport and other positions south of the capital, killing five soldiers and causing material damage,…

Derek Achong A High Court Judge is ex­pect­ed to de­cide on whether the 17-year-old son of an Is­lam­ic State of Iraq and Syr­ia (ISIS) for­eign fight­er should be re­leased from im­mi­gra­tion cus­tody, pend­ing the de­ter­mi­na­tion of his law­suit over be­ing de­nied en­try in­to T&T by im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cials on Fri­day.  Jus­tice…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s latest celebrity visitor is stopping traffic even in this jaded, larger-than-life town. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, is on a 17-day blitz through every corner of the Big Apple as part of a theater project hoping to raise…

LONDON: A new Lonely Planet guide to Great Britain features an entire chapter on the country’s little-known Islamic heritage, which stretches back more than 1,200 years. Published this month, “Experience Great Britain” is part of the publisher’s range of “anti-guidebooks,” so-called because of the unique local perspectives they offer travelers.…

A frontline war doctor has described the moment Queen Elizabeth II had an ingenious idea to help heal his trauma after returning from Syria. Dr David Nott said his "bottom lip started to go" while speaking with the queen who had asked him about his time in war-torn Aleppo, in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters arrested dozens of Islamic State militants and rescued four women who were being held chained in tunnels at the massive al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria that houses IS families, the U.S. military said Wednesday. The operation, which has gone on for two weeks,…

France has rejected an asylum request by a prominent Syrian journalist who contributed to numerous international publications and helped document the crimes committed by foreign jhadists in Syria. He now risks being deported back to his homeland from his current location in Turkey. Hussam Hammoud, who contributed to FRANCE 24 and The Guardian among others, said he…