Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elements of the Islamic State group are working to rebuild in western Syria, where the U.S. has little visibility or presence, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East warned on Wednesday.In the region west of the Euphrates River where the Syrian regime is in control “conditions…

AMMAN/IDLIB/BERLIN (Reuters) - Some families say it is better to know and mourn. Others say finally learning what happened is worse than dying themselves. Fida Al Waer, a Syrian artist and teacher living in Beirut, poses as she holds a mobile phone that displays pictures of her brother she says…

Rival factions composed of Syria and Iran on one side and Israel and the United States on the other are offering assistance to Lebanon after the massive explosion that ravaged its capital.Newly appointed Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wahba spoke Wednesday with his longstanding Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem, who expressed his…

Algeria to lift some travel curbs, shorten curfew In June, Algeria resumed some economic activity, mainly in the construction and public works sectors The new measures include lifting a travel ban between 29 provinces until the end of the month Updated 08 August 2020 Reuters August 08, 2020 12:19 ALGIERS:…

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Israel launched air strikes on Syrian military targets in southern Syria late Monday, after thwarting an attack near the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights. In Damascus, the state-run news agency Sana said Israeli helicopters rocketed Syrian army positions near Quneitra in the south but caused only material damage. It also…

The targets hit in the strikes included lookout points, intelligence gathering mechanisms, anti-aircraft weapons and more. Attack in Syria on August 25, 2019. (photo credit: ARAB MEDIA) The IDF carried out airstrikes against targets belonging to the Syrian military in southern Syria on Monday night, in response to an attempted…

Four-man cell crossed Alpha Line into Israel and was planting bombs on fence before being struck by air and ground forces IDF thwarts terrorist attack along Syrian border, August 2, 2020 (CREDIT: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) As tensions remained high in the North, soldiers thwarted an attempt to place explosive devices…

Israel says it holds the Syrian regime responsible. This forms part of a wider context of two years of tensions along the Golan. IDF troops scour area in southern Golan Heights following IAF airstrike on armed Islamic State militants who approached Israel’s border (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The apparent…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 3 Aug 2020 8:10PM · Smoke billowing after air strikes and shelling on the town of Binnish in Syria's jihadist-controlled northwestern Idlib province today. – AFP pic, August 3, 2020. JIHADISTS and allied rebels in northwestern Syria today killed at least 12 pro-regime…