Syria

Other recent uses of the “ninja” weapon include a July 18 strike, June 20 and June 15 strike. An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base (photo credit: REUTERS) The secretive “flying ginsu,” or ninja missile, was used in Syria on Monday, according to reports.…

Michael Dwyer/Associated PressDon't count Steven Adams among the NBA players who will be complaining about bubble life."Let's be clear: This is not Syria. It's not that hard ... We're living at a bloody resort," Adams told reporters Monday. "Everyone is going to complain, everyone has their own preferences, nothing too…

Civil defense groups said five civilians were injured in the strikes.Hundreds of civilians fled, fearing a wider resumption of the Russian-led air strikes that had displaced over a million people before the ceasefire, witnesses said.Russia was evacuating its equipment from the area and moving its troops to the Hmeimim air…

Rouaa is nine years old, the same age as the devastating war that has ravaged her country, Syria, killing hundreds of thousands of people and creating the world’s largest refugee crisis.Her family fled a chemical attack near their home town and for the past few years BBC World Affairs Correspondent…

A UN Security Council resolution passed Saturday that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into rebel-held northwestern Syria will cost lives and intensify the suffering of 1.3 million people living there, aid agencies warned. Western states had pressed for aid access to northwestern Syria…

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, but only after caving to Russian pressure to close one of two access points into the war-torn country. Following a week of division and seven ballots, the Council passed a proposal submitted…

BEIRUT: Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first proof of his fate since he was seized by Syrian government forces seven years ago. The image showed his corpse, his face battered and bruised, his mouth hanging open. The elder Arnous…

Updated / Wednesday, 1 Jul 2020 16:24 Captagon was originally produced for medical use but illegal versions have been dubbed the 'Jihad drug' (file pic) Italian police say they have seized a 14-tonne haul of amphetamines made by the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss the conflict in Syria, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The three countries held talks in the Kazakh capital Astana in 2018, aimed at reducing tensions in Syria.…

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