Syria

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria on Thursday dismissed a report by a global watchdog that said Syrian jets had carried out a series of chemical attacks on an opposition-held town, under orders from the top military command. The report from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Syrian…

Aid groups are concerned about the possibility of the coronavirus pandemic reaching rebel-held Idlib city in Syria. Fears continue in the rebel-held Idlib city of northwest Syria as the pandemic sweeps the world. Its population lives under extreme shortages of medicine, and supplies in its hospitals have been depleted by…

When people ask me my favorite places on Earth, typically I respond like this: the best food is in Ethiopia, the best historical sites are in India, but the best people are in Kurdistan. For that reason, I have been pulled back to Kurdistan as a photographer again and again.…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - It is “highly probable” the government of Syria or its allies carried out attacks on three healthcare facilities, a school and a refuge for children in northwest Syria last year, according to a summary of an internal United Nations inquiry seen by Reuters on Monday. FILE…

Turkey has said it would minimise its troop movements in operation zones in neighbouring Syria as part of the measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as the Turkish death toll and infections continue to rise. The country's death toll from the COVID-19 disease has risen by 73 to 574 in…

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By: AP | Beruit | Published: March 30, 2020 7:10:58 am The prison is believed to house foreign IS militants. It is not clear what nationalities were held there. (Representational)Islamic State militants rioted inside in a prison in northeastern Syria, wrestling control from guards on an entire floor in the…

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria’s health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the country’s first officially reported death from the disease. Syria also said its confirmed cases rose to nine from…

BAGHDAD — The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq withdrew Sunday from a military base in the country’s north that nearly launched Washington into an open war with neighboring Iran. The K1 Air Base is the third site coalition forces have left this month, in line with U.S. plans to consolidate its…

Even though the number of coronavirus cases is low in Syria, there are big worries that this will change very quickly.Millions of displaced people live in the northwestern province of Idlib, which has a weak healthcare system destroyed by years of conflict.Five COVID-19 cases have been reported, but many are…