Syria

Back in 2009, I dared to forecast that if the rampant desertification process gripping the Syrian steppe was not halted soon, it could eventually become a trigger for social turmoil and even for a civil war. I was being interviewed by the journalist and scholar Francesca de Chatel- and was…

Washington’s top general on Tuesday threw cold water on questions about the need for additional military deployments to the Middle East to fend off a series of tense encounters with US aircraft initiated by Russian pilots over Syria. “There’s been an uptick, but I wouldn’t overstate it too much,” Chairman…

Updated July 19, 2023 at 2:58 AM Published July 19, 2023 at 2:57 AM WASHINGTON - A Russian warplane closely approached an American MC-12 reconnaissance aircraft over Syria, a US commander said on Tuesday, describing it as an “unsafe” action that put the US crew at risk. This was the…

The United Nations has described as “unacceptable” the conditions placed by Syria in an offer to allow aid to keep reaching rebel-held territory. Syria’s ambassador to the UN said on Thursday his government would let aid continue entering the coun­try via the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey. Members of the…

OPEC producer Iraq is considering reconstructing an old pipeline through neighboring Syria to export crude from a Mediterranean port to Europe and other countries, an Iraqi official was reported on Tuesday as saying. The pipeline, which was commissioned in 1952, links the central Iraqi Kirkuk oilfields with the Northwestern Syrian…

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AP By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor 18 Jul, 2023 03:07 AM2 mins to read A Russian fighter jet flew very close to a manned US surveillance aircraft over Syria. Photo / AP A Russian fighter jet flew very close to a US surveillance aircraft over Syria, forcing it…

WASHINGTON — A Russian fighter jet flew very close to a U.S. surveillance aircraft over Syria, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake and putting the lives of the four American crew members in danger, U.S. officials said Monday. The officials said the incident, which happened just before noon…

Iraq’s prime minister held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began. The two leaders told reporters that they discussed fighting drugs, the return of Syrian refugees and the imperative of lifting Western…

The Syrian government recently announced it would allow aid to cross into rebel-held areas after a United Nations mechanism expired, sparking concerns from humanitarian groups. They worry over the fate of residents in Syria's last remaining rebel strongholds, in the north and northwest, after the Security Council failed on Wednesday…