Syria

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country's new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An Islamist-led offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a sudden end five decades of…

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A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the UNESCO-listed archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large…

Turkey threatened Tuesday to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accepted Ankara's conditions for a "bloodless" transition after the fall of strongman president Bashar al-Assad. "We will do what's necessary" if the People's Protection Units (YPG) fail to meet Ankara's demands, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan…

Last updated: 17 hours ago The arriving passengers were greeted by relatives at the airport, while Syrian flags were waved aboard the flights. Qatar assisted in reconstructing the airport, which was damaged by years of conflict. Meanwhile, a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight also evaluated the airport's technical condition. This marks…

The world has become infinitely more dangerous under your watch since you were first elected Secretary-General in October 2016. Today we face several simultaneous regional conflicts, from the explosion of violence across the Middle East, the implosion of the government in Syria, the fighting across the Horn of Africa and…

Qatar airways has restarted flights to Damascus, after an almost 13 year pause. A Qatar airways flight touched down at Damascus international airport on Tuesday; on board were nationals returning after years abroad. It marks the first commercial flight to the airport since Islamist-led forces ousted Bashar al-Assad in December.…

Qatar Airways flight lands at Damascus International Airport, carrying nationals returning after years away. The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has landed at the Damascus airport. The Qatar Airways flight landed at Damascus International Airport on Tuesday, greeted by the passengers’ relatives…

The fall of the Assad regime after more than 50 years and the rise of the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has brought Syria to a critical turning point. Decades of Ba'athist rule entrenched deep ideological and emotional divides within Syrian society. Aside from the massive job of rebuilding…

Al-Masry Al-Youm The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has revealed a classified document that exposes secret operations to transfer huge sums of money through Syrian Airlines to the Russian capital, Moscow, describing it as ‘one of the most mysterious financial transfer operations involving the former Syrian regime’.” The Syrian Observatory…