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(Agencies) : At least six people were killed and 23 others injured when an explosive device planted in a motorcycle near a taxi detonated in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, said a report. Citing an Interior Ministry statement, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that the bombing occurred in the near grand daughter of […]

8th May 2023

Arab League reinstates Syria after 12 years

By Ibrahim al-Khazen ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA) – The Arab League on Sunday decided to reinstate Syria’s membership after 12 years of suspension. Addressing a press conference in Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Arab League foreign ministers agreed to resume the participation of Syrian government delegations in the League meetings. The decision was taken […]

19th Feb 2023

Syria: Alleged Israeli bombing of residential area in Damascus kills 5, injures 15

Damascus, (Agencies): Five people were killed and 15 others were wounded in alleged Israeli air attacks with waves of missiles, targeting areas in Damascus and its vicinity, including densely populated residential neighborhoods Sunday, reports Syrian news agency SANA. The Israeli attacks are taking place at a time when the Syria is struggling to deal with […]

10th Feb 2023

Turkey/Syria: Babies, children, adults rescued from debris fourth day, 22,000 killed

Ankara, Turkey (AA): Large number of people have been rescued from rubbles alive in Turkey and Syria hit by earthquake. More people continue to be rescued five days after the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes hit the two countries. The death toll in Turkey has risen to 18,342, and in Syria 3,377 have died bringing […]

8th Feb 2023

Turkey/Syria: 6-year-old rescued under rubble, 8,500 died in quake

By Ozgur Alantor and Hamza Sefa Yilmaz and Diyar Guldogan KASTAMONU, Turkey (AA): A 6-year-old girl was rescued from under the rubble on Wednesday in the quake-hit Adiyaman province 47 hours after two major tremors hit southern Turkey. 6,234 peopel have died in Turkey ad 2470 died in Syria since Monday quake. Hacer Kacmaz was […]

15th Dec 2022

Syria seeks retribution for oil ‘stolen’ by the US

By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): The Syrian government is seeking compensation through the UN for billions of dollars of its resources lost through attacks on the country’s oil, gas and other natural resources by the US and its affiliated militias as well as from direct looting in occupied regions. “Foreign and Expatriates Ministry […]

26th Sep 2022

Lebanon: Death toll from migrant boat accident rises to 94

By Naim Burjawi BEIRUT (AA): The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Syria after sailing from Lebanon has risen to 94, Lebanese authorities said on Sunday. In a statement, the secretary-general of the official Higher Relief Commission, Mohammad Khair, said four new bodies were recovered, bringing the […]

20th Jul 2022

Turkey, Russia, Iran condemn increasing presence of terror groups in Syria

ANKARA (AA) : Turkish, Russian and Iranian leaders condemned Tuesday the increased presence and activities of terrorist groups and their affiliates under different names in various parts of Syria and said that there was no military solution to the Syrian conflict. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi […]

13th Mar 2022

Iraq: Dozen ballistic missiles hit Erbil

By Bekir Aydogan, Ali Makram Ghareeb and Haydar Karaalp ERBIL, Iraq (AA & Agencies): A dozen ballistic missiles that hit northern Iraq’s Erbil were launched from outside the country, the counter-terror unit of northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) said Sunday. The attack came several days after an Israeli strike near Damascus Syria killed […]

10th Nov 2021

Syria: UAE foreign minister meets Bashar al-Assad in Damascus

By Ibrahim al-Khazin ABU DHABI, UAE (AA): The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus, in the first high-level visit from the Gulf country since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. The Syrian regime news agency SANA reported […]

29th Jun 2021

White House defends strikes in Iraq, Syria after condemnation from Iraqi govt

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Airstrikes on Iraqi militia groups in Iraq and Syria were “necessary, appropriate and deliberate,” the White House said on Monday amid backlash from Baghdad. “The targeted strikes were directed at facilities used by Iran-backed militias involved in these ongoing attacks for purposes including weapons storage, command and logistics, and […]

2nd Feb 2021

US condemns terror attacks killing 20 in N Syria

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Monday condemned three terrorist attacks in northern Syria that killed at least 20 civilians. “The United States condemns the terrorist attacks this past weekend in Azaz, al-Bab and Afrin that resulted in the deaths of at least 20 civilians, including children,” said State Department Spokesperson Ned […]

23rd Jan 2021

Syria: Family of 4, including 2 children, killed by Israeli missiles

Agencies: Israeli warplanes fired several missiles towards Hama, in north-west Syria, early on Friday, killing a family of four — including two children — and wounding four other people, according to Syrian News Agency, SANA. According to SANA, the four civilians were a father, mother and their two children. They also said a woman, two […]

3rd Jan 2021

Syria: 4 civilians dead, 37 injured in bomb blasts

By Esref Musa, Omer Koparan, Ahmet Karaahmet, Mohamad Misto and Ethem Emre Ozcan RAS AL-AYN, AFRIN, AL-HASAKAH, Syria (AA): At least four civilians, including two children, were killed and 37 others injured in three bomb attacks in northern Syria, local security sources said on Saturday. Terrorists detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a marketplace in Ras […]

1st Sep 2020

Israel bombing Syria kills two, injures seven soldiers

By Seda Sevencan ANKARA (AA): Israel’s military fired missiles Monday on areas south of Syria’s capital Damascus attacking Syrian forces, state media reported. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the attack was directed from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights against some military sites, adding the country’s air defenses shot down most of the […]

6th Mar 2020

Turkey, Russia agree on cease-fire in Idlib, Syria

By Jeyhun Aliyev and Sena Guler (AA): Turkey and Russia on Thursday agreed on a cease-fire in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone. Following the joint news conference of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov announced the additional protocol to […]

4th Mar 2020

Syria: Russian air strikes kill 12 civilians in Idlib

By Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu, Esref Musa and Muhammed Temim Hocaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least 12 civilians were killed when the Russian and Syrian air strikes bombed Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northern Syria, local sources said on Tuesday. Russian and Syrian fighter jets hit Idlib city center, Binnish town and Sahil Roj region, […]

5th Mar 2020

Syria: Russian airstrikes kill 16 civilians in Idlib

By Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): Russia carried out airstrikes in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, Syria, killing at least 16 civilians, a Syrian civil defense group said Thursday as Israel fires missiles into Syria. The controversial White Helmets civil defense group said 16 civilians were killed and 18 others […]

28th Feb 2020

Turkey: 33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, NATO meeting called

By Davut Demircan, Ozcan Yildirim and Mumin Altas ANKARA (AA): The “murderer regime” in Syria and those who encourage it will pay the heaviest price for their treachery, Turkey’s ruling party spokesman said early Friday. At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed and tens of others injured in the attack in Syria. In a […]

15th Feb 2020

Northwest Syria exodus tops 800,000

UNITED NATIONS (AA): European governments and the United Nations on Friday sounded the alarm about an escalation in violence that has forced more than 800,000 Syrians to flee their homes in the northwest of the country since December. Speaking on behalf of European Union members, Sven Jurgenson, Estonia’s ambassador to the UN, said a Russian-backed […]

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