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SYRIA, RUSSIA POUND REBEL ENCLAVE, PUT CLINICS OUT OF SERVICE
On the outskirts of Damascus, air strikes, rockets and artillery fire have battered the Eastern Ghouta enclave in apparent preparation for a government ground assault... READ MORE›
US 'GAME OF PROVOCATIONS' CAUSED MILITARY CONFLICT IN SYRIA'S AFRIN - LAVROV
He also called out Washington for its ambiguous stance on the fact that Islamic State IS, former ISIS ISIL terrorists are present in Afghanistan... READ MORE›
SYRIAN BOMBARDMENT 'KILLS 250' IN TWO DAYS
It is the worst violence in the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus since 2013, according to activists... READ MORE›
NEARLY 200 DEAD IN SYRIA ENCLAVE AS U.N. WARNS SITUATION 'OUT OF CONTROL'
It already waged a ferocious five-day air assault on Eastern Ghouta earlier this month that left around 250 civilians dead and hundreds wounded... READ MORE›
TURKEY 'OPENS FIRE ON SYRIAN REGIME FORCES' COMING TO THE AID OF KURDS IN AFRIN
Earlier on Tuesday, Erdogan said he had received Putin's agreement to block a Syrian government deployment in Afrin... READ MORE›
CANADA THIRD IN MEDAL RACE, U.S. ON PACE FOR 'A LOUSY OLYMPICS'
U.S. on pace for 'a lousy Olympics,' while Canada could have best Winter Games ever... READ MORE›
SYRIA REGIME POUNDS REBEL ENCLAVE, SENDS FIGHTERS TO FACE TURKEY
Syria regime pounds rebel enclave, sends fighters to face Turkey... READ MORE›
SYRIA REGIME POUNDS REBEL ENCLAVE, SENDS FIGHTERS TO FACE TURKEY
Syria regime pounds rebel enclave, sends fighters to face Turkey... READ MORE›
PRO-GOVERNMENT FIGHTERS MOVE INTO SYRIA'S AFRIN
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, said on Monday his military would hit back if pro-Syrian forces intervened in Afrin to help the YPG... READ MORE›
NEARLY 200 DEAD IN SYRIA ENCLAVE AS UN WARNS SITUATION 'OUT OF CONTROL'
It already waged a ferocious five-day air assault on Eastern Ghouta earlier this month that left around 250 civilians dead and hundreds wounded... READ MORE›
'NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE SUFFERING': UN ISSUES BLANK 'STATEMENT' ON SYRIA
Pro-government forces have carried out repeated air raids, rocket strikes and shelling on Eastern Ghouta since Sunday, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said... READ MORE›
'AT LEAST 100 CIVILIANS KILLED' AS SYRIAN REGIME FORCES POUND REBEL ENCLAVEA
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 20 children were among 77 civilians killed in the assault, while around 300 other people were wounded... READ MORE›
TURKEY FOILED SYRIAN MOVE INTO AFRIN AFTER PUTIN TALKS
Turkey foiled Syrian move into Afrin after Putin talks Erdogan... READ MORE›
"GOVERNMENT MILITIAS WILL ENTER TURKISH OCCUPIED AFRIN REGION"
Militias allied to the Syrian government will enter the Afrin region within hours, Syrian media reported on Monday, after a Kurdish official said a deal... READ MORE›
UN DEMANDS END TO TARGETING CIVILIANS IN SYRIA ENCLAVE AFTER 100 DIE
The Observatory and Syrian daily newspaper Al-Watan had said negotiations were under way for the evacuation of jihadists from Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
US BAITS TURKEY IN HOPES OF ENDING ANKARA'S RUSSIAN DALLIANCE
The big question is how the Russian-Iranian alliance will respond to a potential US-Turkey entente in northern Syria... READ MORE›
RUSSIA WARNS U.S. NOT TO 'PLAY WITH FIRE' IN SYRIAN CONFLICT
They agreed to closely coordinate the efforts of Russia, Turkey and Iran in seeking a political resolution to the Syrian conflict, it said... READ MORE›
KURDISH SYRIA WHERE THE FALLEN FIND FAME
KOBANI, Syria -- Soldiers wear pictures of them on their shoulder patches... READ MORE›
TURKEY DENIES REPORTS SYRIA WILL HELP YPG IN AFRIN
Turkey's deputy prime minister has dismissed as false media reports that Syrian government forces were poised to enter a Kurdish enclave in Syria's Afrin... READ MORE›
77 DEAD AS SYRIA ENCLAVE POUNDED AHEAD OF EXPECTED GROUND ASSAULT
The regime is bombing Eastern Ghouta to pave the way for a ground offensive, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman... READ MORE›
WHERE SYRIA'S WAR STANDS NOW
Who's Fighting and Why in What's Left of Syria's War QuickTake... READ MORE›
TURKEY SUSPECTED OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST SYRIA, ISSUES DENIAL
Syrian doctors claimed that they saw evidence of a gas attack carried out by Turkish forces, but Turkey has denied the use of chemical weapons... READ MORE›
TURKEY OFFICIAL DENIES USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN AFRIN
Al-Sheikh Hadid is located 30km to the west of the city of Afrin... READ MORE›
FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO FIND SAFETY IN TURKISH BORDER TOWNS
The U.S. plan includes further cooperation with Syrian Kurdish militants, something that has infuriated Turkey and sparked its operation against Syrian-Kurdish militants in Afrin... READ MORE›
CIVILIANS KILLED ON HORRIFIC SCALE IN SYRIA
Diplomats point to a familiar and cynical pattern by the Syrian government... READ MORE›
ELUSIVE AID REACHES SYRIA'S BESIEGED EASTERN GHOUTA
Much-needed food and humanitarian supplies delivered to more than 7,000 Syrians in Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SLAMS US 'SUPPORT FOR KURDISH YPG FIGHTERS'
Ankara says Washington can no longer use fighting ISIL as an excuse to support Kurdish fighters in northern Syria... READ MORE›
SYRIA SUFFERING SOME OF WORST FIGHTING OF WAR, U.N. WARNS
An injured woman is carried on a stretcher after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 7, 2018... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN-TURKISH AXIS IN SYRIA FACES MELTDOWN
The US simply cannot accede to the Turkish demand that it break its alliance with Syria's Kurds... READ MORE›
FRIEND OR FOE? ASSAD QUIETLY AIDS SYRIAN KURDS AGAINST TURKEY
For the sake of delivering reinforcements to Afrin, Kino Gabriel, spokesman for the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, said... READ MORE›
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IRAQI KURDISTAN THE FLY TO REGIONAL SPIDERS TURKEY, IRAQ, IRAN
Iran and Turkey are both part of the Astana negotiations aimed at effecting closure in Syria... READ MORE›
STOP YPG SUPPORT OR FACE 'CONFRONTATION'
Meanwhile, Afrin's Kurdish-run administration called on Syria's government to defend the region against Turkey's offensive... READ MORE›
FAR FROM WINDING DOWN, SYRIAS WAR ESCALATES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
Even if the government retakes Idlib and Eastern Ghouta, that will not end the war... READ MORE›
ON NORTHERN SYRIA FRONT LINE, U.S. AND TURKEY HEAD INTO TENSE FACE-OFF
On Tuesday, once again, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey criticized the American support of Manbij... READ MORE›
A FAMILY SWEPT UP IN THE MIGRANT TIDE
So he has to sneak his family past the razor wire at the Hungarian border... READ MORE›
TURKISH MILITARY 'RETURNS FIRE' AT KURDISH YPG FORCES
Army says it retaliated by destroying 'detected targets' in Syria after attack by Kurdish forces in northern Syria... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS: EIGHT LIFE STORIES FROM BUDAPEST'S KELETI STATION
He is travelling with his brother Walid who operated a concrete-mixer truck in Idlib Walid's wife and two young children and several other friends and relatives... READ MORE›
TURKEY DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF FSA REBELS AT SYRIA BORDER
According to estimates, there are between 8,000 to 10,000 Kurdish fighters in the Afrin area of Syria... READ MORE›
TURKEY GRABBING SYRIAN LAND BY MOVING BORDER FENCE - SYRIAN AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIAN MEDIA
In recent months, the Turkish Army and allied Syrian rebels have seized the strategic towns of Jarablus and al-Bab, while advancing deeper into Syrian territory... READ MORE›
TURKISH PLANES BOMB SYRIAN KURDISH TARGETS AS ANKARA-BACKED REBELS ENTER AFRIN
It comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier on Saturday that Ankara had de facto begun its operation against Kurdish forces in Afrin... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS SAY RUSSIA TO BUILD BASE IN AFRIN
Hemo said YPG aimed to fight terrorism everywhere in Syria, while its political priority was guaranteeing the rights of the Kurdish people in Syria legally, constitutionally ... READ MORE›
U.S.-ALLIED KURD MILITIA SAYS STRUCK SYRIA BASE DEAL WITH RUSSIA
U.S. support in the fight against Islamic State is funneled to an alliance of militias called the Syrian Democratic Forces, which includes the YPG... READ MORE›
AFTER MILITARY SHAKE-UP, ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY TO TACKLE KURDS IN SYRIA
MORE ACTIVE FIGHT His comments follow weeks of warnings from Turkey of possible military action against the YPG... READ MORE›
US-LED AIR RAIDS IN SYRIA 'KILL 100 PRO-ASSAD FIGHTERS'
The US said they had responded to an unprovoked attack against the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, but did not give any details on casualties... READ MORE›
'EPIC IN SCALE, INCONCEIVABLE UNTIL YOU WITNESS IT'
People are being slaughtered in Syria and no one knows why... READ MORE›
RUSSIA 'MOVING' MILITARY OBSERVERS IN SYRIA'S AFRIN
In 2016, Turkey began a military campaign called the Euphrates Shield Operation, which targeted ISIL and the YPG... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SAYS TO EXTEND SYRIA OPERATION DESPITE RISK OF U.S. CONFRONTAT
A push toward Manbij some 100 km 60 miles east of Afrin could threaten U.S. plans to stabilize a swath of northeast Syria... READ MORE›
'US BETRAYAL OF KURDS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX TROUBLED RELATIONS WITH TURKEY & FAILED SYRIA POLICY'
Of course, they have never been fighting against the Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
IRAN'S ROUHANI URGES TURKEY TO HALT AFRIN OPERATION
The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is aligned with Iran, has condemned the Afrin operation... READ MORE›
GERMAN OUTCRY OVER TANKS USED BY TURKEY
Turkey's president has vowed to crush the People's Protection Units YPG militia, which controls Afrin and more than 400km 250 miles of Syria's northern border... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS CAMPAIGN AGAINST KURDISH YPG IN AFRIN WILL BE SWIFT
A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is seen in a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey January 22, 2018... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF ISIS FIGHTERS FLEE MANY TO BATTLE AGAIN
Mustafa Balli, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters, blamed the Turkish assault on Afrin for what he said was the Islamic State's resurgence... READ MORE›
'US BROKEN PROMISES TO STOP ARMING KURDS TRIGGERED AFRIN OP' - TURKEY'S EX-FM TO RT
Washington's announcement to create a predominantly Kurdish thousand-strong border force in Syria was the final straw Landis said... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY WILL 'CLEAN' ENTIRE SYRIAN BORDER
More than a week into their offensive, however, Turkey and allied Syrian rebel groups have made only modest progress fighting into hilly terrain against entrenched foes... READ MORE›
TURKEY, RUSSIA AND IRAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS SYRIA IN ISTANBUL
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed on Thursday to meet in Istanbul to discuss the conflict in Syria, a Turkish presidential source said... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS U.S. HAS PROMISED TO STOP ARMING YPG, WARNS WASHINGTON ON
A member of Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army police forces stands guard on the road near Azaz, Syria January 27, 2018... READ MORE›
MIXED MESSAGES FROM U.S. AS TURKEY ATTACKS SYRIAN KURDS
Mixed Messages From US as Turkey Attacks Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
TRUMP SLAMS ERDOGAN OVER SYRIA ATTACK, WARNS OF CLASH WITH U.S.
Trump also rebuked Erdogan over recent criticism of the U.S. The Turkish leader has publicly accused America of supporting terrorists by backing Kurdish fighters... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIA FORCE DENIES ISLAMIC STATE IN AREA TARGETED BY TURKE
US-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey... READ MORE›
WHY IS THE SYRIAN WAR STILL RAGING
Kurdish control of territory in northern Syria further complicates a resolution... READ MORE›