Syrian state media on Friday said violence erupted in the northern Kurdish-majority town of Kobane as residents protested over the killing of a former Kurdish fighter. Violence in Kurdish-majority town over killing of former fighter: Syria state media Syrian state television said “outlaws” attacked police cars and carried out an “attack on the Internal Security … Read more
US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack on Saturday urged restraint in the south’s Druze-majority Sweida province after a prominent figure quit the region following tensions with supporters of a pro-Israeli Druze leader. US Syria envoy calls for restraint in Druze-majority Sweida province Sweida city and other parts of the province are under the control of … Read more
VIENNA — Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August and carried out verification work that confirmed the existence of a long-suspected nuclear siteaccording to a confidential report circulated to member states and seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir … Read more
A Syrian site held infrastructure “consistent with a nuclear reactor”, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by AFP on Tuesday, adding that the country under ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad “failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities”. Syria site infrastructure ‘consistent with nuclear reactor’: IAEA Inspectors of the International Atomic … Read more
DAMASCUS, Syria — The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group, which once controlled a de facto autonomous zone in Syria’s northeast. Kurdish-led group in Syria says it has dissolved after merging with the army Speaking during a news conference at the presidential palace in Damascus, … Read more
File photo: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Erdogan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a sharp attack on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Ankara sought an Interpol Red Notice for Netanyahu and an Israeli official over an alleged attack on activists delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.Netanyahu’s office called Erdogan an “antisemitic dictator” … Read more
Syria on Friday said it had requested to join the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons on the anniversary of a 2013 chemical attack on a suburb of the capital Damascus. Syria requests to join anti-chemical weapons partnership In a joint statement with France, Syria announced its bid to join the … Read more
* Priority is to lower tensions, US envoy says US working on deconfliction mechanism among Turkey, Israel and Syria, US envoy says * Syria and Israel have held deescalation discussions * By Timour Azhari GENEVA, – The United States is working to establish a deconfliction mechanism among Israel, Turkey and Syria, U.S. special envoy for … Read more
NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji is scheduled to visit Syria and Lebanon in September, New York Post reported. Greater NYC Zohran Mamdani‘s wife Rama Duwaji has a trip to Syria and Lebanon on her schedule in September and that has triggered a major row as it is not clear whether she will be accompanied by … Read more