US officials suspect Turkey plotting Syria invasion
Turkey looks prepared to invade Syria to fight US-allied Kurdish groups in the northeast of the country that it considers...
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The Assads of Syria: Part 1 — struggle, intrigue and defiance
The name Assad was inextricably linked with Syria’s fortunes since 1970, when Hafez al-Assad (above), while Syrian defence minister, came...
Russian cargo plane departs Syria for Libya, says official
A Russian cargo plane flew from Russia's air base in the Syrian port city of Latakia to Libya on December...
Israeli defence minister tells troops to spend winter inside Syria
Israel's defence minister Israel Katz has ordered Israeli troops to spend winter on Mount Hermon, a strategic location inside Syria...
Russia nears agreement to keep military bases in Syria
Russia is close to agreeing with Syria’s new leadership to keep two vital military bases in the country, according to...
Algeria and Tunisia rhetoric u-turn as new Syria established
Algeria and Tunisia have changed tack on Syria after Jihadi militia group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled Bashar al-Assad on December...
Mohammed al-Bashir appointed new Syrian Prime Minister
Mohammed al-Bashir, who previously ran the Syrian Salvation Government based in the country's northwest, took charge of the country as...
Israel strikes Syria and troops reportedly make advances
Israel has carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes in Syria as its troops push deeper into the country, a...
Bashar al-Assad toppled in Syria
Syrian opposition groups said on December 8th that they have ended the 24-year rule of Bashar al-Assad, according to Reuters....
Syrian opposition groups close in on Homs
Syrian opposition groups said they took control of the southern city of Daraa on December 7th, according to Reuters. Daraa...
Syria: Insurgents at the gates of Hama, population one million
Syrian insurgents captured four new towns on December 3rd and are now at the gates of the key city of...
Syria war monitor says armed opposition group controls most of Aleppo
A Syria war monitor said on November 30th that armed opposition group Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, now controlled most of...
Hezbollah says commander alive after Israeli strike in Beirut
The Lebanese organisation Hezbollah has said one of its commanders Ali Karake, who a source claimed had been the target...
Syria: Assad appoints Ghazi al-Jalali to form cabinet
On September 14th, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree appointing former communications minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to form a...
Paul Salem: Can we fix the Levant? What would it take?
After 11 years in the United States, I was flying back to the land I called home. Beirut airport was...
