syria

Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it ramps up its assault…

Biden says IS leader killed in US military raid

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden said Thursday that the leader of the Islamic State group had been…

The exiled sculptor of ‘all that is no longer there’ in Syria

by Lucie PEYTERMANN Agence France-Presse VANVESS, France (AFP) - A Syrian neighbourhood targeted by regime bombing lies in ruins, with…

Israeli air strike targets Syrian port of Latakia: state media

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) - An Israeli air strike hit the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday, the second such attack on…

French arrest man over chemical weapons parts in Syria

PARIS, France (AFP) - A French-Syrian man has been detained by French police on suspicion of supplying components for the…

China donates 500,000 more vaccine doses to Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- China donated 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday to war-torn Syria, which has one of…

Turkey to expel seven Syrians over banana posts

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkey on Thursday announced the arrest and planned expulsion of seven Syrian migrants over social media…

14 killed in rare Damascus army bus bombing

by Youssef Karwashan with Omar Haj Kadour in Ariha DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- A bomb attack on an army bus…

Dry year leaves Syria wheat farmers facing crop failure

by Delil Souleiman with Maher al-Mounes in Damascus Agence France-Presse TAL SHAEER, Syria (AFP) - After Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman…

Rockets fired at US embassy in Iraq after attacks on bases

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday, the Iraqi army said,…

Syrian President Assad re-elected with 95% of votes: official

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected with 95.1 percent of the votes cast, the parliamentary…

Syria government receives first Covax jabs

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- The Syrian government received more than 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via the Covax programme…

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