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Al-Qaeda franchises will feel no effects from Hamza bin Laden’s death
- Middle East
- August 1, 2019, 11:52
The reported death of Hamza bin Laden, son and presumptive heir of al-Qaeda’s founder, amounts to a public relations boon for the Trump administration(...)
Restored mosque in devastated Old City gives Syrians cause to celebrate
- Middle East
- April 6, 2019, 05:00
Homs is a city of celebrations. Its residents have survived eight years of war and are determined to overcome deprivations imposed by the punitive pea(...)
Russia and Turkey weigh up options for final Syria battle
- Middle East
- March 7, 2019, 01:00
In the Black Sea resort of Sochi on St Valentine’s Day, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of Turkey and Iran with tea and biscuit(...)
Hizbullah to stay in Syria as long as it needs military aid
- Middle East
- September 21, 2018, 20:01
The leader of the Iranian-backed militant group, Hizbullah, has declared the movement’s fighters will remain in Syria as long as Damascus requires mil(...)
Jordanian and Israeli armies delivering supplies to displaced Syrians
- Middle East
- July 2, 2018, 18:37
The Jordanian and Israeli armies are delivering food, tents and medical supplies to some of the 270,000 Syrians who have fled fighting between Syrian (...)
Turkey the powerbroker in Syrian struggle
- Middle East
- April 6, 2018, 20:43
Turkey has emerged as a major player in the Syrian crisis, but trust in the Ankara government is in short supply. Damascus, Moscow and Tehran do not(...)
Syria: ‘We received money for documentation but not restoration’
- Middle East
- April 5, 2018, 21:26
Wadi al-Nasara enfolds travellers entering from the dusty yellow plain in a blanket of green and silver – the green of well-watered fields and the sil(...)
Russia orders five-hour daily truce in Syria’s eastern Ghouta
- Middle East
- February 26, 2018, 10:59
Russia said on Monday that it would establish a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave rebel-held suburbs of Damascus during a five-hour da(...)
Eastern Ghouta and Afrin brace as Syrian forces prepare to enter
- Middle East
- February 19, 2018, 19:25
Syrian forces are poised to enter two contested enclaves, Afrin – where Kurdish militiamen are battling the Turkish army and its Syrian surrogates – a(...)
Stories from Syria: One family’s defiant stand in al-Waer
- Middle East
- November 6, 2017, 01:30
Every Syrian family in every city, town and village has its own war story. The story is a prized possession to share with outsiders, however harrowing(...)