Tripoli's only operational airport suspended all flights after clashes near the Libyan capital left at least 39 dead this week, AFP reported citing officials.
Hundreds of people were injured in the fighting between rival militias that broke out at the beginning of the week in the southern suburbs of...
Russia is interested in keeping forces in Syria in part because they “love to stick it to America,” CIA Director Mike Pompeo (pictured) said on Thursday, adding that he hadn’t seen evidence that Moscow was determined to defeat ISIS in Syria, US media reported.
Pompeo told intelligence and national...
The United States-led coalition confirmed that it carried out an airstrike on Thursday on a convoy of Syrian and Iranian pro-government forces in the south of the country, claiming the attack was necessary to stop the forces that posed “a threat” to US-backed fighters in the region. The attack was...
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem stated on Monday during a news conference in Damascus that the presence of international forces under UN supervision is not included in last week's agreement made by Russia, Iran and Turkey. The deal on four safe zones signed in Astana,...
The United States Department of State said in a statement on Thursday that Washington supports "any effort that can genuinely de-escalate the violence in Syria, ensure unhindered humanitarian access, focus energies on the defeat of ISIS and other terrorists, and create the conditions for a...
Syrian rebels have suspended their participation in the Astana peace talks, which are sponsored by Russia, Turkey and Iran, AFP reported on Wednesday, citing an opposition source.
Earlier, Russian media reported that the guarantor countries are looking to create four separate security...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that the main topic of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be Syria.
Before leaving for Sochi, where he will meet Putin later in the day, he stated: "Of course, the most important [topic] of the talks [with Putin] is Syria… I hope that...
Four security zones may be created in Syria as a result of the ongoing Astana peace talks, Russian Sputnik reported on Wednesday.
A source said: "We expect a breakthrough. So far, this idea [of creating four zones of de-escalation of tensions] is accepted by everyone. We hope this document will be...
Claims of Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the Soviet KhAB-250 bomb was used in a chemical attack in Syria is as true as a "fairy tale," Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry pointed out that the bomb HRW claims was used in the April 4 Khan Shaykhoun attack wasn't even designed...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asked all parties in the conflict in Syria to exercise “restraint to avoid any acts that could deepen the suffering of the Syrian people.”
Guterres added that risks of conflict escalation are very high.
The UN Security Council will meet later in the day to...
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