Roadside bomb attack kills 14 Syrian military personnel in Damascus (Updated)
A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus on Wednesday killed at least 14 people, state media reported, the deadliest bombing in the Syrian...
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Oil slick is heading back towards Syria (Updated)
A massive oil slick which had been expected to hit Cape Apostolos Andreas in the Karpasia peninsula is now heading back to Syria, Turkish Cypriot...
Oil slick from Syria poised to reach Cyprus within hours (Update 3)
Authorities have for the past few days been monitoring an oil slick apparently making its way toward the island’s east coast, and stand ready to...
Syria opens first café run by people with Down syndrome
Wearing brown uniforms with orange rims and matching hats, several young Syrians with Down syndrome served between the tables, while some others stood behind a...
Autocracy and democracy: the human race has a dual heritage
At first I was going to write about the ‘Arab Problem’, because there is not a single functioning democracy in the Arab world. This week’s...
Syrian air defences intercept Israeli attack over Homs
Syria’s air defences intercepted an Israeli attack on the al Qusair area in Homs early on Thursday, Syrian state media reported. A Syrian military source...
Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote, in election the West calls fraudulent
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a...
Syria says Israeli raids target Mediterranean port region of Latakia
Syrian air defences downed several Israeli missiles during pre-dawn raids on the Mediterranean port city of Latakia, the Syrian army said on Wednesday, a rare attack...
Syrian refugees face Ramadan penury amid Lebanon’s economic ruin
Hussein al-Khaled and his family have lived in a makeshift hut in Lebanon for a decade since fleeing the war in neighbouring Syria, but this...
Ten Syrian men picked up off boat in Protaras
Ten Syrian men arrived on Friday afternoon by boat to Protaras, police said. The group was first spotted off Cape Greco at around 10.30am by...
Syria: end the sanctions
The Syrian civil war is ten years old this week, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a...
Syria condemns “cowardly” US air strikes on Iran-backed militias
Syria condemned U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed militias in the east of the country on Friday as a cowardly act and urged President Joe Biden...
Turkey has evacuated seven Syrian military posts
Turkey has evacuated seven military observation posts in northwest Syria, pulling back troops from territory controlled by the Syrian government to areas held by insurgents...
Russia and Syrian air strikes on rebel-held Idlib amount to war crimes – HRW
Bombing of civilians by Syrian and Russian armed forces during a campaign against the last rebel bastion in northwest Syria may amount to crimes against...
Oman becomes first Gulf state to reinstate ambassador in Syria
Oman has sent an ambassador to Syria, becoming the first Gulf Arab state to do so after they downgraded or shut missions in Damascus in...
Twenty-one Syrians arrive at Cape Greco
A boat carrying 21 people from Syria arrived at Cape Greco on Wednesday afternoon and are due to be taken to the Pournara reception centre....
Syria’s many circles of hell
When Syrian oppositionists first took to the streets nine years ago to demand change, few of them likely expected that in 2020, their war-ravaged country...
Russia says joint patrol with Turkey hit by bomb attack in Syria (V)
A roadside bomb planted by Syrian militants in the de-escalation zone in Idlib detonated near a joint Russian-Turkish patrol on Tuesday morning, injuring three Russian...
Syrian refugees arrive in north, two shot
A group of 30 Syrians arrived early on Thursday in the north by boat with two men being shot and injured whilst trying to escape...
Lack of integration programmes leading to ghettoisation
As the government announced tough new measures this week to curb illegal migration, the need for effective, long-term integration programmes for refugees and asylum seekers...