Posts tagged with "Syrian war"

Where do the Kurds fit into Syria's war? Middle East

Where do the Kurds fit into Syria's war?

January 3rd, 2019 The future of Kurdish-led areas of northern and eastern Syria has been thrown into doubt by President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops who have helped to secure the region. Amounting to about one quarter of Syria, the area is the largest chunk of territory still outside the control of President Bashar al-Assad, who is...
UK foreign minister: Assad will be around for a while Middle East

UK foreign minister: Assad will be around for a while

January 3rd, 2019 British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will remain in place for "a while" thanks to support from Russia, even though Britain's position was still that he remains a block to lasting peace. "The British long-standing position is that we won't have lasting peace in Syria with that...
Fifty thousand Syrians returned to Syria from Lebanon this year Middle East

Fifty thousand Syrians returned to Syria from Lebanon this year

September 25th, 2018 Fifty thousand Syrians have returned home from Lebanon so far in 2018 and the number could reach 200,000 in a year's time if it continues at this rate, a top Lebanese official said on Tuesday. Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's General Security directorate, told Reuters his security agency had organised the return of...
Kremlin dismisses Trump warning on Syria's Idlib Russia

Kremlin dismisses Trump warning on Syria's Idlib

September 4th, 2018 The Kremlin dismissed US President Donald Trump's warning to Syria not to launch an offensive in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib, saying on Tuesday that the area was a "nest of terrorism". Trump on Monday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to "recklessly attack" the northwestern Syrian...
Israel warns Syrians away from frontier as Assad closes in Middle East

Israel warns Syrians away from frontier as Assad closes in

July 17th, 2018 Dozens of Syrians approached the Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to seek help or sanctuary from a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive, before turning back after a warning from Israeli forces. Tens of thousands of Syrians have arrived near the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in...
Israel 'not ruling out' eventual ties with Syria's Assad Middle East

Israel 'not ruling out' eventual ties with Syria's Assad

July 10th, 2018 Israel held out the prospect on Tuesday of eventual contacts with Syria under President Bashar al-Assad, in a nod to his regime-consolidating advances in a seven-year-old civil war that Israeli officials had initially predicted would topple him. Assad's Russia-backed forces have advanced in southwest Syria and are on course to reach...
Syrian government seeks to recapture southwest Middle East

Syrian government seeks to recapture southwest

June 2nd, 2018 The Syrian government wants to recapture insurgent territory in the southwest through a settlement in which fighters accept state rule or leave, the foreign minister said on Saturday. Walid al-Moualem also said the United States must withdraw from the Tanf base in the southeast. Damascus has not engaged in talks about the south, and...
Syrian army ready for southern battle, pro-Assad commander says Middle East

Syrian army ready for southern battle, pro-Assad commander says

May 29th, 2018 The Syrian army has completed preparations for an imminent offensive against rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria, a non-Syrian commander in a military alliance that backs Damascus said on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a major new escalation. However, a rebel commander in the Deraa region of the southwest told Reuters there was...
Trump's Iran move reminds some of run-up to Iraq war Middle East

Trump's Iran move reminds some of run-up to Iraq war

May 10th, 2018 Fifteen years after invading Iraq over weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda that both proved non-existent, the United States is again steering toward a possible confrontation with a Middle East power for suspected work on nuclear weapons and support for terrorism. U.S. President Donald Trump's Iran policy sounds hauntingly...
Israel pounds Syria as Iran targets Israeli bases (Update 2) World

Israel pounds Syria as Iran targets Israeli bases (Update 2)

May 10th, 2018 Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran's military infrastructure in Syria on Thursday after Iranian forces fired rockets at Israeli-held territory for the first time in the most extensive military exchange ever between the two adversaries. It was the heaviest Israeli barrage in Syria since the 2011 start of the civil war in...
Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria Middle East

Israel hints it could hit Iran's 'air force' in Syria

April 17th, 2018 Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian "air force" deployed in neighbouring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate. Iran, along with Damascus and its big-power backer Russia, blamed Israel for an April...
British PM May defends Syria strikes against parliament critics Britain

British PM May defends Syria strikes against parliament critics

April 16th, 2018   By Elizabeth Piper British Prime Minister Theresa May defended on Monday her decision to launch air strikes against Syria, answering criticism over her bypassing of parliament by saying lawmakers could now hold her to account. May, who has regained confidence after winning support for her tough stance on Syria and Russia,...
Syria attack triggered Western action, but on the ground Assad gained Middle East

Syria attack triggered Western action, but on the ground Assad gained

April 16th, 2018 After Syrian forces bombed the town of Douma earlier this month in an attack the United States says involved chlorine gas, Washington and its allies launched missile strikes as punishment. The retribution has changed little in the course of the seven-year civil war, but the alleged poison gas attack did. Rebels had held the...
US accuses Russia, Syria of tampering with Douma evidence Middle East

US accuses Russia, Syria of tampering with Douma evidence

April 16th, 2018   By Laila Bassam and Anthony Deutsch The United States accused Russia on Monday of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria and said Russians or Syrians may have tampered with evidence on the ground. Moscow denied the charge and blamed delays on retaliatory US-led...
Israel conducted April 9 strike on Syrian airbase - NYT Middle East

Israel conducted April 9 strike on Syrian airbase - NYT

April 16th, 2018 Israel maintained its official silence on Monday over its possible involvement in an April 9 air strike on a Syrian airbase after the New York Times quoted an unnamed Israeli military source as saying Israel had carried out the raid. Syria and its main ally Russia blamed Israel for the attack, near the city of Homs, which followed...
Germany continues to believe Syria must one day see regime change Middle East

Germany continues to believe Syria must one day see regime change

April 16th, 2018 Germany continues to believe that the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad must be replaced at the end of a peace process, but acknowledges the realities that make this impossible in the short term, the government spokesman said on Monday. A spokeswoman for the foreign ministry told the same regular news conference that elections...
Khamenei's envoy says Iran can destroy Israel Middle East

Khamenei's envoy says Iran can destroy Israel

April 12th, 2018 The Supreme Leader's envoy at Iran's Quds force said on Thursday that Tehran could destroy Israel and warned it to avoid any "stupid" measure against the Islamic Republic, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. "If Israel wants to continue its treacherous existence ... it should avoid stupid measures. If they give excuses to...
Merkel: Germany won't join any Syria strikes but supports allies Middle East

Merkel: Germany won't join any Syria strikes but supports allies

April 12th, 2018 Germany will not join any military strikes against Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack on an opposition enclave, but supports Western efforts to show the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable, Chancellor Angela Merkel said. "Germany will not take part in possible - there have not been any decisions yet, I want to...
Syrian government raises flag in Douma - Russian agencies Middle East

Syrian government raises flag in Douma - Russian agencies

April 12th, 2018 Syrian government forces have raised their flag over the last rebel bastion in eastern Ghouta, taking full control of the town of Douma as insurgents withdraw, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, sealing a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad. Eastern Ghouta had been the biggest rebel stronghold near Damascus, but...
500 Syrian patients show symptoms pointing to toxic weapons exposure Middle East

500 Syrian patients show symptoms pointing to toxic weapons exposure

April 11th, 2018 The World Health Organization said on Wednesday around 500 people had been treated for "signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals" after a suspected poison gas attack in a Syrian rebel enclave just before it fell. US President Donald Trump and Western allies are considering military action to punish Syrian...
Erdogan says Turkey to decide future of Syria's Afrin Middle East

Erdogan says Turkey to decide future of Syria's Afrin

April 10th, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday criticised Russia's stance on the future of Syria's Afrin region, saying that Ankara itself would decide the details of returning the area to the Syrian people. "We know very well who we'll hand Afrin to. First, let's talk about handing over areas controlled by other countries in Syria to...
Assad films himself driving to Ghouta to demonstrate victory Middle East

Assad films himself driving to Ghouta to demonstrate victory

March 19th, 2018 President Bashar al-Assad flaunted government advances inSyria's seven-year war by filming himself driving to meet frontline soldiers near Damascus, making a video of the journey from the city centre into areas recently recaptured. "The road is open... everything is running now in the city and in Syria," he said in the video,...
More than 200,000 people fled Syria's Afrin Middle East

More than 200,000 people fled Syria's Afrin

March 19th, 2018 More than 200,000 people who fled a Turkey-led offensive on the Kurdish town of Afrin are without shelter or access to food and water in nearby areas, a Syrian Kurdish official from Afrin told Reuters on Monday. "The people with cars are sleeping in the cars, the people without are sleeping under the trees with their children," Hevi...
Syria's Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won World

Syria's Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won

August 20th, 2017 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi   Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army had not yet won the fight to end Syria's six-year-old insurgency. In an televised address, Assad said that even though there were signs of victory after six-and-a-half years of civil...
Conflicting aims as Syria’s endgame nears CM Regular Columnist

Conflicting aims as Syria’s endgame nears

April 2nd, 2017 By SM Farid Mirbagheri   Is the Syrian carnage nearing the endgame? Perhaps. There are now indications that the continued violence in the country may soon run out of fuel. The considerable blows to ISIS in recent weeks is set to further push the radical Islamist group into a state of political insignificance, at least for a...
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