syria
75 US-trained rebels enter Syria from Turkey: monitor
Middle East
September 20, 2015
75 US-trained rebels enter Syria from Turkey: monitor
A batch of 75 rebels newly trained by US and coalition forces in Turkey to fight jihadists have entered northern…
Insurgents killed 56 government troops at captured air base: Syria monitor
Middle East
September 19, 2015
Insurgents killed 56 government troops at captured air base: Syria monitor
A group tracking the Syrian war said on Saturday that Islamist insurgents shot dead 56 members of Syrian government forces…
US says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation
World
September 19, 2015
US says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of…
Switzerland to take 1,500 migrants, boost aid to Syria
Middle East
September 18, 2015
Switzerland to take 1,500 migrants, boost aid to Syria
Switzerland said Friday that it would take in 1,500 refugees and migrants over the next two years while strengthening support…
U.S. sees military talks with Russia on Syria as important next step: Kerry
World
September 18, 2015
U.S. sees military talks with Russia on Syria as important next step: Kerry
U.S. President Barack Obama believes that holding military talks with Russia on Syria is an important next step and hopes…
Exclusive: Syrian army starts using new weapons from Russia – military source
Middle East
September 17, 2015
Exclusive: Syrian army starts using new weapons from Russia – military source
The Syrian military has recently started using new types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia, a Syrian military…
Syria’s Assad blames West for refugee crisis
Middle East
September 16, 2015
Syria’s Assad blames West for refugee crisis
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe's refugee crisis on Western support for "terrorists", as people fleeing his country's civil…
Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield, US officials say
Middle East
September 15, 2015
Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield, US officials say
Russia has positioned about half a dozen tanks at an airfield at the centre of a military build-up in Syria,…
Video-Sawiris: Italy, Greece approval of refugee island purchase a challenge
Egypt
September 13, 2015
Video-Sawiris: Italy, Greece approval of refugee island purchase a challenge
Egyptian telecom and construction billionaire Naguib Sawiris has said that the real challenge to his bid to buy a Mediterranean…
Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria
Middle East
September 13, 2015
Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria
Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the…