The ambassador to the U.N. said Russia has blocked six attempts by the U.N. Security Council to make it easier to investigate the use of chemical weapons.
Putin hosted Assad in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday ahead of a summit between Russia, Turkey and Iran and a new round of Syria peace talks in Geneva.
The United States accused Syria on Monday of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence.
Hezbollah's top military commander supervising military operations in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine, has been killed in an explosion in Damascus, the terrorist group said on Friday.
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday congratulated his friends and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for re-taking the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. "In a telephone conversation with Syrian president, Putin congratulated his counterpar
As Syrians mark the fifth anniversary of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, here are some of the key events in the conflict
United Nations: UN Security Council members unanimously approved a U.N. resolution Friday endorsing a peace process for Syria including a cease-fire and talks between the Damascus government and the opposition, but the text makes no
Moscow: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement
Dubai: The tide of global rage against the Islamic State group lends greater urgency to ending the jihadis' ability to operate at will from a base in war-torn Syria. That momentum could also force a
Washington (AP): Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. military launch airstrikes against the Islamic State from a key air base near the Syrian border, senior U.S. officials said Thursday, giving a boost to
United Nations: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Russia's vetoes against holding Syria's government accountable are "extremely disruptive" to the U.N. Security Council's ability to restore peace in the conflict, and have emboldened
Tartous, Syria: Syrian businessmen start from scratch after their shops and factories were destroyed. Families who lost their homes struggle to rent new dwellings and make ends meet. Along highways stretching through government-controlled areas are
Beirut: U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing
Beirut: A string of government airstrikes on rebel-held areas in the north on Saturday killed at least 44 people, activists said, as al-Qaida-linked rebels captured one of the country's oil field in the east.Rami Abdurrahman,
Beirut: The leader of one of Syria's most prominent rebel units died early Monday of wounds sustained during a strike by government forces last week, his group said, dealing another blow to fighters reeling from
Washington: President Barack Obama's top aide on Sunday pressed the case for "targeted, limited consequential action" to degrade the capabilities of Syrian President Bashar Assad to carry out chemical weapons attacks as the White House
Beirut, August 5: Iran's new President has expressed his country's support to Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad's regime, saying no force in the world will be able to shake their decades-old alliance.Hasan Rouhani's comments came
Beirut, June 7: Human rights activists on Friday said rebels have attacked an air base in northern Syria but failed to capture it.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting concentrated near the
Beirut, Dec 19: Syria's state media say the military is carrying out a broad operation against rebels in the suburbs of Damascus.The state-run SANA news agency says the troops have killed “scores of terrorists” the
Berlin, Jul 8: Syria's president has accused the United States in a television interview of fueling a violent uprising against his government.German public broadcaster ARD quoted Bashar Assad as saying that America is partnering with
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