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Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham is accused of links to 1982 Hama massacre and 2011 protest crackdown. Syrian authorities have announced the detainment of an Assad-era general accused of taking part ...
News Syria » Damascus: UN probe: Some Israeli actions in Syria may amount to war crimes
A U.N. commission investigating Syria said on Tuesday (September 8) it was deeply alarmed by what it described as increasingly entrenched Israeli military activity inside Syrian territory, warning ...
News Syria » Damascus: Are Israel and Turkey Headed for a Cold War in Syria?
An Israeli F-16 jet fighter lands at an air base in Andravida, Greece, on April 3, 2019. Israel and Turkey are poised for competition over Syria, Alexander Langlois and Yara Bataineh write.
News Syria » Damascus: Syria condemns Houthi attacks on civilian, economic targets in Saudi Arabia
Syria has strongly condemned attacks by the Houthi militia targeting civilian and economic facilities in the Saudi cities of Abha, ...
News Syria » Damascus: Syria is choosing diplomacy with Israel, but can its approach last?
Israel has attacked Syria, occupied its south since the al-Assad regime's ouster, testing Syria's diplomatic outreach.
News Syria » Damascus: They Fought ISIS. Now Kurdish Women Fighters Are Searching for a Place in Syria’s New Order
[DAMASCUS] More than 1,500 fighters from the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) are seeking a place in Syria’s new security institutions after the force was excluded from the army integration ...
News Syria » Damascus: The UN chief on a visit to Damascus urges the international community to support Syrian people
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to the international community Saturday to support the people in Syria at the start of his first visit to the Arab country as ...
News Syria » Damascus: Denmark reopens Damascus embassy with eye on Syrian returns
Denmark reopened its embassy in Damascus after a 14-year closure, becoming one of the first EU states to restore a posted ambassador to Syria since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad, ...
News Syria » Damascus: Al-Sharaa’s army will reveal what his new Syria really is
A related sovereignty test is now emerging in southern Syria. On Aug. 22, Israel targeted an operative in Beit Jinn, roughly six miles from the Israeli border. The IDF said the target was advancing ...
News Syria » Damascus: Some Israeli actions in Syria may amount to war crimes, UN probe says
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - A U.N. commission investigating Syria said on Tuesday it was deeply alarmed over Israel's military activity inside Syrian territory, warning that some ...