Politics

Bodies of soldiers missing in Syria returned to Turkey: reports - 01/10/2017

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- The bodies of two Turkish soldiers who had been missing in Syria for more than a month have been returned to Turkey, local media reported on Tuesday. Turkey has been fighting the...

In Damascus, an old solution to water shortages: the hammam - 01/09/2017

DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Maher Al-Mounes- Anwar al-Ades hasn't bathed properly in two weeks because of water shortages in Syria's capital Damascus, but all that is about to change at the city's oldest...

Kurdish-Arab forces seize strategic Syria citadel from IS - 01/07/2017

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance seized Friday an ancient fortress overlooking the Islamic State group's biggest prison near the jihadists' Raqa bastion in northern Syria, a monitor...

Syria ex-Qaeda affiliate member killed by drone - 01/07/2017

BEIRUT, LEBANON- A senior member of former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front was killed by a drone in northern Syria Friday, a monitor said, in the latest strike against the group's leadership....

Turkey to naturalise Syrian, Iraqi migrants: Erdogan - 01/07/2017

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced that some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqis who have fled to Turkey would be given Turkish nationality. "Our interior ministry...

Iraq launches offensive on IS near Syria border - 01/05/2017

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Ammar Karim- Iraqi forces launched an offensive against the Islamic State group near the Syrian border Thursday, piling further pressure on the jihadists' crumbling "caliphate"....

Turkey asserts 'right' to close key base for coalition - 01/05/2017

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkey said Thursday it had the right to close a key air base used by the US-led coalition to strike jihadists in Syria, as tensions mount between NATO allies Ankara and Washington....

Damascus water crisis grows as fighting threatens truce - 01/05/2017

DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Rim Haddad with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut- A major water crisis in Syria's capital worsened as regime and rebel forces clashed near its main reservoir Thursday despite a fragile...

Wanted Istanbul attacker 'fought for IS in Syria' - 01/03/2017

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- Turkish authorities on Tuesday intensified efforts to identify and detain a suspected jihadist who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, and who reportedly...

Fighting puts Syria peace negotiations at risk - 01/03/2017

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- A dozen Syrian rebel factions have suspended talks on new peace negotiations, accusing President Bashar al-Assad's regime of violating a four-day-old ceasefire with...
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