These are external links and will open in a new window/ The Syrian regime is moving towards the Turkish border after Damascus reached a deal with Kurdish forces It has taken a week to reshape the map of the Syrian war, in the seven days since President Donald Trump used what he called his "great ...
In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 photo, Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters prepare their guns in Syria's northern region of Manbij. Syrian state media said Tuesday that government forces have entered the center of the once Kurdish-held northern town of Manbij and raised the national flag. (AP ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria and are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, the UN has said. Turkey launched a cross-border military operation against Kurdish-led forces in the ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as Syrian government forces enter town of Ain Issa Russia has said it will not allow clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces, as Turkey's military offensive in northern Syria ...
Russia announced on Tuesday that its forces have begun patrolling the area between Syrian and Turkish troops and allied militias positioned near the Turkey-Syria border. The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement saying its forces had established a presence in “the northwestern borders of ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as Syrian government forces enter town of Ain Issa The US has imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior government officials in response to the country's military ...
Syrian government forces say they arrived in Kurdish-held towns, including Tal Tamer, on Monday Syrian government forces have started to reach the north of the country, hours after the government agreed to help Kurdish forces facing Turkey. Syrian state media say government forces entered Ain ...
to pull troops from northern Syria, his critics immediately warned that the move would pave the way for a Turkish offensive with potentially catastrophic repercussions./ State Department officials swiftly denied that Trump supported the Turkish incursion. Meanwhile, Trump appeared convinced he ...
Dozens have been killed since the assault against Kurdish forces in Syria began on Wednesday The Kurds in Syria say the Syrian government has agreed to send its army to the northern border to try to halt Turkey's offensive against them. Syrian state media earlier reported that government forces ...
Thousands of Gazans stampede towards a food distribution centre/ Thousands of Palestinians have overrun an aid distribution site in Gaza set up by a controversial US and Israeli-backed group, a day after it began working there. Videos showed crowds walking over torn-down fences and earth berms ...
The death of Moaz al-Kasasbeh shocked Jordan (file image)/ This article contains distressing descriptions of death Swedish authorities have charged a convicted terrorist over the 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned to death in Syria. Osama Krayem, 32 - a Swedish citizen - was on ...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says lorries delivered food to its "Secure Distribution Sites" on Monday/ A controversial new aid distribution group backed by the US and Israel has begun working in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said lorry loads of food had been delivered to ...
Video footage shared online shows six-year-old Ward Jalal Al-Shaikh Khalil escaping a blaze at a Gaza City school following overnight Israeli air strikes. Among the 35 Palestinians reported to have been killed at the the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School were Ward's mother and two siblings. Our Middle ...
Some aid trucks have entered Gaza in recent days, after Israel eased an 11-week blockade/ The head of an organisation set up to distribute aid in Gaza as part of a controversial Israel-backed plan has resigned, saying it could not work in a way that adhered to "humanitarian principles". Jake ...
Rubble pictured in a separate area of central Gaza on Sunday/ At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza, according to medics and civil defence officials. The strike ...
Ministers are facing calls to start processing Syrian asylum applications again, as new figures showed more than 7,000 people are still in limbo. The UK paused decisions on Syrian claims for asylum and permanent settlement in December, after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. But more than ...
There is no excitement as the camera passes. The children barely glance. What can surprise a child who lives among the dead, the dying, the waiting to die? Hunger has worn them down. They wait in queues for scant rations or for none at all. They have grown used to my colleague and his ...
Najjar (2nd L) at her husband's bedside in Nasser hospital/ The husband of a Palestinian doctor in Gaza whose children were killed in an Israeli strike on Friday remains in critical condition, according to the hospital treating him. Hamdi al-Najjar's "life remains in danger", Dr Milena ...
Civil defence teams carry a body after the strike in Khan Younis/ An Israeli air strike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor and killed nine of her 10 children, the hospital where she works in the city of Khan Younis says. Nasser hospital said one of Dr Alaa al-Najjar's children and her husband were ...