Syria

The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the…

It marks a “monumental step” for cancer treatment in the region said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing reporters in New York.Radiotherapy sessions have historically not been available in local health facilities, forcing Syrian…

At least six people were killed Sunday in clashes in south Lebanon's restive Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, said Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement and a source at the camp.…

People and internal security members inspect the site of a bomb blast, outside the Sayeda Zeinab shrine city, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria. (Image: Reuters)The explosion was reported near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum in…

<!-- -->More than 20 people were also wounded in the attack in Syria on Thursday.Damascus: A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum, Syria's most visited Shiite…

<!-- -->US claimed that this was the second such incident when Russia aircraft flew close to its drone.Washington: A second Russian aircraft flew "dangerously close" to a U.S. drone over Syria this week, just days after another…

A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a U.S. drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the U.S. military said Tuesday, the latest in a string of aggressive intercepts by…

WASHINGTON: Russian fighter aircraft dropped flares above a US drone as it took part in a mission against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, damaging its propeller, a US commander said Tuesday (Jul 25). The United States has…

A Calgary man has just returned from Turkiye after spending nearly five months there helping his two siblings who were severely injured in the earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria in February. More than 50,000 people were killed…

GENEVA: A United Nations expert voiced concern on Friday (Jul 21) that tens of thousands of children were being detained arbitrarily in northeastern Syria based on their alleged ties to Islamic State and in violation of international law.…