UN raises $6.4 billion for Syrians amid worsening humanitarian crisis
NEW YORK, USA: International donors have pledged $6.4 billion in humanitarian aid to help Syrians fleeing a decade of civil war, but short of a...
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Syria rations fuel supplies amid Suez Canal closure
DAMASCUS, Syria: The Syrian government has started rationing the distribution of fuel in the country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because Egypt’s Suez...
36 days in office: Biden sends US bombers to hit ‘selected targets’ in Syria
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The United States military says it carried out attacks on facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed militia on Thursday, following recent...
Syrian air defences ‘intercept Israeli aggression’ over Iranian targets in country
DAMASCUS, Syria: Syria’s army said on Monday the country’s air defences intercepted “Israeli aggression” over the capital, Damascus, in the latest stepped-up bombing of alleged...
13 killed in car bombs, shooting in Syria
DAMASCUS: Syria: At least 13 people have been killed and 29 wounded in two car bomb blasts in north-western Syria, according to rescue workers and...
16 killed as Israel carries out 20 air raids in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria: Israeli fighter jets carried out night raids which hit arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least 16 people, the...
28 killed in bus ambush in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria: At least 28 people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province that borders...
Syria’s air defences intercept barrage of Israeli missiles
DAMASCUS, Syria: Syrian air defences have intercepted Israeli missiles over the western province of Hama, Syrian state TV said early on Friday, citing a military...
Israeli author claims ex-Syrian PM Jamil Mardam was ‘double agent’
DAMASCUS, Syria: Former Syrian prime minister Jamil Mardam Bey, who served in office in the 1930s and 1940s, was a double agent who worked with...
US to deploy more troops in eastern Syria near oilfields
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The United States will deploy additional forces in eastern Syria to protect oilfields in another policy shift that contradicts Trump’s controversial decision...