Why Russia And China Are Intent On Salvaging Syria’s Economy
An economy in ruins More than five years of armed conflict has had a catastrophic impact on the Syrian economy. National GDP has plummeted to less than 50 percent of Continue Reading
Syria ceasefire deal rife with legal, liability questions
Latest Syria News Syrian cease-fire holds as Aleppo awaits relief Israel denies its aircraft harmed after raid in Syria As Syria truce holds. al-Qaida affiliate denounces it The deal crafted Continue Reading
Russia’s Lavrov blames U.S. for holding up Syria agreement
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of holding up a Syrian ceasefire at talks in Geneva with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday and said Continue Reading
Russia and the United States Reach New Agreement on Syria Conflict
Russia and the United States agreed early Saturday on a new plan to reduce violence in the Syrian conflict that, if successful, could lead for the first time to joint Continue Reading
US-led Coalition Strikes Destroy More ISIS Oil Assets in Syria
ISIS oil tank trucks U.S. and coalition military forces have conducted air strikes and destroyed ISIS oil pump jacks and oil tanker trucks in Syria, the U.S. Department of Defense Continue Reading
Kurds Carve Out a Home in Syria, Testing U.S. Ties With Turkey
Amid the chaos of Syria’s years-long civil war, the Kurds have carved out a semiautonomous region called Rojava that is home to about four million people, is as big as Continue Reading
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels aim for Manbij city, commander says
A rebel fighter carries a boy as civilians and rebels who were evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria’s Continue Reading
Turkish warplanes, artillery hit targets in north Syria: sources
Turkish warplanes and artillery struck targets held by the Kurdish YPG militia in north Syria on Sunday, security sources said, as Turkey pressed on with a cross-border campaign launched last Continue Reading
Turkish Military Begins Major Offensive Into Syria in Fight Against ISIS
Turkey mounted on Wednesday its largest military effort yet in the Syrian conflict, sending tanks, warplanes and special operations forces over the border in a United States-backed drive to capture Continue Reading
U.N. Relief Official Calls Crisis in Aleppo the ‘Apex of Horror’
The top aid official at the United Nations gave a gloomy assessment of the Syria relief effort on Monday, saying no convoy deliveries had been made to besieged areas this Continue Reading