World Aug 03 Fresh clashes break out in Syria as interim government struggles to ease factional tensions New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country.
World Jul 21 Evacuations of Bedouin families begin in Syria’s Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease The clashes have increased skepticism in some communities about the ability of Syria's new leaders to assert control.
World Jul 17 Syrian forces leave Sweida after days of clashes with Druze minority Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority.
World Jul 16 Israel launches airstrike on Syrian Defense Ministry in heart of Damascus Israel's attack Wednesday came hours after a drone strike on the same building. Syrian state media reported a "number of casualties" without giving further details.
World Jul 09 Israeli strike kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza as Netanyahu and Trump meet over a ceasefire As talks for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip resume, Palestinians in the battered enclave say they are desperate for deal to end the war. Israel and Hamas are considering a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal that would pause the war,…
World Jul 03 94 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 45 people waiting for aid, authorities say Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded tents and a school sheltering displaced people in the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
World Jun 22 At least 22 people killed in suicide bomber attack on Greek Orthodox church in Syria A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 others, state media reported.
World Jun 12 Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers Gaza's Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed militia after detaining them early Thursday.
World May 14 What lifting sanctions on Syria could mean for the war-torn country President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country’s recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of everyday Syrians.
World Mar 10 Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,…