Putin and Obama tell diplomats to keep working on Syria argument
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a longer-than-expected discussion on Monday about whether, and how, they could agree on a ceasefire…
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USA and Russia meeting on Syria ends without a deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and differences…
Does Saudi Arabia need relations with Israel?
Saudi Arabia does not need any relation or normalization with Israel. Interest in the Palestinian cause is declining, so the issue of establishing ties with…
ISIL cell ‘wages war’ in Turkey
As U.S.-led coalition jets from a Turkish air base began to pound Islamic State targets in Syria in the summer of 2015, Ilhami Bali passed…
Hard choices of Turkey
Flashing victory signs and firing in the air, the young rebels who took this Syrian town from Islamic State a week ago may be jubilant,…
Syria war: Deal reached to end siege on Homs’ al-Waer
Syria’s army and opposition forces have agreed on a truce in the besieged neighbourhood of al-Waer in the central city of Homs, as fighting continued…
Nearly 75,000 Syrians ‘forcibly disappeared’ since 2011
The Syrian Network for Human Rights has revealed that it has documented 74,607 cases of enforced disappearance across Syria since the outbreak of the revolution…
Chemical attack in Syria: London and Paris are calling for UN sanctions against Damascus
Britain and France called on Tuesday for United Nations sanctions to be imposed on Syria after a UN-led investigation found the government had carried out…
Comprehensive alliance between Israel and Jabhat-Al-Nusra?!
Late last month, Jabhat al-Nusra (aka, the Al-Nusra Front), Al-Qaida’s Syrian arm, announced that it was severing ties with Al-Qaida and renaming itself Jabhat Al-Fatah…
Flash – Russia’s Olympic Stars Visit Syrian Airbase
A group of Russian Olympians paid a visit over the weekend to Russia’s airbase in war-torn Syria, where Moscow has been conducting air strikes for…