Russia’s Lavrov: US wants to slice up Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the United States “does not want to keep Syria as a state in its current borders”, accusing Washington…
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International coalition to build new Syrian force, angering Turkey
The international US-led coalition is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel, the coalition said on…
Syrian army says Israel fired at its territory with jets and missiles
Syria’s army said in a statement carried by state media that Israel attacked Syrian territory with jets and ground-to-ground missiles early on Tuesday, causing damage….
Assad Must Go, Erdogan Says, as Syria War Winds Down
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Turkey’s leader denounced President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday as a terrorist mass murderer with no place in that country’s postwar…
Medical evacuations begin from Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
Medical evacuations have begun from the Syrian rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria said early…
Why Is Turkey Silent On Russia’s Cooperation With The Syrian Kurds?
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan never misses an opportunity to swipe at the United States for its cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish militia, the YPG…
Assad Hopeful About Upcoming Russian-Sponsored Talks on Syria
WASHINGTON — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed regret for the stalemate of U.N.-brokered intra-Syrian talks in Geneva last week but says he expects better results…
Trump shouldn’t trust Putin on Syria — or anything else
Vladimir Putin is a master at manipulating people by telling them what they want to hear. He’s just done it again by announcing a “withdrawal”…
Golden opportunity’ lost as Syrian peace talks collapse
UN-sponsored talks in Geneva designed to end the Syrian civil war have collapsed, with a deflated special envoy Staffan de Mistura admitting “a golden big…
Islamic State still a global threat despite Iraq defeat
The Islamic State’s military defeat in Iraq does not eliminate the terror threat it poses to the rest of the world, including New Zealand, a…