France set to seal $1.1bn chopper deal with Kuwait
France will supply 30 military helicopters to Kuwait in a deal worth over one billion euros ($1.1 billion) that French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian…
Syria
Syria’s compromise boundaries between Russia, Turkey and Northern Syria
The battle for Aleppo entered a critical stage this week. Government troops reinforced by the Russian air force blocked the major parts of the city….
Russia, Turkey ‘must jointly resolve Syria crisis’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has highlighted the importance of cooperation between Turkey and Russia in finding a solution to the long-standing Syria conflict. In remarks…
Children’s hospital destroyed in Syrian air strikes
A hospital specialising in paediatrics in a rebel-held northern Syria has been destroyed in a series of air strikes over the weekend that killed 13…
Pictures appear to show British special forces on Syrian front line
Images published by BBC depict soldiers securing the perimeter of a rebel army base following an attack by Islamic State. The first images of what…
Assad regime drops vacuum bombs on Syrian city
A regime aircraft conducted a vacuum bomb attack late Monday against the opposition-held district of Sevre in the northwestern province of Idlib, local civil defense…
Syria-bound relative killer of journalists at Charlie Hebdo arrested
Brother-in-law of one of the men who carried out the 2015 Paris office attack halted in Turkey while attempting to travel to Syria A relative…
Syrian rebels suffer intense air attacks after breaking siege of Aleppo
Syrian insurgents who broke the government siege of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday, in a significant territorial gain, came under intense air attack from pro-government…
Syria rebels seize key positions south of Aleppo
Coalition of jihadists, Islamist rebels takes control of armament school, where there is large amount of ammunitions; large part of artillery school. A Syrian coalition…
Syrian rebels ‘seize key town Manbij from IS’
A coalition of Kurdish and Syrian rebel groups supported by US coalition air strikes have seized the Islamic State (IS) group stronghold of Manbij, two…