EXCLUSIVE: Iraq's border with Syria “entirely secured,” military official says

2024-11-29T18:12:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq's border with Syria is “fully secured,” especially the northeastern regions of Syria, a military spokesperson said on Friday. Major General Yahya Rasool, spokesperson for …

ASIA/SYRIA - The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo worsens, once again under siege by jihadists

Aleppo - The city of Aleppo is facing a new and fierce offensive that is plunging its population into an alarming humanitarian crisis. A jihadist attack of rare intensity, which began in recent days, has caused more than 200 civilians and soldiers dead in …

Anti-regime groups enter city center in Syria's Aleppo

Anti-regime groups have entered the city center of Syria's regime-held Aleppo, the head of a war monitor said Friday. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions "are now in the southwestern and western neighborhoods of Aleppo city," said …

Syria war monitor says rebels control 'most of' Aleppo city

Escalating violence displaces more than 14,000 in three days in north-west Syria

ActionAid’s partners in north-west Syria have been forced to suspend their humanitarian work amid violent clashes that have displaced around 14,000 people across Idlib and western Aleppo over the past four days. More families are being displaced by the …

Syrian insurgents have breached Syria's city of Aleppo after blowing up 2 car bombs, activists and fighters say

Syria insurgents advance towards Aleppo taking over dozens of villages in Northwest Syria

Thousands of insurgents continued their advance toward Aleppo city in Syria on Friday, seizing several towns and villages along the way. The offensive comes as Iran-linked groups, who have backed Syrian government forces since 2015, have been preoccupied …

Türkiye’s priority is maintaining calm in Syria's Idlib, adjacent region: Foreign Ministry

Türkiye’s prime concern is preserving stability in Syria's Idlib and the area close to it, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, APA reports quoting Turkish media. “Maintaining calm in Idlib and the adjacent region, which is at the zero point of our …

Opposition groups take control of Syria's Aleppo city centre

The anti-regime armed groups, which had been advancing towards Aleppo from the west after clashing with regime forces for three days, broke through the defence lines in the Hamdaniyya, New Aleppo, and Zahra axes in Aleppo's western countryside and …

Militants, allies enter Syria’s second city in lightning assault

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Militants, rebels and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria’s second city of Aleppo on Nov 29, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. The fighting is some of the deadliest …