Syria: stakeholders surprised by halt in talks

Syria: stakeholders surprised by halt in talks

Diplomatic dueling follows halt in talks Talks torpedoed by ongoing fighting Negotiations set to resume Feb 25 The news Diplomats an...

Assad comes out fighting and says will take back “whole country” in interview

Assad comes out fighting and says will take back “whole country” in interview

The International Syrian Support Group has met in Munich with members told Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, intends to ride out the sto...

‘It’s just not true’ – Russia rejects claims that it’s bombing civilians in Syria

‘It’s just not true’ – Russia rejects claims that it’s bombing civilians in Syria

Russia has rejected accusations that it’s been bombing civilians in Syria. The denial came at a security conference in Munich, as Mosco...

Syria ceasefire more likely to fail than succeed, says Russian FM

Syria ceasefire more likely to fail than succeed, says Russian FM

Russia’s foreign minister said a Syrian ceasefire set to start next week is more likely to fail than succeed. Sergey Lavrov was speakin...

Syria: a deadly political chessgame

Syria: a deadly political chessgame

Saudi Arabia’s been mulling over its entry into the Syrian conflict for some time. It’s just sent warplanes to a Turkish base and Riyadh...

Assad criticises Munich deal saying its “unenforceable”

Assad criticises Munich deal saying its “unenforceable”

“Ceasefire doesn’t mean each party will stop using weapons” “Who will hold terrorists to account?” “Political transition is s...

More than 150 killed in Syria attacks amid ceasefire push

More than 150 killed in Syria attacks amid ceasefire push

More than 150 people in total are said to have been killed in bomb attacks in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs. In the capital, 180 ...

US and Russia broker ceasefire for Syria

US and Russia broker ceasefire for Syria

The United States and Russia say a ceasefire will come into force in Syria this coming weekend. Hostilities will end just after midnight o...

Syria could fall apart if fighting continues, warns America’s Kerry

Syria could fall apart if fighting continues, warns America’s Kerry

America is warning that unless fighting stops in Syria, the country could fall apart. It comes as the government of President Bashar al-As...

Erdogan says Syria ceasefire plan will only serve to benefit Assad

Erdogan says Syria ceasefire plan will only serve to benefit Assad

A US-Russian plan for a ceasefire in Syria has been heavily criticised by the Turkish President, who claims it will really only serve to ben...

US, Russia to form Syria truce task force

US, Russia to form Syria truce task force

The United States and Russia are planning to form a task force to oversee the implementation of a ceasefire deal in Syria. US Secretary of ...

Turkey frees journalists after court rules detention violated their rights

Turkey frees journalists after court rules detention violated their rights

Turkey has freed two prominent journalists after the country’s top court ruled their detention violated their rights. The arrest of Can ...

Syria ceasefire appears to be holding, despite reports of sporadic strikes

Syria ceasefire appears to be holding, despite reports of sporadic strikes

A ceasefire the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war in Syria appears to be holding. “Let...

Cancellation Truce

Cancellation Truce

Bashar Assad and Russia have canceled the truce by attacking a town in Syria  

Turkey-Iran: divisions over Syria, but trade set to prosper

Turkey-Iran: divisions over Syria, but trade set to prosper

Ankara and Tehran may be on opposite sides concerning the Syrian civil war, but all signs are pointing to improved trade ties in the near fu...

Putin orders military withdrawal from Syria

Putin orders military withdrawal from Syria

Read more: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/03/14/455746/Russia-Syria-Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will order the parti...

Putin orders partial pullout of forces from Syria

Putin orders partial pullout of forces from Syria

The international community has reacted with surprise to the news that Russia is to pull out the “main part” of its forces from Syria. ...

If the Geneva talks fail Russia will go back to Syria, says analyst

If the Geneva talks fail Russia will go back to Syria, says analyst

On the streets of Damascus in Syria people have been reacting to the partial withdrawal of Russian forces. The capital has always remained...

Islamic State Shows Their Combat Readiness In Training Exercises

Islamic State Shows Their Combat Readiness In Training Exercises

March 17, 2016 PPpuddlePauly Middle East correspondent and expert The Islamic State has released footage of their combat readiness with th...

Syrian demanding the downfall of the genocidal Assad Regime

Syrian demanding the downfall of the genocidal Assad Regime

Free Syrians came out as they have for every Friday for over five years, including the people who is besieged by Bashar the Dog, to demand t...

ISIL militants driven out of ancient Syrian city of Palmyra

ISIL militants driven out of ancient Syrian city of Palmyra

Syrian government forces – backed by heavy Russian air support – are said to have driven ISIL militants out of Palmyra. The army is d...

Assad: Opposition to be part of transitional government

Assad: Opposition to be part of transitional government

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the transitional government in his country should include independent forces, the opposition and force...

Fighting continues in Homs and Aleppo provinces on eve of Syria election

Fighting continues in Homs and Aleppo provinces on eve of Syria election

Fighting has continued in Syria, on the eve of the first parliamentary elections in four years. Opposition activists reported airstrikes b...

Syria: Polls and peace talks as fighting escalates

Syria: Polls and peace talks as fighting escalates

State-controlled areas of Syria are voting on Wednesday in parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition. The polls are seen as a sh...

Syrian regime holds parliamentary elections

Syrian regime holds parliamentary elections

A steady trickle of voters turned up at polling stations in the Syrian capital Wednesday to cast ballots in Syria's improbable parliamentary...

‘Urgent need’ for Syria regime to stop violating ceasefire, says Kerry

‘Urgent need’ for Syria regime to stop violating ceasefire, says Kerry

There is an “urgent need” for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop violating the ceasefire in Syria, US Secretary ...

Obstacles remain ahead of resumption of Syria peace talks

Obstacles remain ahead of resumption of Syria peace talks

Delegates at the Geneva peace talks on Syria will be using the weekend to regroup after last week’s negotiations failed to achieve any rea...

Syrian opposition stays away from Geneva peace talks

Syrian opposition stays away from Geneva peace talks

A bad day for the UN’s man in Geneva, Staffan de Mistura, who faced empty chairs when he sat down with the main Syrian opposition, who dec...

Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony

Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony

It appears the protagonists in the Syria conflict may soon have any shackles removed with what looks like the imminent collapse of peace tal...

The United Nations appeals to save the truce and negotiations in Syria

The United Nations appeals to save the truce and negotiations in Syria

The United Nations has appealed to the United States and Russia to act to save the “cessation of hostilities” and the negotiations betwe...

Russia will not ask Syria to halt air strikes on Aleppo

Russia will not ask Syria to halt air strikes on Aleppo

Media reports claim Russia will not try to persuade Bashar al-Assad to call a halt to air strikes on Aleppo. The bombardment of Syria’s...

Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine killed in Syria – group confirms

Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine killed in Syria – group confirms

Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in Syria, the Lebanese Shia militant group confirmed. Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen T...

Hezbollah confirms death of commander Mustafa Badreddine in Syria

Hezbollah confirms death of commander Mustafa Badreddine in Syria

Mustafa Badreddine, believed to have been Hezbollah’s most senior figure in the Syrian war, has been killed in an explosion in Damascus. ...

Hundreds attend Beirut funeral for Hezbollah commander

Hundreds attend Beirut funeral for Hezbollah commander

Hundreds of people have filled the streets of Beirut for the funeral of a top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria. Mustafa Badreddine is s...

Aid and political transformation on agenda at International Syria Support Group meeting

Aid and political transformation on agenda at International Syria Support Group meeting

Representatives from 17 countries backing peace talks on Syria are in discussions in Vienna in the latest effort to reach an agreement on ho...

A Yazidi girl’s harrowing tale of escape from ISIL captivity

A Yazidi girl’s harrowing tale of escape from ISIL captivity

Lamiya Aji Bashar, an Iraqi Yazidi, tells a tortuous tale of her escape from ISIL captivity. Her whole family was abducted from their home...

Car bombs rip through Syria's Idlib

Car bombs rip through Syria's Idlib

Car bombs rip through Syria's Idlib The blast was caused by a car bomb at the Shuiab Mosque, said the British-based Syrian Observatory for ...

Russia concerned about safety of workers delivering UN aid to Syria

Russia concerned about safety of workers delivering UN aid to Syria

The United Nations is finalising plans to airlift humanitarian aid to 19 besieged towns in Syria but Russia has expressed concern about the...

State Department Struggles To Explain Mass Diplomatic Dissension Memo On Syria

State Department Struggles To Explain Mass Diplomatic Dissension Memo On Syria

More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urgin...

Multiple suicide attacks on Lebanese border village

Multiple suicide attacks on Lebanese border village

What is happening? Four suicide bombers have killed at least six people in an attack in a village in eastern Lebanon which is near the bor...

Syrian President Assad attends iftar on frontline with troops

Syrian President Assad attends iftar on frontline with troops

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has had an Iftar dinner with government troops on the frontlines of their battle with terrorism. Assad joi...

Turkey: citizenship for Syrian refugees?

Turkey: citizenship for Syrian refugees?

Turkey’s president has hinted that Syrian refugees in the country could be offered citizenship. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been speaking ...

Syrian government forces ‘cut road to Aleppo’

Syrian government forces ‘cut road to Aleppo’

Some 250,000 Aleppo residents have been put under siege after Syrian government troops effectively cut the road into rebel-held areas of the...

Dozens killed as fierce fighting erupts between Syrian government and rebels

Dozens killed as fierce fighting erupts between Syrian government and rebels

Fierce fighting in Syria’s Idlib province has left up to 30 people dead. There’s been a surge in bombings on rebel held areas by the ...

Syrian rebels prepare for Aleppo siege

Syrian rebels prepare for Aleppo siege

Syrian government troops say they are moving in against rebel held positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The offensive comes only hours ...

Turkey hints at major policy shift towards Syria

Turkey hints at major policy shift towards Syria

Following an improvement in relations with Russia and Israel, Turkey has now indicated it wants to mend ties with Syria. Speaking at a rul...

Syria: hospitals targeted in besieged eastern Aleppo

Syria: hospitals targeted in besieged eastern Aleppo

Four hospitals in besieged eastern Aleppo have reportedly been hit by air strikes. Syrian forces dropped 10 naval mines on the al-Shaar ne...

Corridors to open in besieged Aleppo for civilians and rebels who surrender

Corridors to open in besieged Aleppo for civilians and rebels who surrender

The Syrian government is to open humanitarian corridors to let civilians flee the besieged northern city of Aleppo, its ally Russia said on ...

Syrian state media reports civilians have begun to leave besieged Aleppo

Syrian state media reports civilians have begun to leave besieged Aleppo

Syrian state media reports dozens of families have begun to leave the besieged north-western city of Aleppo. According to Sana news agency...

All wars of hillary clinton

All wars of hillary clinton

Whoever is elected US president on 8 November will be a war president from day one. It will have the power and autonomy to show the power, d...

13 people – including nine children – die in fighting in Aleppo

13 people – including nine children – die in fighting in Aleppo

Heavy fighting is continuing around the Syrian city of Aleppo and its neighbouring provinces. Video footage released by the Syrian governm...

UN ‘gravely concerned’ over situation in Aleppo

UN ‘gravely concerned’ over situation in Aleppo

For Syrians in Aleppo life is punctuated by daily bombardments. The UN says it is ‘gravely concerned’ for the safety of civilians, inc...

Russia stops using Iranian airbase to launch Syria air strikes

Russia stops using Iranian airbase to launch Syria air strikes

Russia has suddenly stopped using an Iranian airbase to launch airstrikes in Syria. Both Moscow and Tehran have confirmed Russian planes hav...

US and Russia report progress but no deal reached on Syria

US and Russia report progress but no deal reached on Syria

The US and Russia have made progress on a deal to restore a truce in Syria but failed to make a breakthrough on military cooperation and a c...

Why US seeks to eliminate Assad government

Why US seeks to eliminate Assad government

The United States seeks to eliminate the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because it is opposed to American hegemony, accordin...

The two sides of Aleppo: Relaxing with death on your doorstep

The two sides of Aleppo: Relaxing with death on your doorstep

People lounge around a hotel swimming pool as a singer entertains them… It is not the sort of scene you would expect to see in Aleppo, t...

Stalemate on Syria: Putin and Obama fail to find deal to end bloodshed

Stalemate on Syria: Putin and Obama fail to find deal to end bloodshed

Every picture tells a story. And given the frosty faces of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama in photographs of them meeting at th...

Syrian forces retake key Aleppo district

Syrian forces retake key Aleppo district

Syrian army forces and their allies have recaptured the whole Ramousah district of Aleppo, according to a monitor. The advance further sea...

US-Russia Syria deal met with hopes and fears

US-Russia Syria deal met with hopes and fears

The Syrian government has given its assent to the US-Russia agreement signed in Geneva. The agreement was brokered by Russian Foreign Secr...

Assad vows to recover all of Syria from ‘terrorist groups’

Assad vows to recover all of Syria from ‘terrorist groups’

Hours before a US-Russian ceasefire deal was due to take effect, the Syrian president said the Syrian state was determined to recover all ar...

Initial ‘calm prevails’ as Syrian ceasefire deal comes into effect

Initial ‘calm prevails’ as Syrian ceasefire deal comes into effect

A nationwide ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States has come into effect. It is the second attempt this year ...

Syrian ceasefire breathing space promises little relief for rebels

Syrian ceasefire breathing space promises little relief for rebels

Aleppo shook to falling bombs right up to the very last minute before the ceasefire. Its durability will surely be played out here, Syria’...

'US should be ashamed of Deir ez-Zor strike, it's really disgraceful' - Assad's adviser (EXCLUSIVE)

'US should be ashamed of Deir ez-Zor strike, it's really disgraceful' - Assad's adviser (EXCLUSIVE)

US-led coalition jets have bombed Syrian Arab Army’s positions near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, killing 62 troops and "paving the way...

American-Russian Syrian diplomacy gets bogged down as bombs fall on Aleppo

American-Russian Syrian diplomacy gets bogged down as bombs fall on Aleppo

Russia and the United States continue their stumbling diplomacy over Syria on the margins of the UN General Assembly, with little sign of pr...

Syria: UN’s Ban Ki-moon ‘appalled by chilling military escalation’ in Aleppo

Syria: UN’s Ban Ki-moon ‘appalled by chilling military escalation’ in Aleppo

The death toll in Aleppo is said to have risen above 200 in just two days, provoking a strong reaction from United Nations Secretary-General...

Dozens Of Militants Surrender Themselves In Al-Wa'ar, Homs!

Dozens Of Militants Surrender Themselves In Al-Wa'ar, Homs!

As the soldiers of President Bashar al-Assad have continue to recapture more regions across the country, Tens of militants stationed in al-W...

Russia slams US rhetoric for rising tensions over Aleppo

Russia slams US rhetoric for rising tensions over Aleppo

The Syrian military announced a new offensive against the city of Aleppo on Monday . Local reports claimed at least three people were killed...

Air strikes hit two hospitals in eastern Aleppo

Air strikes hit two hospitals in eastern Aleppo

The two largest hospitals in the rebel-held part of Aleppo have been hit by air strikes. Aid workers say the raids, which happened at 0400...

US-Russia diplomatic stalemate on Syria, as deadly air strikes hit Aleppo

US-Russia diplomatic stalemate on Syria, as deadly air strikes hit Aleppo

With fighting raging on the ground in Syria, the war of words between the US and Russia drags resulting in diplomatic deadlock. Washington...

The rocky relations of Russia and Turkey

The rocky relations of Russia and Turkey

Less than a year ago relations between Moscow and Ankara soured after a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber over the Turki...