Syria's civil war took a surprising turn as opposition rebels affiliated with the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, took over Damascus, marking an end to President Bashar Assad's regime. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie
He noted that the terrorist groups have targeted the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, which has 2,000-year-old artifacts and sites. "In fact, the targeting was a cultural one in the first place and after the destruction. We have a long work to do, particularly in the ruins th...
A Syrian soldier is seen standing at the entrance of the Maarat al-Numan city, Idlib Province, Syria, on Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo by Maher/Xinhua) MAARAT AL-NUMAN, Idlib, Syria, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The smell of gunpowder is still fresh and the tracks of tanks and armored vehicles a...
Shielded From War, Syria Town Emptied Out by Earthquake and Floods More Reuters Village of Al-Tloul is flooded as a result of a Syrian dam being opened fearing aftershocks damaging the dam according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, in Idlib region, Syria February 9, ...
In recent years, Assad's opponents have poured into northwestern Syria from other parts of Syria that have been taken from rebels. The region, which includes Idlib province and parts of neighboring provinces, has an estimated 3 million inhabitants, about half of whom had already fled fighting el...
Ismail Alabdullah, a Syrian White Helmets volunteer, told Sky News that war planes are 'everywhere' in the country as government and rebel forces clash. Sunday 1 December 2024 15:56, UK Syria Syria's President Bashar al Assad said the regime will defeat "terrorists and their ...
U.S. launches strikes on two Iran-linked locations in Syria U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon July 21, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images The U.S. launched strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's ...
Despite the euphoria, analysts in Damascus warn that the physical defeat of IS doesn't mean the defeat of its ideology, which attracted thousands of fighters from around the world to join its quest to conquer Syria and Iraq. Maher Ihsan, a political expert, told Xinhua that most of the rad...
DAMASCUS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Stress and depression are modern illnesses in Syria due to the long-standing war, which pushes Syrians to search for alternatives to release the stress without the side effects of pills. The Yoga in Syria has been around since 2003 but it was on a very lo...
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