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Syria's two main airports in the capital Damascus and northern city Aleppo, which were under control of the war-torn country became out of service on Thursday as the result of Israeli strikes, state media reports. more
Syria: 7 military personnel killed in Islamic State ambush

Damascus: Terror group Islamic State (IS) militants attacked a convoy of oil tankers escorted by Syrian military personnel on Tuesday in central Syria, killing five soldiers and two drive ...

Turkish military neutralizes 41 PKK militants in N Syria

Ankara: Turkish forces have neutralized 41 militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned by Ankara as terrorist, during an operation in northern Syria, the Turkish Defense M ...

Earthquake disaster: UN chief welcomes Syria decision to open aid corridors

New York: The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the decision on Monday by the Syrian president to open two further crossing points on the Turkish border to allow more aid into the stricke ...

Syria: Islamic State terrorists kill four civilians

Damascus: Suspected Islamic State terrorists have killed four civilians, including a woman, and hurt 10 others in Palmyra city of Syria, media reports said.

Islamic State kills 11 kidnapped in Syria: War monitor

Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) on Sunday killed 11 of the 75 people it kidnapped on Saturday in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported.

Security Council: 12 years of war, leaves 70 per cent of Syrians needing aid

New York: Almost twelve years into Syria’s devastating civil war, the country remains tattered and deeply divided, facing massive economic hardships, limited political progress and ...

Syria: Two ISIS terrorists killed during US conducted helicopter raid

Damascus: US Central Command forces on Monday said it conducted a successful helicopter raid in eastern Syria on December 11 in which two ISIS terrorists were killed.

Turkey: Authorities detain 46 people, including a Syrian national, in Istanbul blast case

Istanbul: Turkish authorities have detained 46 people, including the prime suspect who is a Syrian national, for the bomb blast which rocked Istanbul on Sunday and left six people dead.

Member of IS group nicknamed 'Beatles' pleads guilty in US court

A British-born man, who was part of the four-member Islamic State cell nicknamed "The Beatles", accused of beheading American hostages, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges, m ...