Syria

• Syria arrests group behind Mezzeh airport attacks, weapons traced to Hezbollah - DAMASCUS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Syria said on Sunday it had detained a group behind recent rocket attacks on the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus, with investigators tracing the weapons to Iran-backed
• Photos of Shiite Muslims displaced from Syria living at a newly opened camp in Lebanon - Thousands of Shiite Muslims who fled Syria after former President Bashar Assad's government was toppled in an offensive by Sunni rebels in December 2024 have found a new home in Lebanon. Many of them stayed in mosques, schools or with rela
• Russian forces begin pulling out of bases in northeast Syria - Russian forces have begun pulling out of positions in northeast Syria in an area still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after the group lost most of its territory in an offensive by government forces. Associated Press
• Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State militants being moved from Syria to Iraq - Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.S.-brokered deal, Iraq said Sunday. The announcement from Iraq’s highes
• Syria ceasefire with Kurdish forces expires amid uncertainty - By Orhan Qereman and Khalil Ashawi QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A four-day ceasefire between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces expired on Saturday night, with the truce's fate uncertain
• An Unlikely Source of Crypto Innovation: Afghanistan - The repressive Taliban government is suspicious of the internet. But a start-up in the country is building blockchain-based tools to transform humanitarian aid.
• Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Would Have Global Scope but One Man in Charge - The initiative is the latest example of the president dismantling the post-World War II international system and building a new one, with himself at the center.
• Syrian deal with SDF could lead to Turkey-PKK peace, Turkish officials say - After days of fighting, the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed on Sunday to bring Kurdish authorities under the control of Damascus. A deal under which Kurdish forces abandoned long-held territory in
• Turkey sees deal between Syria, Kurdish forces as "historic turning point", sources say - By Ece Toksabay ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkey sees an integration deal between Syria's government and Kurdish forces there as an "historic turning point", ahead of which the Turkish intelligence
• US strike in Syria kills man linked to attack on soldiers, officials say - The US Central Command said in a statement that Bilal Hasan al-Jasim was killed in the attack on Friday.