What to know about camps in Syria holding families of ISIS fighters
Two camps in northeastern Syria, al-Hol and Roj, hold thousands of alleged Islamic State fighters and their family members.
Syria’s New Leaders Try to Unite Rebel Factions Under a Single Government
As the fighters who ousted Bashar al-Assad set out to assert control over the country, they pursued former government forces ...
Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive
Kurdish-led fighters in Syria, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, say they have launched a counter-offensive against the ...
If Syrian Chemical Weapons Were Found, the U.S. Army Could Safely Destroy Them
A civilian team at a base in Maryland disposed of Syrian toxins a decade ago after hundreds of people were killed in a nerve ...
Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
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Number of US troops in Syria has steadily increased over time, Pentagon now says
The number of US troops in Syria has regularly surged higher than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed since at least 2020, and in recent months increased to more than double the roughly 900 troops ...
Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
Cyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says
Cyprus’ top diplomat says his country stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and to ...
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Women rally for equal rights in Syria after Assad's fall to Islamists
QAMISHLI, Syria, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of women rallied in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Monday to demand the new Islamist rulers in Damascus respect women's rights and to ...
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With S-400s Out, Russia’s Days Of Controlling Syria’s Airspace Are Over
As part of its drawdown from Syria following the dramatic collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in early December, Russia has packed up some of its most advanced S-400 and S-300 air ...
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Former U.S. ambassador to Syria outlines challenges to rebuilding the war-torn country
American diplomats were in Syria for the first time since the U.S. shut its embassy in Damascus in 2012. They met with ...
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Discovery of mass graves in Syria sheds new light on brutality of fallen Assad regime
With the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the scale of his regime's mass killings and executions are coming to light more and more each day. The United Nations said this week the ...