Syrian parties to return to constitutional talks in October
Parties to the conflict in Syria will return to the negotiating table in October to discuss a new constitution, Geir Pederson, UN special envoy for the country, said on Tuesday.…
At UN, Syria accuses adversaries of using pandemic to ‘settle scores’
Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has accused the country’s adversaries of using the coronavirus disease pandemic as an opportunity to attack Syria, and issued a warning to the US, Turkey,…
Turkey, EU come together to enroll Syrian refugee students
Turkey, EU come together to enroll Syrian refugee studentsANKARA: Saleh is a 13-year-old Syrian refugee boy who has lived in the capital city Ankara for the past six years. “My…
Syrian refugee dies after swallowing gasoline
A Syrian refugee in Minieh, north Lebanon, died on Saturday after accidentally swallowing a large quantity of gasoline while siphoning it from his car in a black market fuel operation.…
UN updates named death toll for Syria war
The war in Syria has killed 350,209 fully identified individuals, according to a new count published Friday by the United Nations, which warned the real total of deaths would be…
Two militant commanders killed in Syria drone strikes
Drone strikes Monday killed two militant commanders close to Al-Qaeda in the Idlib region of northwest Syria, a war monitor said. The raids were carried out by the US-led international…
Syrian migrants allowed in by Merkel vote to choose her successor
BERLIN: Tarek Saad is keen to help other Syrian refugees who have fled the war in their homeland to make a new home in Germany and he sees the federal…
UN envoy hopeful Syria constitution talks to resume
“We had very substantial, very good discussions,” Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen said after meeting Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal al-Meqdad. “We discussed… the economic and humanitarian challenges here in Syria, the…
Power cuts stall industrial revival in war-wracked Syria
DAMASCUS: Workshops in Syria’s Aleppo used to clatter on into the night before the war, but these days the machines grind to a halt at 6 p.m. sharp because of…
Syrian regime forces enter Daraa under truce
Syrian regime forces Wednesday entered part of a southern city retaken from holdout rebels under a ceasefire deal brokered by government ally Russia, official media and a war monitor said.…