US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

The US military said it carried out strikes against an Iranian-backed armed group in Syria, its second such operation in two days. The United States military has again carried out air strikes in Syria targeting “Iranian-aligned targets” following a recent rocket attack against US forces at a base in Syria’s…

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Al-Bara, Syria – Musa Baghdadi paid $6,000 for the privilege of exchanging one bombardment for another. “I paid to escape the shelling in Lebanon to reach my village, which is also under bombardment by Assad’s army,” he tells Al Jazeera at his modest, one-storey home in al-Bara, western Idlib. The…

Syria funding crisis leaves vital Idlib hospital on brink of closure | Syria’s War News

Syria funding crisis leaves vital Idlib hospital on brink of closure | Syria’s War News

Idlib, Syria – Ayman al-Khayal, 43, sat with his family as he waited for his latest dialysis session at Bab al-Hawa Hospital in the north of Syria’s Idlib province. He was looking forward to having a few hours of rest as the treatment proceeded, doing the job of removing toxins…

Syria’s al-Assad says Turkey rapprochement efforts unsuccessful | Turkey-Syria Border News

Syria’s al-Assad says Turkey rapprochement efforts unsuccessful | Turkey-Syria Border News

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says efforts to mend ties with Turkey had so far brought no tangible results. “The initiatives did not yield any results worth mentioning despite the seriousness and genuine keenness of mediators,” al-Assad said on Sunday in a speech to the Syrian parliament, referring to recent conciliation…

As war looms over Lebanon, refugees wonder how they will survive | Israel-Palestine conflict News

As war looms over Lebanon, refugees wonder how they will survive | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Beirut, Lebanon – In 2014, the Syrian regime fired a missile that struck Alaa’s apartment building in Aleppo, Syria. Thirteen-year-old Alaa and his family – mother, father and two sisters – survived the blast and fled to Lebanon. Today, Alaa is a hairdresser in Beirut and worries about having to…

Protests and arrests as anti-Syrian riots rock Turkey | Refugees News

Protests and arrests as anti-Syrian riots rock Turkey | Refugees News

More than 470 people have been taken into custody after mobs attacked Syrian shops and cars in central Turkey. Turkey’s government is urging for calm after mob violence against Syrian refugees broke out in the central Melikgazi region and spread to other areas. Riots erupted after Turkish authorities arrested a…

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

Counterterrorism prosecutors failed to have warrant annulled on grounds that al-Assad enjoys immunity as head of state. A Paris appeals court has upheld the validity of an arrest warrant issued for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in war crimes committed during the country’s civil war, according to…