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Russia, West face off at UN over aid lifeline to 4M Syrians

Philippe Rater, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:19 AM

Western nations and Russia locked horns Friday at the UN Security Council over renewing a mandate to deliver cross-border aid to four million Syrians, just hours before the provision was set to expire. Read more »

Trump calls for end to killing in Syria rebel bastion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 10:49 PM

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the violence in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib. Read more »

Pope Francis defends migrants, calls for peace in Christmas message

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 08:29 PM

In his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message, the 83-year-old Pope called for peace in the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Venezuela, Ukraine and several African countries caught up in conflicts. Read more »

Trump, Syria and Facebook: the volatile cocktail of the 2010s

Hervé Rouach, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 17 02:32 PM

For many around the world, while the 2010s began with hope for a more equitable world, they end with a slide towards nationalistic populism. Read more »

'Wide-scale' Israeli strikes kill 11 fighters, including 7 foreigners, in Syria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 06:09 PM

In a rare confirmation of their operations in Syria, the Israeli army said they carried out dozens on strikes against the Iranian elite Quds Force and the Syrian military, in response to four rockets fired at Israel a day before. Read more »

Football: Philippine Azkals bow to Syrians in Dubai

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 12:44 AM

The Philipine national football team failed to get past Syria in Round 2 of the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Read more »

8 killed in bombing in Turkish-controlled northeast Syria

Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 11:21 PM

Eight people were killed when a bomb exploded on Sunday in an area of northeast Syria controlled by Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies, Turkey's defense ministry and local emergency workers said. Read more »

Erdogan says Turkey will not leave Syria until other countries pull out

Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 01:30 AM

Turkey will not leave Syria until other countries pull out, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday, and Ankara will continue its cross-border offensive against Kurdish fighters until every one of them has left the region. Read more »

Iranian beauty queen granted asylum in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 06:59 PM

In a document dated Nov. 6, 2019, Bahari was "recognized as a refugee under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol." Read more »

Baghdadi's wife revealed Islamic State group secrets after capture

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 05:40 PM

She was said to be the "first wife" of the IS leader, who was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria last month. Read more »

At least 13 dead in car bomb in Syrian town: officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 03 01:30 AM

At least 13 people have died Saturday in a car bomb blast near a market in a Syrian border town controlled by Turkish forces, Ankara and a rights watchdog said. Read more »

Killing the leader may not be enough to stamp out Islamic State

Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 04:47 PM

BAGHDAD - The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is of considerable importance, experts believe, but the underlying reasons for his jihadist group's existence remain and attacks in the Middle East and beyond are not likely to stop. Read more »

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader known for his brutality, is dead at 48

Rukmini Callimachi and Falih Hassan, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 28 05:30 PM

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State group, who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits from 100 countries, has died at 48. Read more »

Trump confirms death of Islamic State group chief Baghdadi in US raid

Sebastian Smith and Omar Haj Kadour, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 28 08:09 AM

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the elusive leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed, dying "like a dog" in a daring, nighttime raid by US special forces in northwest Syria.  Read more »

Helicopter fire on IS-linked fighters kills 9 in NW Syria: monitor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 03:22 PM

Helicopter gunfire early Sunday killed nine people near a northwestern Syrian village where "groups linked to the Islamic State group" were present, said a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria. Read more »

Islamic State leader targeted by US forces; Trump plans 'major' statement

Phil Stewart and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 01:36 PM

The US military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a US official said, as US President Donald Trump prepared to make a "major statement" at the White House on Sunday morning. Read more »

US boosts force in oil-rich east Syria, crosses regime checkpoints

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 10:14 AM

Washington has started to send reinforcements to oil-rich eastern Syria, a US defense official said Saturday, as a military convoy flying American flags crossed into the war-torn country from Iraq.   Read more »

‘What is going to happen to us?’ Inside ISIS prison, children ask their fate

Ben Hubbard, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 27 10:16 AM

Upstairs, jammed into two cells with little sunlight, are more than 150 children — ages roughly 9 to 14 — from a range of countries. Their parents brought them to Syria and ended up dead or detained. The children have been here for months and have no idea where their relatives are or what the future holds. Read more »

US to send 'additional military assets' to protect Syrian oil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 07:03 AM

The US Defense Department said Thursday it planned to beef up its presence in the northeast corner of Syria to protect oil fields from being retaken by a potentially resurgent Islamic State group. Read more »

Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, quits 'blood-stained' Syria

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 07:01 AM

President Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in "blood-stained" Syria, as Turkish and Russian troops seized territory previously held by US troops and their beleaguered Kurdish allies.  Read more »