French jihadists in Syria may be allowed home, Paris says

AFP | France on Tuesday opened the door to repatriating more than a hundred jihadists being held in Syria, in a marked change in stance...

IS ‘caliphate’ in Syria dead within a month: commander

AFP | Military operations against the Islamic State group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pockets of the jihadists' self-proclaimed "caliphate" will be...

Syria’s Kurds: The new front line in confronting Iran and Turkey – Dr. James M Dorsey

Dr. James M Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s threat to devastate Turkey’s economy if Turkish troops attack Syrian Kurds allied with the United...

Qatar rejects normalising ties with ‘criminal’ Assad

AFP| Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian...

US military removes some equipment from Syria

AFP | The US military has removed some equipment from Syria, a defense official confirmed Thursday, following a report that the drawdown ordered by President...

IS launches a major attack in eastern Syria

News Desk | Militants defending their last bastion in eastern Syria used the cover of bad weather to launch a deadly counterattack against a Kurdish-led...

Two Americans among foreign jihadists captured by Syrian Kurds

AFP | The Kurdish-led force battling the remnants of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria said Monday it captured five foreign jihadists, including two...

US Syria withdrawal must be done with allies’ defence ‘assured’: Bolton

AFP | US President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Sunday during a visit to Israel that the American withdrawal from Syria must be done...

What next for Syria’s Kurds?

AFP | Syria's Kurds have established an autonomous region during seven years of civil war, but the abrupt decision by their US ally to withdraw...

Syrian army deploys to Manbij in new alliance with Kurds

AFP | Syrian troops deployed in support of Kurdish forces around a strategic northern city on Friday, in a shift of alliances hastened by last...

UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years

AFP | The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus Thursday, the latest sign of efforts to bring the Syrian government back into the...

Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Two developments, the pending return of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the Arab fold and protests in Sudan, Jordan, and Tunisia,...
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