Syria and Turkey are plausibly heading toward an armed stand off

News Analysis | Syrian Foreign Minister has clearly stated that his country does not want a war with Turkey after the latter claimed one of...

More than 25 Syrian civilians killed by Assad-Putin air strikes

AFP | Air strikes and rocket fire by Syria's regime and its ally Russia on Monday killed 25 civilians, including seven children, in a northwestern...

Muslim leadership needs to engage world for better understanding: Imran Khan

News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the 14th OIC Summit in Makkah on Saturday, emphasizing the need to eliminate the labels of terrorism...

Turkish army pull out will bring peace to Northern Syria

Firas Samuri |  In mid-January 2018, the Turkish General Staff announced the beginning of the Olive Branch Operation. The goal was to oust the Kurds...

Medical efforts to reduce child deaths to minimum in war torn countries

AFP | Doctors and rights activists unveiled on Thursday the world's first field manual for the treatment of child casualties from explosions, which they say...

Al-Qaeda wants Idlib defended from foreign invasion

AFP | The head of Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate in a video released Sunday urged supporters to "take up weapons" to defend his group's bastion...

Art and dance returns to Syria

AFP | More than a year after the Islamic State group fled, Syrian boys and girls, are finally back on stage - bobbing to the...

IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years

AFP | The Islamic State group's elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first purported appearance in five years in a propaganda video released Monday,...

Russia, Turkey, Iran hail US Syria withdrawal

AFP | The leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran hailed the planned US withdrawal from Syria as they met for talks Thursday on how to...

In Syria, families flee IS holdout to dust and desperation

AFP | The cry echoed across the chalk-dry Syrian plain: "Water!" Within seconds, the truck carrying a few dozen bottles was emptied by parched refugees...

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...