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Regime forces control most of SW province, war monitor says Syrian regime forces were in control of most of southwestern Quneitra province, near the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, after a Russian-brokered deal with opposition fighters... more

Syrian Crisis Syrian opposition fighters agree to give up stronghold Daraa Syrian opposition fighters have agreed to surrender the southern city of Daraa, the first to revolt against Bashar Assad in Arab Spring-inspired protests earlier this decade,... More
Syrian Crisis Suicide car bomb claimed by Daesh kills 14 in south Syria A suicide car bombing on Tuesday killed 14 newly reconciled fighters from pro-Assad and opposition ranks in an attack on a south Syrian village claimed by Daesh. The Britain-based... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian regime says air defense thwarted attack on Homs airbase Syrian regime military air defenses thwarted an act of "aggression" that targeted the T4 air base in Homs province on Sunday night, state media said. The origin and nature... More
Syrian Crisis Regime strikes opposition in Syria's Daraa despite truce Assad regime jets struck opposition-held areas in the southern Syrian province of Daraa on Sunday, two days after a Russian-mediated ceasefire agreement came into force there,... More
Turkey Syrian girl swaps tin cans for prosthetics in Turkey The 8-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime troops recapture border crossing with Jordan Assad regime forces recaptured a vital border crossing with Jordan on Friday and raised the national flag for the first time in years, restoring sovereignty over a key region... More
Syrian Crisis 18 killed by car bomb at SDF base in Syria's Deir el-Zour A car bombing in eastern Syria on Friday killed at least 18 people including 11 members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a war monitor said. "A car bomb... More
Syrian Crisis Israel warns Syria of possible attack over Golan deployment An Israeli cabinet minister warned Syria and its backer Russia on Thursday that Israel could attack Damascus' forces if they try to deploy in a demilitarized border zone while... More
Syrian Crisis Russia, Syrian opposition reach deal to lay down heavy weapons in southern Syria Syria's armed opposition has agreed with Russia to surrender its heavy weapons in the southern part of the country, an opposition spokesman said Friday. Hussein Abu Shaimaa... More
Syrian Crisis Syria's south under heavy regime shelling, humanitarian crisis grows Assad forces have relentlessly pounded the southern province of Daraa as the United Nations sounds the alarm over the fate of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the violence More
Syrian Crisis 1 dead, several injured after explosion hits northern Syria's Manbij One civilian died and 15 others were injured in an explosion that targeted a gathering in the El Heye village of northern Syria's Manbij, local media reported Thursday. The... More

Syrian Crisis 26 killed by regime airstrikes in Syria's Daraa Twenty-six civilians were killed in airstrikes Friday on areas controlled by the Daesh terror group in southern Syria's Daraa province, a war monitor said. Rami Abdel Rahman,... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian regime offensive leaves 55,000 children without aid Rights groups slammed the Assad regime for the offensive in southwestern Syria, as around 55,000 children face the risk of death due to growing starvation and lack of aid More
Syrian Crisis Russia sends Washington proposal for return of 1.7M refugees Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday it had sent detailed proposals to Washington on organizing the return of refugees to Syria after agreements reached by President Vladimir... More
Syrian Crisis 750,000 internally displaced Syrians returned home in first half of 2018: UN An estimated 750,000 internally displaced Syrians returned to their homes through the first half of 2018, nearly equal the amount for all of last year, the United Nations... More
Diplomacy Training for joint Manbij patrol to start soon: Pentagon The head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Thursday that training for a joint Turkish-American patrol on the front line of the northern Syrian city of Manbij will... More
Turkey 8-year-old Syrian girl gets to walk again after treatment in Turkey An eight-year-old girl, who lost an arm and the ability to walk in the regime airstrike near Syria's northwestern Aleppo province in 2016, has taken her first steps after... More
War On Terror 'YPG's retreat from patrol areas in Manbij confirmed' Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hami Aksoy confirmed Thursday that the PKK terrorist group's Syrian affiliate the Democratic Union Party (PYD)'s armed wing the People's... More
Syrian Crisis Regime bombing intensifies in SW Syria opposition holdout Talks to cede the largest opposition holdout in southwestern Syria to the regime have failed, triggering an intense overnight bombing campaign on the densely populated town... More
Syrian Crisis 12 civilians killed in airstrikes in southern Syria opposition holdout Unidentified airstrikes have killed 12 civilians in an opposition-held pocket of southern Syria as regime ally Russia presses talks for Damascus to retake the area, a monitor... More
Syrian Crisis Israeli rockets hit military position near Aleppo, Syrian regime claims Hours after hundreds of Syrian opposition and their relatives left the southern city of Daraa on Sunday under a deal, the Syrian regime accused its longtime enemy Israel of... More
Syrian Crisis 15 Syrians, including 12 children die from heat: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Thursday for access to 210,000 displaced people who have fled fighting in southern Syria and are in urgent need of medicines... More

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