Syria civil war
Kurdish commander calls on US to 'intervene forcefully' in Syria clashes
The head of the YPG warned that only the US or its coalition partners can halt Syria’s advance into Kurdish-held territory, as government forces seize key towns and energy sites.
Nearly 100 people abducted or disappeared in Syria since January, says UN
Senior ISIS member killed in US military operation in Syria, official says
Syria's Sharaa rejects Kurdish demands for decentralization
Incoherent U.S. policy on Syria mystifying allies, empowering enemies
Experts contend that both Russia and Iran would be empowered should President Trump move ahead with military withdrawal from Syria.
Trump’s Syria exit plan hits major snag
Analysis: Tensions are already high in Syria. Now they will be higher.
Gas attack reported on Syrian rebel enclave, Damascus denies
On Saturday evening, the US State Department said it was monitoring the situation and that Russia should be blamed if chemicals were used.
To prevent Syria's biggest crisis yet, the West must intervene now
The US and its partners must take proactive measures to curb the bloodbath before a full-on assault begins.
Trump agrees to keep U.S. troops in Syria a 'little longer,' but wants out
World powers have expressed concern about a US withdrawal from Syria.
Has the US president lost the plot in Syria?
As one commander put it: “We’re on the two-yard line. We could literally fall into the end zone. We’re that close and now it’s coming apart.”
Syria accuses Israel of removing Jewish artifacts from Damascus temple
“This is yet another attempt by the Syrian regime to distract attention from the atrocities it is inflicting on its own people,” said Israel's UN envoy.
Kurdish shock and Turkish celebration as Afrin falls to the Turks
On Sunday the city of Afrin and most of the province around it in northwestern Syria fell to the Turkish army and Syrian rebel groups it supports.
In Ghouta's shelters, terrified Syrians await the next bomb
Under cracked ceilings that bulge downwards from the force of previous strikes, 400,000 civilians tremble from the ceaseless bombs.
Cubs of the Caliphate: rehabilitating Islamic State's child fighters
While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves as the perpetrators.
