Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus
DAMASCUS: Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again… Read More
6 years ago
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France, Russia send humanitarian aid to Syria for Ghouta victims
France and Russia dispatched a plane carrying humanitarian aid to the ravaged former Syrian rebel enclave… Read More
6 years ago
At destroyed Syria lab, workers deny producing toxic weapons
Plastic gloves and face masks lay scattered in the rubble of a Syrian research lab… Read More
6 years ago
Syria’s ruined Ghouta unrecognisable to returnees
ZAMALKA, Syria: Syrians displaced from the bombed-out Eastern Ghouta suburb are eager to return home,… Read More
6 years ago
‘Deal reached’ for Syria rebels to quit last Ghouta holdout
DAMASCUS: The Syrian regime on Sunday drew closer to taking full control of rebel bastion… Read More
7 years ago
U.S. warns it may act on Syria as onslaught against Ghouta grinds on
UNITED NATIONS/AMMAN: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned on Monday that Washington… Read More
7 years ago
Death toll tops 1,000 in assault on Syria’s Ghouta: monitor
DAMASCUS: More than 1,000 civilians have been killed since Syria's government launched a brutal offensive… Read More
7 years ago
Syrians in Ghouta scramble for safety as bombing builds
SYRIA: As cars of fleeing civilians zipped around him, Syrian shepherd Abu Qassem led his flock… Read More
7 years ago
Aid reaches Ghouta but retreats after shelling; Syria presses assault
BEIRUT/GENEVA: Aid trucks reached Syria’s eastern Ghouta region on Monday for the first time since… Read More
7 years ago
Macron urges Tehran to ‘pressure’ Syria to halt Ghouta offensive
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday to… Read More
7 years ago
Syrians flee government advances in eastern Ghouta
BEIRUT: Hundreds of people are fleeing advances by Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta, a… Read More
7 years ago
Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta: monitor
DAMASCUS: Syrian regime forces have advanced inside Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said on Saturday, as… Read More
7 years ago
Elderly Pakistani couple quit Syria’s embattled Ghouta
DAMASCUS: An elderly Pakistani man and his wife have fled Syria's embattled Eastern Ghouta, it… Read More
7 years ago
Syrian government ground forces attack Ghouta despite Russian truce plan
BEIRUT/GENEVA: Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern… Read More
7 years ago
Uneasy calm in Syria’s Ghouta as Russian-backed truce begins
BEIRUT: The Syrian rebel-held eastern Ghouta region was mostly calm as a five-hour ceasefire called… Read More
7 years ago
Air strike kills Syrian family of nine in Ghouta: monitor
BEIRUT: A family of nine was killed in a Syrian government strike on eastern Ghouta,… Read More
7 years ago
‘Hell on earth’ in Syria’s eastern Ghouta must end: UN Secretary General
GENEVA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for warring sides to implement a… Read More
7 years ago
Rescuers say cannot keep up with air strikes battering Syria’s Ghouta
BEIRUT: Rescuers in Syria’s eastern Ghouta said the bombing would not let up long enough… Read More
7 years ago
Boy’s death shows danger for besieged Syrians seeking food
BEIRUT: Two-year-old Emir al-Bash’s blood still showed on his mother’s hand as she sat in… Read More
7 years ago
Turkey wants to bring wounded from Syria for treatment
ISTANBUL: Turkey is working with Russia to evacuate around 500 people from the besieged Damascus… Read More
7 years ago