Tensions Build in Syria Between New Leaders and Kurdish-Led Militia
The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...
Al-Monitor18h
Drugs, weapons in Syria borderland where Hezbollah held sway
In a desolate area of Syria where Lebanese militant group Hezbollah once held sway, security forces shot open the gates to an ...
US aid cuts risk riots, breakouts at Islamic State-linked camps in Syria
Moves by President Donald Trump's administration to cut U.S. foreign aid funding risk destabilising two camps in northeastern ...
Syria’s dire economic woes threaten to undermine its new government
Thirteen years of civil war have left Syria’s economy in ruins. Public services are on their knees and, in some cases, in worse shape now than before Assad’s fall. His Iranian backers have suspended ...
Stars and Stripes8d
Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the ...
AOL9d
In Syria, the fighting is over, but a resource-rich region is left in limbo
Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria's Deir al-Zour province through the scars ... who can't return to his ...
Worldcrunch on MSN9d
Why GPS Is Getting Less Reliable — And May Force Us Back To Old-School Maps
From war zone risks to head-scratching tourists, the manipulation of the GPS navigation system by hackers (jamming and ...
Trump’s aid freeze shocks a Syria camp holding families linked to the Islamic State group
The Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on foreign aid has caused chaos and uncertainty in a camp holding thousands ...
LYDIA POLGREEN: Something extraordinary is happening all over the world
Countries that malign migrants are in quite serious need of new people. Nations in the wealthy world face a top-heavy future- ...
Israel is building outposts in Syria, raising local fears of occupation
The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long ...
The Straits Times14d
Qatar’s Emir becomes first head of state to visit Syria’s Damascus since Assad’s fall
DAMASCUS -Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, visited Damascus on Jan 30, the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital since the Dec 8 fall of President Bashar al-Assad to ...
CNN14d
Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.