Tag: Syria
US-backed forces relaunch battle against IS in Syria
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday resumed their offensive to seize the last territory controlled by Islamic State militants.
The US-backed fighters had paused...
Syria: When in Doubt, Just Launch Some Missiles
Last week saw another flurry of American cruise missiles launched at Syrian government installations, with a few fig leaf missiles from Britain and France...
Syria, Chemical Weapons and the Limits of International Law
Consider this shocking fact: Despite horrific images of yet another reported chemical weapons attack in Syria, the U.S.-led humanitarian intervention to protect civilians on April 13 was fundamentally...
The war in Syria and the Arab Summit
April seems to be a full month for Syria in terms of war, attacks, fragmentation and division. It is also a full month for...
Thousands hold Kurdistan independence referendum rallies #Kurdistan
Thousands of people in the city of Zakho in the northwest of the Kurdistan Region and President Masoud Barzani attended a rally in favor...
Nearly 40,000 Syrian children caught in the line of fire in...
An estimated 40,000 children are trapped in extremely dangerous conditions in Raqqa as fighting intensifies in and around the Syrian city.
The United Nations Children's...
The Syrian war is normalising the Weaponisation of Healthcare
The Syrian war is normalising the weaponisation of health care
Xavier Symons, University of Notre Dame Australia
Few events in Syria have attracted as much attention...
Turkey plans to repair dozens of mosques in Syria
Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation plans to repair dozens of mosques in Syria that were heavily damaged in the ongoing war, according to the head of...
Islamic State moves caliphate to new capital in Deir ez-Zour Province,...
US military sources informed that the Islamic State group has moved its capital of caliphate from the Syrian city of Raqqa to Deir ez-Zour...
Syria mosque massacre: US ‘failed to take necessary precautions’
The United States failed to take necessary safety measure to avoid civilian casualties in a strike that killed at least 38 people in a...