October 29, 2018 International Red Cross fears for city in Syria it can't reach with aid Leading humanitarian organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has called for access to the civilian population inside Syria’s conflict-riddled Afrin – asserting that they have not been allowed in to help the civilian population in the aftermath of Turkey’s military operation to seize control of the city.
October 18, 2018 US officials rebut Putin ISIS hostage claims: 'fake news' U.S. officials have rejected claims from Vladimir Putin that ISIS has taken nearly 700 people hostage, including several European and US Nationals in Syria.
September 25, 2018 Trump administration warns Russia of 'major mistake' if it supplies Syria with advanced missiles The Russian movement announced Monday that the Syrian government will be supplied with S-300 missile defense systems amid the downing of a Russian plane by Syria last week, a move the Trump administration calls a “major mistake.”
September 18, 2018 Russian military aircraft downed by Syrian forces, killing 15; Moscow blames Israeli aggression Russia's military on Tuesday said one of its aircraft with 15 people on board was shot down by Syrian government missiles and blamed the Israeli Air Force for pushing its Il-20 jet into the line of fire of Syrian missiles.
September 12, 2018 UN report blasts Syrian regime, militias for carrying out chlorine attacks and war crimes A U.N. commission tasked with investigating battles in Syria has accused the Assad regime and affiliated militias of carrying out war crimes as it released a damning report Wednesday highlighting atrocities that have “collectively displaced more than 1 million men, women and children.”
September 11, 2018 Germany in talks with US on possibly joining airstrikes in Syria in the event of chemical attack: report The German Defense Ministry is reportedly in talks with the U.S. on potentially taking an active role in airstrikes in the event that Syria’s President Bashar al Assad uses chemical weapons in Idlib province.
September 10, 2018 US Navy fighter pilot receives valor award for shooting down Syrian jet in 2017 A U.S. Navy pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down a Syrian jet in 2017 — the first air-to-air kill for the U.S. military in 18 years.
September 10, 2018 Syrians in Idlib brace for chemical weapons attack, ground invasion by Assad forces While pro-Assad bombs fall from the skies on the edges of Idlib province – the last opposition stronghold left amid the twilight of Syria’s long-running civil war – those trapped inside the city of the same name can only wait for the inevitable last battle, with nowhere left to hide.
September 10, 2018 Syria's Assad approves gas attack in Idlib despite warning, report says President Bashar al-Assad has approved a gas attack in the Idlib province, which is the country’s last rebel stronghold, a report on Sunday said.
September 7, 2018 US Marines launch live-fire air assault into Syria desert in 'strong message' to Russia More than 100 U.S. Marines launched an air assault in the southern Syrian desert backed by artillery fire to send a “strong message” to Russia not to send their forces inside a restricted area near an American military outpost, two U.S. defense officials have told ӣƵ.