UN Syria Envoy Offers to Negotiate Ceasefire in Last Rebel Stronghold
Summary The UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura for Syria has offered to travel to the country’s last opposition stronghold in the north of the …
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Israel Confirms Attacks on Iranian Targets in Syria
Summary On Monday, Israel confirmed that they struck Iranian military targets in Syria which led to an unusually direct exchange of blows between the …
Britain says it fended off Iranian attempt to block its oil tanker
Summary Iranian vessels attempted to block a British tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz but stopped after being faced with a Royal Navy …
Turkey, U.S. agree to form joint operation center for Syria safe zone
Summary Turkey and the United States have agreed to establish a joint operation center in Turkey to establish a safe zone in Syria in …
Even as fear of Russia is rising, its military spending is actually decreasing
Summary According to the report released on Wednesday, May 2, by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, while a vast number of countries keep investing …
Trump’s strike on Syria is exactly why North Korea wants nuclear weapons
Summary President Trump’s order to strike the Syrian regime – an ally of North Korea -, in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in …
Trump’s new tough line on Russia raises risks
Summary The recent poisoning of a former Russian spy and chemical attack in Syria has pushed President Trump to shift his previously somewhat soft tactics …
Turkish military and allied rebels in ‘total control’ of Syria’s Afrin, Erdogan says
Summary: Turkey launched an offensive into northern Syria two months ago, and according to the government officials of Turkey, Turkish forces and their rebel allies …
Putin orders ‘humanitarian pause’ in besieged Damascus suburb
Summary: After a cease-fire over the weekend approved by the U.N. Security Council failed to take hold in Syria, Vladimir Putin ordered a five-hour lull …
Syria’s war mutates into a regional conflict, risking a wider conflagration
Summary Syria’s war rapidly turned into a global competition of power and control over Syria- for six countries especially: Syria, the United States, Russia, Turkey, …