Chinese envoy calls for more assistance ...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on the United Nations to scale up assistance in cash and in kind to the people in Syria. The international community needs to act
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Chinese envoy calls for more assistance ...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on the United Nations to scale up assistance in cash and in kind to the people in Syria. The international community needs to act
Suicide attack on Kurdish-US convoy in S...
A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of US troops and their allies in Syria on Monday, killing five members of a Kurdish-led force fighting the Islamic State group, a monitor said.The assault, claimed b
IS territorial caliphate eliminated in S...
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The White House said on Friday that the physical presence of the Islamic State (IS) was eliminated in Syria. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told the press
Reopening Saudi embassy in Syria still e...
RIYADH, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir announced on Monday that it is still early to determine the reopening of the Saudi embassy in Syria, Al Arabiya
Chinese envoy calls for strengthened cou...
UNITED NATIONS, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the international community to strengthen the counter-terrorism cooperation in Syria.In order to continue the fight against
8 Moroccan nationals repatriated from Sy...
RABAT, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan authorities have repatriated eight Moroccan nationals who were in the conflict zones in Syria, the Interior Ministry announced Sunday. The humanitarian operat
U.S.-backed Kurdish forces declare victo...
DAMASCUS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group in eastern Syria, the SDF spokesman said.
Over 50 IS militants killed by U.S.-led ...
DAMASCUS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Thursday by U.S.-led airstrikes on a caves area in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported. The air raids targeted th
Only Turkish forces should be in Syrian ...
ANKARA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Only Turkish forces should be present in the planned safe zone in northeast Syria, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday, mentioning the idea to set up a saf
UN assists in one of biggest humanitaria...
GENEVA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Friday that over the past nine days it took part in one of the largest and most complex UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SAR
Urgent: U.S.-led coalition targets Syria...
DAMASCUS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-led coalition targeted a Syrian artillery in eastern Syria overnight Saturday, wounding two soldiers, state TV reported. Enditem
Syria, Lebanon discuss refugees return t...
DAMASCUS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib visited Syria on Monday, discussing ways for the return of Syrian refugees to their country, according to th
Roundup: Senior military leader warns of...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. senior military official on Tuesday warned of the danger posed by the Islamic State (IS) forces to Syria and said U.S. talks with Afghan Taliban were in "very, v
Russia ambassador says Lebanon, Syria mu...
BEIRUT, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin emphasized on Thursday the importance of restoring normal official ties between Lebanon and Syria. "Lebanon and Syria sho
News Analysis: Despite IS defeat in Syri...
DAMASCUS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday the defeat of Islamic State (IS), but analysts warn that the threats of terrorism and war in Syria
Syrian envoy says Syria must return to A...
BEIRUT, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali said Friday that the Arab League (AL) should reconsider "its wrong decision to suspend Syria's membership from the organi
Russia, Syria slam contradictory U.S. st...
MOSCOW, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Syria on Sunday jointly condemned the United States for the contradictions in its stance on the issue of refugees from the Rukban camp in southern Syria, accor
DPRK says Golan Heights belongs to Syria
PYONGYANG, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A Foreign Ministry spokesperson of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Wednesday that "the Golan Heights is an inalienable sacred territory of Syr
Over 2 million children currently out of...
UNITED NATIONS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- More than two million boys and girls are currently out of school in Syria, people's resources are depleting, and more than eight in ten people live below the pover
Land mine explosion kills 7 civilians in...
DAMASCUS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- At least seven civilians were killed and 14 others wounded on Tuesday by a land mine explosion in Syria's northern Aleppo province, state news agency SANA reported. The