Syria: Tens of thousands of Alawites flee Homs, fearing rebel advance towards Damascus-coast strategic link
Analysts said they expected the fighters led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to push on towards the city, a key link between Damascus and the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast.
Football fever hits rebel-held northwest Syria
Idlib, Syria - Thousands of fans in Syria's last opposition bastion have packed into a stadium for the frenzied final of a football cup -- an escape valve amid years of conflict and misery."I'm really happy today," said Mohammed al-Zeer, 28, from the northwestern city of Idlib. "Between the war and...Israel launches air strikes on govt-held city of Homs in Syria
Citing a military source, Syrian state news agency SANA said that Israel carried out air strikes near the government-held city of Homs. The air strikes hit "some points in the vicinity of the city". Israel, during more than a decade of war in Syria, has launched hundreds of air strikes,...Three civilians wounded in Israel air strikes in Syria, says state media
Three civilians were wounded in Israeli air strikes near the Syrian city of Homs, state media reported, with a war monitor saying a Hezbollah munitions depot was hit. Over a decade, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syria's territory, targeting Iran-backed forces, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and the country's...
More than 50 killed in Syria attack blamed on Islamic State
In one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the IS this year, some 53 people were killed on Friday in an ambush in central Syria. According to the director of Palmyra hospital, those killed were 46 civilians and seven soldiers. State television said that the slain were truffle hunting...
Christmas joy dims in Syria as only the elderly remain
The brutal occupation of the Homs province by the Islamic State group has left the local Christian community devastated.
Covid-19, conflict and costs pushing Syria beyond limits: WFP
World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley has warned that more people in Syria are in the grips of hunger than at any time in the country’s decade-long conflict. He blamed a deadly combination fighting, climate change, Covid-19, and rising food and fuel costs for the problems.
Four dead as forest fires rage in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
The fire in Syria spread from Lebanon, while Turkey saw a separate series of blazes; in all, four people have been reported dead.
