The United States has started withdrawal of its troops from Syria declaring that the forces have succeeded in their mission to defeat Islamic State. In a statement, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said the US troops are no longer needed in the country. 

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump agreed to put in place "more effective coordination" between their countries' operations in Syria, according to Turkish presidential sources, after Ankara warned it planned to launch a new offensive in the war-torn nation. The two ...

Syrian rebels have begun withdrawing from the last big, besieged enclave that they held in the war-torn country. Hundreds of fighters have been boarding buses along with their families in a pocket of territory lying in central Syria, between Homs and Hama. Under a deal with the government's Russian ...

The United Nations says Syria’s war rages unabated despite a fall in the number of besieged civilians. U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland while talking to reporters in Geneva, said millions of civilians were still caught up in the seven-year-old conflict and many who escaped battle zones ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump says a decision on action in Syria will be made fairly soon. He told reporters that he and his team were looking very seriously at the situation, following an alleged chemical attack on the town of Douma. Western powers are thought to be preparing for strikes ...

United Nations:The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors Thursday to discuss the threat of military action against Syria after President Donald Trump warned that "missiles will be coming." Bolivia, one of 10 non-permanent council members and a strong supporter of Russia, requested the ...

KABUL: Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria’s war. According to agency reports, the proposal is part of an EU strategy to save the accord signed by world powers that curbs Tehran’s ability to develop ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since it began seven years ago. The Observatory, which tracks death tolls using a network of contacts inside Syria, said it had identified more than 350,000 of ...

ISLAMABAD:The living conditions of civilians inside Syria are worse than ever, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, with the conflict set to enter its eighth year. "The conditions faced by civilians inside Syria are worse than ever, with 69 percent languishing in extreme poverty," ...

At least nine Civilians were killed in Syria's Eastern Ghouta as Fresh Regime air strikes and clashes shook the Rebel Enclave. The Britain-Based Syrian observatory for Human Rights Monitor said regime air strikes killed nine Civilians in the Town of Jisreen early Today. With the latest deaths, 95 ...