List of Syria articles
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A picture shows a general view during a fifth round of Syria peace talks on July 5, 2017, in Astana. Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled on July 5 to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital. Moscow and Tehran, which back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and rebel supporter Ankara agreed in May to establish four "de-escalation" zones in a potential breakthrough towards calming a war that has claimed an estimated 320,000 lives since March 2011. / AFP PHOTO / STANISLAV FILIPPOV (Photo credit should read STANISLAV FILIPPOV/AFP/Getty Images) A New Round of Syria Talks Start in Astana
The trick this time will be to secure a ceasefire for Idlib province.
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TOPSHOT - A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, walks through a damaged flat in a building in the western al-Daraiya neighbourhood of the embattled northern Syrian city of Raqa on September 5, 2017, as they battle to retake the northern city from the Islamic State (IS) group. / AFP PHOTO / Delil souleiman (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Who Will Rule Raqqa After the Islamic State?
A geopolitical game of thrones is taking place at the local level, with Kurds, Arabs, and the Syrian state fighting for power.
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A member of the Syrian government forces holds a position with an anti-tank missile system in Kobajjep area, on the southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzor, on September 5, 2017, during the ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Syria's army and allied fighters, backed by Russian air support, have been advancing towards Deir Ezzor on several fronts in recent weeks, and entered the Brigade 137 base on its western edge, in what Moscow hailed as a key "strategic victory". / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images) The Pentagon Is Spending $2 Billion Running Soviet-Era Guns to Syrian Rebels
An army of contractors and subcontractors in Eastern Europe is working to supply America’s sprawling — and legally questionable — anti-Islamic State campaign in Syria.
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Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordanian border on May 31. (Photo Alvaro Fuente/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A Refugee Without a River
Two years after fleeing Iraq, one woman’s plans for resettlement are still on hold. A minority among refugees in Jordan, is her plight being overlooked?
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Members of the Syrian government forces stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor on September 10, 2017, as they continue to press forward with Russian air cover in the offensive against Islamic State group jihadists across Deir Ezzor province. / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images) Syrian Army, U.S-Backed Forces Rub Shoulders In Eastern Syria
Fighters from opposite camps converge on the ISIS stronghold of Deir Ezzour — with potentially explosive consequences.
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U.N. Commission Calls Out Syrian Government for Sarin Attack
The long-awaited report says the Syrian air force carried out the bombing.
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Iraqi Kurdish demonstrators wave the Kurdish flag during a protest demanding for the independence of Kurdistan outside the United Nations offices in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region, on August 23, 2014. About 700,000 Iraqis have gathered in the Kurdish north after being driven from their homes by jihadist Islamic State (IS) fighters, the UN said as it stepped up a massive aid operation to the region. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) The Kurds Are Not Children
They have earned their independence, and the West must get out of the way.
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Assyrian Christians from Syria and Iraq, receive communion during a Christmas mass at Saint Georges church in an eastern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on December 25, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO / AFP / ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images) We Are Witnessing the Elimination of Christian Communities in Iraq and Syria
It's time for the United States to act.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) About That Other Nuclear Threat…
Is the Trump administration trying to blow up the Iran deal — or just playing hardball?
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A bus carrying members of the Islamic State (IS) group leaves the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017 as the jihadists are transported to Deir Ezzor as part of an unprecedented deal to end three years of jihadist presence. Under the evacuation deal, several hundred jihadists and their families on both sides of the border are set to leave by bus for Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, the country's only province still under IS control. / AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images) Prowling the Syrian Desert, U.S. Picking Off ISIS Fighters in Stranded Convoy
Packed with fighters and their families, the buses remain struck in the desert.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg on July 8, 2017 / AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Mikhail KLIMENTIEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTIEV/AFP/Getty Images) Iran, Turkey, and Russia Aren’t Natural Friends. It’s Up to the U.S. to Keep It That Way.
One of the more curious and troubling developments in the course of the Syrian civil war has been Turkey's rapprochement with Russia and cooperation with Iran.
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raqqa1 The U.S. Is in Denial About the Civilians It’s Killing in Syria
The commanding general in the war against the Islamic State is ignoring mounting evidence that the coalition campaign has killed hundreds of innocents.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 23: (ISRAEL OUT) In this handout photo provided by the Israel Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. Trump arrived for a 28-hour visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority areas on his first foreign trip since taking office in January. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images) Does Trump Intend to Thwart Iran’s Ambitions in Syria?
For the United States, the time for choosing what to do when it comes to the gathering Iranian menace has now come.
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vandam What the West Got Wrong in Syria
As President Bashar al-Assad tightens his grip over the country, it's time for those who tried to topple him to take stock of where they went wrong.
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US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Syria Strategy Hinges on Russia
But does the president have enough leverage to make Moscow do what’s necessary?
