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Syrian forces with the support of their Russian and Iranian allies, crossed the Euphrates River near the city of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria. The move is not only a significant step forward in restoring security nationwide and ensuring the nation’s territorial integrity, it is also a significant step toward turning the tables on the very interests who provoked and …

When Syria’s civil war came to the industrial city of Aleppo in 2012, two textile makers had to choose whether to stay or move their businesses away. Nine months after fighting in Aleppo ended, the struggle of the one who stayed in the city to reopen his factory shows why the other will not return yet from the security of …

Russia on Thursday raised the threat of a direct confrontation with U.S. forces in ­Syria, saying that it would target areas occupied by American units and U.S.-backed militias if its troops came under fire. The warning was issued amid rising tensions in the Syrian desert between the United States and its Kurdish and Arab allies on the one hand, and Russia, the …

Says it is time for genuine negotiations on its political future The UN’s top envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday that new talks between Syria’s government and Opposition will take place “in about a month” and said this eighth round must finally move to “genuine negotiations on the political future” of the war-ravaged country. Staffan de Mistura told the UN …

US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria have killed another 50 civilians, the international coalition against Daesh group announced on Friday.With the latest deaths, “at least 735 civilians have been unintentionally killed by coalition strikes,” it said in a statement, without specifying when the deaths occurred.The United States began carrying out strikes against Daesh in Iraq in August 2014, a …

The Assad regime in Damascus has depended on Lebanon’s Army of God to shore up its weakened troops. But now many Lebanese fighters are refusing to serve. BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon — They joined to fight Israel in Lebanon, but after multiple combat tours in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia and around Damascus, Hezbollah reservists tell The Daily Beast …

Saudi Arabia has denounced the killing of a prominent Syrian rebel leader, saying his death in a Russian air strike last week did not serve the cause of peace in Syria. Zahran Alloush, 44, who headed the rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, was killed when Russian warplanes struck near Damascus last week. His death was a major blow to rebel control …

Syrian opposition reps want Saudi Arabia ‘disqualified’ from peace process – report Saudi Arabian meddling in a complex Syrian peace process will encourage extremism and raise tensions, said opposition delegates who met in Kazakhstan twice this year, Russia’s Sputnik agency reported citing a letter from Syrian opposition representatives. Trends, “Saudi Arabia’s attitude since the start of the conflict and the …

Reuters BEIRUT—Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Friday that international efforts to end the conflict in his country should focus on preventing insurgents coming in from neighboring Turkey and Jordan.Syrian state media, which reported the comments Moallem made after meeting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi during a visit to Beijing, quoted him as saying he stressed the need to …

  A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday Damascus was ready to join U.N.-sponsored peace talks with its position bolstered by both Russian backing and the West’s retreat from a hardline anti-Assad approach. Bouthaina Shaaban said her government approved of U.N. resolutions passed last week endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, …