Syria
Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli
Forty-four people have been killed in a massive bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in north-east Syria, Syrian state TV reports. The blast was caused by a truck bomb which struck near a Kurdish security headquarters, according to a UK-based monitoring group. So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind...
Mass immigration causes terror attacks across Europe, blasts Hungarian politician
MASS migration has caused terror attacks across Europe and is responsible for the recent bloodbath in Nice where 84 people were slaughtered, according to senior Hungarian politicians. Cabinet Office chief Antal Rogán believes the recent atrocities in Europe occurred because “illegal immigration and terrorism go...
Syrian refugees to be housed in Archbishop of Canterbury’s LUXURY Lambeth palace
Syrian refugees to be housed in Archbishop of Canterbury's LUXURY Lambeth palace The refugee family are currently living in a cottage at Archbishop Welby's official London residence after the Church agreed to put them up and fund their new life in Britain. The Archbishop is going to be directly involved in helping the...
Turkey to develop ties with Syria — PM Yildirim
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said his country will aim to develop relations with Syria. Mr Yildirim said Turkey needed to boost diplomatic relations in the region. His televised speech appears to suggest a sharp U-turn by the government. Diplomatic ties between Turkey and Syria were severed after the Syrian...
Syria conflict: Rebels launch attack in divided Aleppo
Syrian rebel fighters have launched an assault on government-held districts of Aleppo, after troops cut their only route into the divided northern city. The rebel operation began at dawn on several fronts, with hundreds of shells being fired at western areas. State media said eight people were killed and dozens hurt by the...
Syria conflict: Rebels launch attack in divided Aleppo
Syrian rebel fighters have launched an assault on government-held districts of Aleppo, after troops cut their only route into the divided northern city. The rebel operation began at dawn on several fronts, with hundreds of shells being fired at western areas. State media said eight people were killed and dozens hurt by the...
Two Russian pilots killed in helicopter downing in Syria
Two Russian pilots have been killed after their military helicopter was shot down by fighters of so-called Islamic State, the Russian military is quoted as saying by local media. The Syrian Mi-25 helicopter flown by Riafagat Khabibulin and Yevgeny Dolgin was brought down east of the ancient city of Palmyra on Friday. It was...
Marie Colvin’s family sues Syria over death in Homs
The family of Marie Colvin, the American journalist who died in Syria four years ago, is suing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Relatives say they have evidence that she was murdered as part of a policy of deliberately killing journalists. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed at a district court in Washington DC. Colvin...
US-Backed Syria Rebels Capture IS-Held Base Near Iraq Border
A spokesman for U.S-backed Syrian rebels and an activist group say the rebels have seized a small military base that was held by the Islamic State group near the Iraqi border. Wednesday's capture of the Hamdan air base, which has served as an IS outpost, came just hours after the launch of a new offensive seeking to cut the...
Suicide Bombers Kill 5 in Eastern Lebanon, Near Syria Border
A group of suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a northeastern Lebanese village near the border with Syria on Monday, killing five people and wounding at least 15, a Lebanese military official and paramedics said. The National News Agency said the blasts occurred in the predominantly Christian village of Qaa, only few...
Refugees at highest ever level, reaching 65m, says UN
The number of people displaced by conflict is at the highest level ever recorded, the UN refugee agency says. It estimates that 65.3m people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of 5m in a year. This represents one in every 113 people on the planet, the UN agency says....
Syria: Bombings rock Damascus suburb Sayyida Zeinab
At least 12 people have been killed in suicide bomb attacks on a suburb of Damascus which is home to Syria's holiest Shia shrine, state media say. Islamic State group said three militants — two carrying explosives belts and one with a car bomb — carried out the attacks in Sayyida Zeinab, 10km (six miles) south...