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Reports have emerged that Russian troops are on the ground in Syria after a video footage featured on the state television during a news report showed military forces and a Russian armored vehicle while instructions in Russian could be heard Read more
The relative quietness of Qadam after a truce between government forces and rebels since last year was interrupted with the sounds of heavy gunfire during the weekend when militants of the Islamic State (IS) launched an attack on the rebel-held Read more
The debate over the Syrian war between Russia and the U.S continues to gain momentum. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called in a recent interview with state TV channel Rossiya 1 showed for an end to “double standards” in order to Read more
As Turkey continues to strike ISIS’s position in Syria and Kurds in Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu claimed that the Islamic State is a product of the West. The West often identifies itself as the international community in the global Read more
Judges at the Hague-based International Criminal Court rejected on Thursday the Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s November decision not to probe the Israeli raid on Turkish Mavi Marmara ship and demanded that the court reopens the case. Nine Turkish sailors and Read more
A coalition of 13 Islamist militant groups together with an-Nusra Front launched coordinated attacks on several government positions in Aleppo on Thursday but was pushed back according to reports. The rebels want to take full control of the once vibrant Read more
Some of the Syrian rebels being trained by the U.S military to fight against the Islamic State have abandoned the program after they became aware that they can’t take part in battles against the Assad regime, according to reports. The Read more
Ankara vehemently denied any wrong doing in the accusation that it ferries weapons to radical groups fighting against the Assad regime. However, according to a video footage leaked on Thursday, a court hearing of May revealed that detained prosecutors, who Read more
Training of Syrian rebels by the U.S has begun in Jordan after a delay of several months. The rebels are from groups considered by Washington as moderate. The US defense secretary, Ash Carter, said the trainees will undergo a few Read more
In an interview aired on Sunday with journalist Charlie Rose of CBS for the program 60 Minutes, President Assad associated the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria with the U.S airstrikes in the region as he spoke Read more