Topic - Syria

Related Stories

10 fighters killed in new, unclaimed strikes in east Syria

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani heads a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Rouhani urged the U.S. on Wednesday to &quot;put warmongers aside&quot; as tensions roil the Persian Gulf amid an escalating crisis between Washington and Tehran in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Russia, Iran, Turkey say Syrian constitution committee ready

Syrian president issues new amnesty, reduces sentences

UN chief launches Syria inquiry amid protests over secrecy

US envoy rejects claim of ‘war crime’ by key UN Syria panel

In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, photo, a first responders takes a break after removing a body at the site of a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria. First responders say they have pulled nearly 20 bodies out of the latest mass grave uncovered in Raqqa, the Syrian city that was the de facto capital of the Islamic State group. It is the 16th mass grave in the city, and officials are struggling with a lack of resources needed to document and one day identify the thousands of dead who have been dug out. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after ISIS fall

This Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. appears to show the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya-1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria. New satellite photos obtained Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, by The Associated Press appears to show the Iranian oil tanker still off Syria despite U.S. efforts to seize the vessel. That's after Gibraltar earlier seized and held the tanker for weeks, later releasing it after authorities there said Iran promised the oil wouldn't go to Syria. (Planet Labs Inc via AP)

Satellite images show US-pursued Iran tanker still off Syria

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to a group of US businessmen at his palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Turkey accused the United States on Tuesday of taking only "cosmetic steps" toward the creation of a so-called "safe zone" in northeast Syria and renewed Ankara's threat of unilateral military intervention to form a buffer area along its border.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey accuses U.S. of stalling on Syria ‘safe zone’ plans

Iran uses advanced centrifuges, threatens higher enrichment

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Erdogan said the U.S. had up to three weeks to satisfy Turkish demands and has threatened to launch a unilateral offensive into northeastern Syria if plans to establish a so-called safe zone along Turkey's border fail to meet his expectations. Earlier this month, Turkish and U.S. officials agreed to set up the zone east of the Euphrates River. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey threatens to open gates for Syria refugees to go West

Caught in limbo, families of Syria’s missing cling to hope

US, allied Kurdish force conduct patrol on Syrian border

Commission says long-missing Maldivian journalist is dead

A supertanker hosting an Iranian flag is seen on the water in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian oil tanker pursued by US off the coast of Syria

An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Drone wars: UAVs become terrorists’ favorite equalizer in Middle East fighting

Photos

Illustration on the strategic calculus of continued U.S. presence in Syria by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

More Photos

Quotations

IS controlled large swathes of northern and eastern Syria, where they declared a caliphate in 2014 along with large parts of neighboring Iraq.

Syrian air defenses block rebel drone attack in northwest →

© Copyright 2019 The Washington Times, LLC
3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002

Switch to Desktop version