Germany announces €116m for UN refugee agency
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 29 September 2018 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas addressed the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday. Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP […]
Russia vows no safe passage for Syria extremist fighters in Idlib
By AFP – Sep 30,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Syrians demonstrating against the government in the rebel-held town of Maaret Al Numan, in the north of Idlib province, on Friday (AFP photo) […]
Exhibition highlights the endless struggle for Syrian refugees
OLIVIA CUTHBERT September 27, 2018 The world is turning away from millions left stranded by the situation in Syria 24 Hours on Hamra Street explores the plight of Syrian refugees […]
A deadly storm is coming in Syria
Source: CNN In a Salisbury restaurant — not far from the where the nerve agent Novichok had been used by what Britain suspects were Russian operatives — I had dinner where a man I at first took to be a bouncer turned out to be a magician. Several times during […]
Syrian army transfers hundreds of Daesh terrorists to Idlib — monitor
Militants were ferried overnight from Deir Ezzor By AFP – Sep 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians wave flags during a demonstration in the rebel-held northern Syrian city of Idlib on […]
Where is Daesh leader Baghdadi?
Daesh leader Baghdadi, world’s ‘most wanted’, sought in Syria offensive By AFP – Sep 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, addressing Muslim […]
The devil lies in the details
Sep 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan succeeded during their one-on-one summit in Sochi to avert a war over Idlib after having agreed on an ingenious plan to […]
UN Syria envoy thanks Erdoğan, Putin for Idlib agreement, asks speedy application
ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON AFP Photo A U.N. representative for Syria on Tuesday praised the agreement reached between Russia and Turkey that has averted what officials had warned could have […]
Russia blames Israel after military plane shot down off Syria
Source: BBC News Russia has said Syria shot down one of its military planes – but laid the blame for the deaths of the 15 personnel on board with Israel. […]
The battle of Idlib and its regional implications
Sep 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES –Amer Al Sabaileh The battle of Idlib could be the final chapter of the ongoing Syrian crisis. In hindsight, the beginning of the end was […]
A murder in Aleppo shows the Syrian war is not over yet
Whatever the fate of Mosul or Raqqa or the future of Idlib, Isis and Nusrah are still in conflict – just when the conflict was supposed to be about to end […]
Fight to retake last ISIS territory in Syria begins
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi The last vestige of the Islamic State’s caliphate that straddled Syria and Iraq is under attack. Members of an American-backed coalition said […]
After warnings of mass murder and catastrophe in Idlib, I prowled the front lines for two days. I didn’t find what I’d expected
The only massed forces I came across were vast herds of sheep and, close to Aleppo, a string of camels. War might be coming, but not yet Robert Fisk Kansafet, […]
PEACE POLICY: Syrian civil society meets in Geneva to discuss peace
By Kathrin Ammann THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 A Syrian girl walks past a hospital in Jarablus, northern Syria, in May. The three red […]
UNICEF slashes services to Syrian refugees due to shortfall
Agency has been forced to leave out 45,000 vulnerable Syrian refugee children in Jordan from a cash aid programme By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES […]
US envoy sees Israel keeping Golan Heights forever
By Reuters – Sep 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli army vehicles patrol the border fence with Syria in the Golan Heights on July 4 (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The […]
When the battle for Idlib is over, where will the fighters who have sworn never to surrender go next?
VoicesThe Syrian army was trained to fight in hills – for the final battle for Israeli-occupied Golan, rather than the final battle for Nusrah-held Idlib. Golan is presumably still to come Robert Fisk in […]
Trump denies wanting Assad killed after Syria chemical attack
ANADOLU AGENCY WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting with Republican Congressional leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2018. (AFP […]
ISIS using Swiss-made hand grenades in Syria: report
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 3 September 2018 Syrian rebel fighters from the recently-formed “National Liberation Front” in Idlib province where the Swiss-made grenades were discovered. Photo: AFP New images appear […]
A deadly storm is coming in Syria
Source: CNN In a Salisbury restaurant — not far from the where the nerve agent Novichok had been used by what Britain suspects were Russian operatives — I had dinner where a man I at first took to be a bouncer turned out to be a magician. Several times during […]