Syria

News Hour: Turkey’s army and international coalition forces on Wednesday began an operation to drive Islamic State jihadists out of a key Syrian border town, a statement from the Turkish prime minister’s office said, reports BSS....

News Hour: Turkey shelled Islamic State positions in Syria on Tuesday for a second day, in response to mortar fire from across the border, reports BSS. Two mortar rounds hit the southeastern Turkish town of Karkamis,...

News Hour: Iran said on Monday that Russian raids on jihadists in Syria from one of its airbases had ended for now, after accusing Moscow of “showing off” when it revealed the bombing runs, reports BSS....

News Hour: IOM, in coordination with Syria Arabic Red Crescent, Al-Ihsan Charity and Development and international partners launched an aid operation in Aleppo to help up to 40,000 people newly displaced by escalating violence. Hundreds of...

News Hour: Russian warplanes on Tuesday flew a bombing run from an Iranian airstrip against jihadist groups in war-torn Syria, the defence ministry said — the first time Moscow has reported using an Iranian air base,...

News Hour: An airstrike on a hospital in northwestern Syria on Saturday killed 10 people, including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The hospital, in the town of Meles, is about 15 km from...

News Hour: As Syrian gymnast Ahmad al-Sawas watched his country fall apart, his Olympic dream collapsed too, reports Reuters. The last national champion before the fighting began, he knew that supporting the anti-government side in the...

News Hour: With just 60 days to go before the start of the new school year, hundreds of thousands of Syrian parents are faced with the stark choice of whether to feed their children or send...

News Hour: Syrian regime forces backed by heavy Russian air raids recaptured a series of hilltops and villages on the southwest edges of Aleppo city from rebel groups, a monitor said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The...

News Hour: Save the Children has been working with their partner in the region around the clock to keep the bombed maternity hospital in Idlib open. It’s currently operating at a reduced level and only able...