Syria

News Hour: The US defence secretary has called on Turkey and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and not to target each...

News Hour: The recent escalation in violence in Aleppo City has left hundreds of thousands of Syrians in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. IOM has responded through a “Whole of Syria” coordination mechanism, reaching over 7,500...

News Hour: Turkish shelling and air strikes killed at least 40 Syrians on Sunday, a monitor said, in the first significant civilian casualties in Turkey’s intensifying campaign in northern Syria, reports BSS. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news...

News Hour: At least 24 funeral mourners have been killed and 30 others wounded in a barrel bomb attack in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, according to activists, taking the death toll of civilians in the northern Syrian...

News Hour: As evacuations from the besieged Daraya area continued for the second day, the first buses carrying Syrian civilians and rebel fighters from the Damascus suburb have reached opposition-held territory in the country’s northwest, a...

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,...