Israel trying to destabilize Syria by causing inter-ethnic conflicts — Turkish president

ANTALYA, April 11. /TASS/. Israel is making efforts to destabilize the security situation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during the official opening ceremony of the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum. "New actions, Israeli …

To understand al-Sharaa's Syria, listen to echoes of Arab Spring

Outside Syria, everything which once looked like an Arab Spring “success story” is now either a dictatorship or a conflict zone, writes Amr Salahi [photo credit: Getty Images] Five months after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, progress towards democracy in …

Syria presidential decree extends probe into sectarian massacres

The Syrian president has promised that the investigation will lead to justice against the perpetrators of the sectarian killings [Getty] Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday extended by three months the deadline for an investigation into the …

Israel will need to get used to Turkey’s growing footprint in Syria

Turkey’s growing involvement in Syria recently reached a flashpoint with Israel, following Israeli airstrikes in early April that targeted three Syrian airbases Turkey was reportedly looking to make use of. The incident prompted rare official statements …

Reels of war: How Iran framed and lost its fight in Syria

It begins like something straight out of a Hollywood thriller. Younes and Ali Rostami, an Iranian father and son, are pilots on a humanitarian mission in Syria. Ali is preparing to return to his pregnant wife in Iran but decides to accompany his father on …

Syria, South Korea establish diplomatic relations

The top diplomats of Syria and South Korea agree to establish diplomatic ties in Damascus [South Korean Foreign Ministry] Syria and South Korea have established diplomatic relations for the first time, with embassies to be set up in their respective …

The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath – podcast

Slovenia condemns Israeli attacks on Syria

New York, 11 April - Slovenia condemns Israel's military escalation in Syria and calls for an end to the air strikes and for a withdrawal from the zone of separation determined by the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria, Ambassador …

One month on, killings persist in Syria’s Alawi heartlands

In the weeks following the worst sectarian violence since the fall of Bashar al-Assad - unrest the government has said it is trying to contain - locals of Syria's northwestern coast continue to report killings, abductions, and raids targeting the Alawi …

South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Syria’s new government

South Korea has formally established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist-led government, months after a rebel coalition ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Seoul’s foreign ministry announced on Friday.  South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul …