Syria

Indian captain, officer of Iranian oil tanker arrested by Gibraltar police

11:07 pm July 11, 2019

London: The police in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory on the Spanish coast, on Thursday said that it had arrested the master and chief officer – believed to be Indian nationals – of an Iranian oil supertanker seized by its officers last week. Both men were aboard Grace 1, which is accused of violating European […]

Iraq launches new operation to secure desert near Syria border

11:38 pm July 7, 2019

Baghdad: Iraq’s military announced a new operation Sunday in an attempt to secure the vast western desert leading to the Syrian border, amid fears jihadist sleeper cells were using the area to regroup. The operation, dubbed “Will of Victory”, began early Sunday morning and would push to clear the remote territory between the provinces of […]

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Syria Kurds host conference on IS detainees

9:13 pm July 6, 2019

Beirut: Dozens of international experts gathered in northeastern Syria on Saturday to discuss how to manage thousands of suspected Islamic State group members crammed into Kurdish-run prisons and camps. French lawyers and US-based analysts were among those attending the three-day conference on the challenges still facing the region after IS’s territorial defeat, organisers said. Officials […]

Syria regime forces on edge of key rebel-held town: monitor

Syria flare-up kills 35 fighters, including 26 pro-regime forces: monitor

8:25 pm June 15, 2019

Beirut: At least 35 combattants including 26 pro-regime forces were killed Saturday in clashes and air strikes that erupted at dawn in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said. The flare-up came as Russian-backed regime forces tried to retake two villages seized by jihadists and allied rebels earlier this month, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human […]

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