Bloodshed In Syria

At least 11 people were killed after Iran and Pakistan traded airstrikes this week, signalling a worrying escalation of armed conflict in a Middle East already wracked by bloodshed, after Israel's war on Gaza and attacks by the Houthi militants.

The "man-made humanitarian nightmare" in Syria's Idlib province must end now, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday, but did not offer any specific plan for curbing the bloodshed in the final rebel holdout.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the bloodshed that has displaced thousands in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib.

Civilians in Syria's Eastern Ghouta shunned Russia's offer to quit the besieged enclave for a second day on Wednesday, as rebels and Moscow blamed each other for the humanitarian deadlock.

A humanitarian "pause" announced by Russia in Syria's deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta took effect Tuesday, offering a short window for the enclave's traumatised residents to emerge from their basements.

Pope Francis urged an end to 'horror and death' in Syria on Sunday as he celebrated the traditional Easter Day mass in Rome.

Pentaon, the US military headquarters, has confirmed the strike on a Syrian military base in the early hours of Friday. This comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a "barbaric" chemical attack he blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a televised address, Mr Trump urge...

President Donald Trump called Thursday for "all civilized nations" to work to end the bloodshed in Syria, after launching a massive strike against the regime in retaliation for a chemical attack.

Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize may have confounded critics and created enormous expectations, but ultimately it had little influence on his refusal to get drawn into the bloodshed in Syria. In accepting the prize on December 10, 2009, the young US president, elected only a year earlier, gave a steely speech about "war and peace," outlining what w...

The father of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed ashore on a Turkish beach a year ago, on Thursday denounced the world's failure to stop the bloodshed in his home country.

Damascus wants to end the violence ravaging Syria for nearly five years, a top official said Sunday, but lamented that the main opposition was "not serious" about UN-brokered peace talks.

Hundreds of innocent people have been killed in spectacular attacks claimed by Islamic State militants from Syria, but diplomats say major powers are no closer to a peace deal to end nearly five years of bloodshed and chaos there.

Violence in Iraq claimed more than 900 lives last month, official figures and the UN reported on Sunday, with bloodshed at its highest level since a brutal Sunni-Shiite sectarian war.

The world's chemical weapons watchdog called for temporary truces to meet tight disarmament deadlines in Syria, where fresh bloodshed served as a deadly reminder of the mission's difficulties.

Fleeing the bloodshed and destruction of civil war in Syria, Yosra Mustafa and 15 members of her extended family crossed into Turkey, but found life there too expensive. They tried their luck with Jordan, but were refused entry. Lebanon came to nothing.

At least 11 people were killed after Iran and Pakistan traded airstrikes this week, signalling a worrying escalation of armed conflict in a Middle East already wracked by bloodshed, after Israel's war on Gaza and attacks by the Houthi militants.

The "man-made humanitarian nightmare" in Syria's Idlib province must end now, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday, but did not offer any specific plan for curbing the bloodshed in the final rebel holdout.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the bloodshed that has displaced thousands in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib.

Civilians in Syria's Eastern Ghouta shunned Russia's offer to quit the besieged enclave for a second day on Wednesday, as rebels and Moscow blamed each other for the humanitarian deadlock.

A humanitarian "pause" announced by Russia in Syria's deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta took effect Tuesday, offering a short window for the enclave's traumatised residents to emerge from their basements.

Pope Francis urged an end to 'horror and death' in Syria on Sunday as he celebrated the traditional Easter Day mass in Rome.

Pentaon, the US military headquarters, has confirmed the strike on a Syrian military base in the early hours of Friday. This comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a massive military strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a "barbaric" chemical attack he blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a televised address, Mr Trump urge...

President Donald Trump called Thursday for "all civilized nations" to work to end the bloodshed in Syria, after launching a massive strike against the regime in retaliation for a chemical attack.

Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize may have confounded critics and created enormous expectations, but ultimately it had little influence on his refusal to get drawn into the bloodshed in Syria. In accepting the prize on December 10, 2009, the young US president, elected only a year earlier, gave a steely speech about "war and peace," outlining what w...

The father of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed ashore on a Turkish beach a year ago, on Thursday denounced the world's failure to stop the bloodshed in his home country.

Damascus wants to end the violence ravaging Syria for nearly five years, a top official said Sunday, but lamented that the main opposition was "not serious" about UN-brokered peace talks.

Hundreds of innocent people have been killed in spectacular attacks claimed by Islamic State militants from Syria, but diplomats say major powers are no closer to a peace deal to end nearly five years of bloodshed and chaos there.

Violence in Iraq claimed more than 900 lives last month, official figures and the UN reported on Sunday, with bloodshed at its highest level since a brutal Sunni-Shiite sectarian war.

The world's chemical weapons watchdog called for temporary truces to meet tight disarmament deadlines in Syria, where fresh bloodshed served as a deadly reminder of the mission's difficulties.

Fleeing the bloodshed and destruction of civil war in Syria, Yosra Mustafa and 15 members of her extended family crossed into Turkey, but found life there too expensive. They tried their luck with Jordan, but were refused entry. Lebanon came to nothing.