A ship, two portable treatment plants and less than 90 days: that’s the plan the Pentagon unveiled Thursday to destroy “hundreds of tons” of Syria’s most dangerous chemical weapons. After Albania refused to destroy the lethal “priority 1” chemical agents…
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Fighters linked to Al-Qaeda executed an Iraqi freelance cameraman as he was leaving Syria after a 10-day assignment in rebel-held territory, watchdogs said on Thursday. Yasser Faysal al-Joumaili was shot dead after being stopped at a checkpoint in mainly…
Hezbollah on Wednesday blamed Israel for murdering one of its top leaders near Beirut at a time of soaring tensions in Lebanon linked to the war in neighbouring Syria. The dead man, identified as Hassan Hawlo al-Lakiss, was the group’s most senior figure…
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for a group of nuns seized from their convent in Syria and for all hostages held in the war-torn country. “I invite you all to pray for the nuns of the Greek Orthodox convent of St Takla of Maalula in Syria…
A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus on Tuesday, causing deaths and injuries, Syrian state television reported, with a monitoring group saying at least two people were killed. “A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew…
Lebanese authorities decided Monday to place Tripoli under army control for six months after a wave of sectarian killings linked to Syria’s war left 11 dead in the main northern city. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Michel Sleiman…
The US military has begun outfitting a ship with special equipment that will be used to destroy part of Syria’s chemical arsenal, the Pentagon said Monday. A hydrolysis unit is being installed on the MV Cape Ray, a 650-foot (200 meters) cargo ship,…
Syrian rebels, including jihadist groups, have captured the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. Rebels assaulted the town by rolling explosive-filled tyres down the hills onto regime…
A least a million Syrians are going hungry, as fighting and checkpoints prevent aid deliveries, the international Red Cross warned on Monday. “A conservative estimate is a million people without food,” said Simon Eccleshall, crisis management chief…
Italian coastguards on Monday rescued around 120 mostly Syrian refugees from a packed fishing boat adrift off the coast of southern Italy in gale-force conditions. Coastguards exploited a brief lull in the weather to rescue the migrants, including some…