"A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters says it has taken full control of Raqqa, ending three years of rule in the city by so-called Islamic State. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello said the fighting was over after a [...]
September has been the deadliest month in Syria's civil war so far this year, a monitoring group has said. "The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said more than 3,300 people had died in September, including 995 civilians. Of [...]
"Syria earned a vital 3-1 win against Qatar to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for a first ever World Cup. "Omar Kharbin scored in each half and Mahmoud Al-Mawas added a third in injury time as Syria moved above [...]
"US-led coalition air strikes have killed dozens of civilians in the Syrian city of Raqqa over the past 24 hours, activists and state media say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 42 had died in attacks on areas [...]
"Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte has announced she is quitting a United Nations commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria because it 'does absolutely nothing'. She has served on the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria for nearly [...]
