The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Israeli Official: Attack on Aleppo Airport a ‘Message to Assad’

Chairman of the Israeli Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Ram Ben-Barak said on Wednesday that airstrikes on Aleppo International Airport had been a signal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Israeli airstrikes have killed at least three people and damaged the airport in northern Syria, according to the Syrian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

Report: Quarter of Global Cluster Munitions Victims Are in Syria

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) released its annual report on monitoring the use of cluster munitions globally, affirming that Syria continues to be the worst country in the world in terms of the death toll from cluster munitions.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

Report: Building Collapses in North Syria, Killing 11 People

A building collapsed in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people, including three children, the Syrian state television reported. The TV said the illegally built, five-story building in Aleppo’s southern neighborhood of Fardous collapsed in the evening. It said seven women, three children and an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

A Syrian academic at the Fringe: why I put on a show to reclaim the stories of refugees like me

This summer I performed my own one-woman show at the 75th Edinburgh Fringe – a sentence I never thought I would write in my 17 years of living in the UK. But there I was, a Syrian academic on stage in Edinburgh in front of a microphone, high on adrenaline,…

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2022

Walker hairdresser's joy as Syrian doctor appeal smashes target

His Tyne Bridge zipwire challenge brings funds to £2,000 - enough to help pay for medic in remote village for at least a year

Chronicle Live · Sep 7, 2022

French top court upholds prison sentence of Bashar al-Assad's uncle

France's highest court on Wednesday confirmed a ruling that found Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was guilty of acquiring millions of euros worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state.

Reuters · Sep 7, 2022

German court hands Islamic State member 10 years in prison for murder, war crimes

A German court has sentenced an Islamic State member to 10 years in prison for war crimes and murder committed in Syria, including the beating of a prisoner who later died in custody.

Reuters · Sep 7, 2022

Tents for Torture, Secret Detention Uncovered in Syria’s al-Hol Camp

The Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish) and the special female units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have found a tent used by ISIS-linked elements for torture and detention inside al-Hol refugee camp, east of al-Hasakah governorate. Security forces liberated four women who were chained up to a concrete wall.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 7, 2022

New Israel Strikes Put Aleppo Airport Out of Service

Israeli strikes hit Syria's Aleppo airport on Tuesday evening, damaging the runway and putting the facility out of service, the official SANA news agency said. It is the second reported Israeli strike on the airport in northern Syria in less than a week. "At around 8:16 pm (1716 GMT), the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 7, 2022

Second Israeli attack in a week damages Aleppo airport: Syria

An Israeli missile attack on Syria’s Aleppo airport has damaged the runway and taken it out of service, SANA reported.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2022