The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Ten years ago, on August 3, fighters from Islamic State (IS) left their bases in Syria and Iraq to attack the Sinjar region of north-western Iraq. Sinjar was home to the Yazidi people, a religious group native to the region. IS saw religious groups like the Yazidi as blasphemous and…

The Arab ethnoreligious community was at the centre of Saturday’s attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The missile that struck a building in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing Hezbollah’s senior military commander Fuad Shukr, had been widely anticipated. Three days earlier, a Hezbollah rocket – which had no doubt missed its military target in northern Israel – struck a football pitch in the Israeli-controlled Syrian Golan…

Since October 7, Israel has been responsible for more than 17,000 attacks in the Middle East.

Recent US airstrike in Babil province targets combatants launching drones, reflecting tensions in Iraq and Syria.

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has threatened a harsh response to a rocket attack that on July 27 struck the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, killing 12 children and injuring about 30 more.

A missile strike that killed 12 children playing soccer in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on July 27, 2024, has prompted international concern that the Middle East conflict could expand into the disputed territory.

In a career spanning more than four decades, it was at The Independent that Kim would define his legacy as one of Britain’s best on-the-ground correspondents, writes international editor Chris Stevenson

A pair of Syrians have created a community that provides support to migrants and vulnerable people in Rome, by sharing the flavors of a homeland torn by civil war

Two days after a rocket slammed into a soccer pitch in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children, many questions remain about the attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams

The rocky patch of land, legally part of Syria, is where the latest tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have erupted.