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US gives Russian proposal over Syria cold shoulder
The proposal was sent in a 19 July letter by Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, to US Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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After denial, UN says now ready to help deliver French aid in Syria
France had said the cargo would be distributed under the independent supervision of a UN team so it could guarantee where and when it would go.
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Russian-backed air strikes hit Islamic State in southern Syria: sources
Islamic State-affiliated forces entrenched in the Yarmouk Basin, which borders the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Jordan, also repelled a ground attack by the Syrian army and its allies, the sources added.
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Hundreds of Syrian 'White Helmets' evacuated by Israel to Jordan – reports
It said they were transferred to a neighbouring country, which it did not identify, and that the evacuation came at the request of the United States and several European countries.
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Syrian army pushes into Quneitra province: state tv, rebels
The offensive has restored Syrian government control over a swathe of the southwest, strategic territory at the borders with Jordan and Israel.
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Evacuation of two pro-Assad Syrian villages under way
The evacuation began with ambulances ferrying out the sick, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported.
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Syrian army pounds southern city of Nawa, reports of casualties: residents
Some of the heavy army bombardment came from al-Haara, a strategically located hill captured from rebels on Monday and overlooking the Golan that is close to Nawa city.
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WHO seeks access to Syrians dying from heat, disease in south
Three out of four public hospitals and health centres in Deraa and Quneitra are closed or only partially functioning.
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Syrian state media says air defenses hit Israeli plane, thwart missile strike
Syrian state news agency SANA said the missile attack on Sunday caused only material damage.
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Air strikes resume in southwest Syria after talks fail
The air strikes targeted the towns of Tafas, northwest of the provincial capital Deraa, and Saida, to its east, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Son of Islamic State leader killed in Syria's Homs: IS news channel
The secretive Islamic State leader has frequently been reported killed or wounded since he declared a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from a mosque in Mosul in 2014.
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Rebel-held Syrian town to accept Assad's rule: pro-government media
Russia has played a critical role in supporting Assad’s two-week offensive with air power and negotiating local deals initially overseen by its military police.
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Israel warns Syrian army away from Golan, boosts frontier forces
Israel says it is neutral in the seven-year war but has carried out scores of air strikes in Syria on suspected Iranian targets, Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Assad pledges to regain control of northern Syria by force if needed
Assad said in the same interview on Sunday that Syria would not accept any Western money to help rebuild the country, which is shattered after seven years of war.
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US bombs Syrian army position near Tanf: pro-Assad commander
Tanf is part of a region known as the Badia, which consists of vast, sparsely populated desert territory that stretches to the Jordanian and Iraqi borders.
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Assad presses assault in southwest Syria, civilians flee
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 12,500 civilians had fled the town of Busra al-Hariri and nearby areas of Deraa province in the last two days.
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Turkey says its air strikes kill 35 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan had said on Saturday that Turkish warplanes had struck a meeting of the outlawed PKK in Qandil, where he believed high-profile militants had been hit.
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US plans to release American captured in Syria in September
The United States previously said it had evidence that he had signed up as an Islamic State foreign fighter in 2014 and entered Syria in January 2015, according to court papers.
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World less peaceful than a decade ago, global index shows
The Institute for Economics and Peace estimated that in 2017 violence cost the economy $14.8 trillion - nearly $2,000 a person.
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Assad says US must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas
The Douma attack triggered missile strikes on Syria by the United States, Britain and France which they said targeted Assad’s chemical weapons programme.
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4 Russian military personnel killed in Syria's Deir al-Zor – Ifax
The fighting erupted after several groups of rebels attacked an artillery battery of the Syrian army, the ministry said.
