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Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says

Mar. 16, 2024 20:15 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, said air defenses shot down some of the missiles, which came from the direction of the...

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

Mar. 15, 2024 10:15 AM EDT

AL-NAYRAB, Syria (AP) — For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. But as the conflict entered...

The Latest | Ship with food aid leaves for war-torn Gaza; Israel says 100 rockets fired from Lebanon

Mar. 13, 2024 00:58 AM EDT

A ship carrying 200 tons of food was on its way Tuesday to the war-devastated Gaza Strip from the island of Cyprus to test-run opening a sea corridor to the besieged Palestinian territory, where hundreds of thousands of people are on the brink of starvation. The Israeli military...

Swiss refer Syrian president's uncle to trial for alleged war crimes over 4 decades ago

Mar. 12, 2024 08:16 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of the war-battered country's current president, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for allegedly ordering murder and torture more than four decades ago. ...

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34

Mar. 12, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 72nd day of 2024. There are 294 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 12, 1955, legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker died in New York at age 34. On...

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

Mar. 11, 2024 09:38 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters of various nationalities are suffering abuse in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn country’s northwest, a...

Protesters march in Syria against al-Qaida-linked group as a prominent militant is released

Mar. 08, 2024 10:02 AM EST

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A powerful al-Qaida-linked group that dominates much of rebel-held northwestern Syria released Friday one of its founders after he spent months in jail on suspicion of having links with forces outside the country. The release appears to be a move by the...

IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria

Mar. 06, 2024 12:00 PM EST

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The attack against the truffle hunters was one...

Turkey rejects accusations by a human rights group that it committed abuses in Syria

Mar. 01, 2024 14:24 PM EST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has rejected allegations by a human rights group that Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes carried out mostly against Kurdish residents in northern Syria. Human Rights Watch said in a 74-page report released on...

Turkey bears responsibility for possible war crimes in Syria, Human Rights Watch says

Feb. 29, 2024 05:17 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes committed in Syria, mostly against Kurdish residents in northern Syria. The New York-based watchdog said the abuses were committed by Turkish forces and...