Syria war casualties

Jackie Chan-produced film shoots scenes in former ISIS hotbed in Syria

Once a hotspot of ISIS activity, Hajar al-Aswad, located four kilometers south of Damascus, is now a shooting ground for a Jackie Chan-produced movie called Home Operation.

JULY 19, 2022|ByJULIA ROBBINS

Crew members work on the movie set of a Jackie Chan-produced film 'Home Operation', in Hajar al-Aswad, an area on the southern outskirts of Damascus that was heavily damaged during Syria's civil war, Syria July 17, 2022.

Syria's President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma, plant trees in city of Draykish, near Tartous, Syria December 30, 2020.

Assad is a force to be reckoned with, Biden needs to recognize that - opinion

On My Mind: The Biden administration should consider a fresh approach to the Syria crisis as it weighs US engagement with the Middle East region.

MARCH 22, 2021|ByKENNETH BANDLER

Workers pull an unidentified body at a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria October 16, 2018. Picture taken October 16, 2018.

Close to 4,000 Palestinians killed in Syria's civil war

Syria was home to some 560,000 Palestinian refugees before the war broke out in 2011.

JULY 10, 2019|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

The name of Russian private military contractor Alexei Kalabukhov (C), killed in Syria, is seen at a gravestone at a cemetery in Kirov, Russia November 27, 2018.

Russians fight U.S. in Syria, then hide their losses

Deir al-Zor battle on Feb 7 2018 was the first direct confrontation between the United States and Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Evidence of Russian casualties was hidden.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019|ByREUTERS

Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million

About 85 percent of the dead were civilians killed by the forces of the Syrian government and its allies.

MARCH 12, 2018ByREUTERS

A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018.

UN issues blank statement on Syria, says it has run out of words

There followed 10 empty lines with quote marks indicating missing text, and an explanatory footnote.

FEBRUARY 20, 2018ByREUTERS

US-backed forces begin final assault on ISIS 'terror capital' in Syria

Hundreds of jihadist fighters and their families flee the city. Syrian militia estimates only 300 remain in the city.

OCTOBER 15, 2017ByREUTERS

Smoke rises near the stadium where the Islamic State militants are holed up after an air strike by coalition forces at the frontline, in Raqqa, Syria

Syria's humanitarian crisis

OCTOBER 12, 2017ByNEVILLE TELLER

Syrian refugee will lead effort to monitor Arab media

Hendi spent 40 days in prison before escaping Syria and making his way to the United States.

MAY 22, 2017ByDANIELLE ZIRI

Syrian refugee children pose as they play near their families' residence at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 30, 2016.

Analysis: Trump's strikes on Syria and the muddled strategy behind them

While US President Donald Trump has made a bold decision in ordering the airstrike on Syria following the chemical attack, what policy, if any, stands behind the move?

APRIL 11, 2017ByMICHAEL WILNER