Syria bombing

Syrian pilot confessions reveal centralized bombing orders during war

One pilot, who had held senior leadership positions, noted that certain officers were granted special trust by the leadership and were assigned intensive bombing missions.

ABANDONED MILITARY jets are seen at the Aleppo airport on December 14, 2024 in Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo was the first major city to fall in last week's lightning offensive by rebel forces as they toppled Syria's Assad regime.
 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018

Turkey’s airstrikes go beyond ‘anti-terror’ campaign - analysis

 A Firefighter douses flames after Syrian state media reported an alleged Israeli missile attack in a container storage area, at Syrian port of Latakia, Syria

Syrian FM: Israel 'playing with fire' after overnight airstrikes

 Smoke rises after airstrikes on a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, June 15, 2017 (illustrative).

Alleged Israeli strike targets sites near border in Syria


As I See It: The West’s ideological quagmire

Trump’s great strength is that he is not an ideologue. The downside, however, is that he is therefore not governed by a strong, coherent view of the world.

US President Donald Trump delivers an statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, April 6, 2017.

Syrian scenarios

The only realistic solution is to divide Syria into zones of influence along current battle lines.

US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which US Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017

World leaders praise strike on Syria, as US braces for Russian response

Five dozen Tomahawk missiles hit Assad regime air field in response to sarin gas attack • Moscow: Serious blow to relations with US coalition

A battle damage assessment image of Shayrat airfield is seen following Friday’s Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes from US Navy destroyers ‘USS Ross’ and ‘USS Porter’

Netanyahu: I support Trump's decision to bomb Syria

In the strike five dozen American Tomahawk missiles were fired from the Mediterranean Sea at Syria's al-Shayrat airfield.

PM Netanyahu

IDF retaliates after Syrian mortar lands in Golan Heights

Israeli soldiers stand near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

Syrian political opposition hoping for Clinton presidency

Clinton has called for the establishment of a no-fly zone and "safe zones" on the ground in Syria to protect non-combatants.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates at her caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa February 1, 2016.

Cold calculation behind bombing of Aleppo hospitals

Human rights organization argues attacks on hospitals constitute crime against humanity.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues

Moscow says Washington failed to live up to its side of the latest deal by separating mainstream insurgents from hardened jihadists.

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Analysis: Cease-fire collapse means indefinite bloodletting in Syria

This cease-fire, agreed between the US and Russia, received its death blow Monday, when a humanitarian aid convoy was bombed west of Aleppo, killing 21 people and destroying 18 of the 21 trucks.

A general view of Aleppo in 2006 – a city now reduced to rubble

'What is Aleppo?' asks US Libertarian Party candidate

The embarrassing exchange followed a forum on Wednesday night in which Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump tried to showcase their national security and defense credentials.

Supporters cheer at a campaign rally with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and vice presidential candidate Bill Weld.