Conflict in Syria | Al Bawaba

Conflict in Syria latest

Syria

July 2nd, 2026 - 12:35 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Syria: Casualties in explosion near Palace of Justice in Damascus

ALBAWABA - Casualties were reported in an explosion that occurred inside a cafe in Damascus on Thursday, Syrian local media revealed. SANA news agency confirmed the blast, saying it took place in the Hejaz area of Damascus. A security cordon was set up in the vicinity of the explosion site near the Palace of Justice headquarters in Damascus. The cause of the explosion is unknown as first responders rushed to ...

Migrants wait at the buffer zone in front of the Pazarkule border crossing to Greece, in Edirne on March 3, 2020. Migrants and refugees hoping to enter Greece from Turkey appeared to be fanning out across a broader swathe of the roughly 200-kilometer-long land border on March 3, 2020, maintaining pressure on the frontier after Ankara declared its borders with the European Union open. BULENT KILIC / AFP

March 4th, 2020 - 09:21 GMT

EU Leaders Angry at Ankara: Migrants Can Sneak into Europe $15

Migrants and refugees scuffle with riot police on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on March 3, 2020, amid a migration surge from neighbouring Turkey after it opened its borders to thousands of refugees trying to reach Europe. Several aid groups on Greece's Lesbos said they were suspending work with refugees and evacuating staff on March 3 in the wake of violence and threats, as tensions soar on an island in the crosshairs of the migrant crisis. EU chiefs pledged millions of euros of financial assistance t

March 4th, 2020 - 07:34 GMT

Turk Minister Says Greece's Decision to Stop Asylum Applicants Unlawful, Shameful

Syrian fighter jet (Twitter)

March 3rd, 2020 - 01:10 GMT

Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Fighter Jet Over Idlib

Libyan Embassy in Damascus (Twitter)

March 3rd, 2020 - 01:08 GMT

Haftar's Gain: Libyan Embassy in Damascus Reopens After Eight Years

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz talks with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (not pictured) inside 10 Downing Street in central London on February 25, 2020. Matt Dunham / POOL / AFP

March 3rd, 2020 - 11:44 GMT

Austrian Chancellor Claims Turkey is 'Blackmailing' Europe

The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (Twitter)

March 3rd, 2020 - 07:23 GMT

EU Foreign Chief in Turkey to Discuss Migration Crisis

President of Turkey and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the AK Party’s provincial advisory council meeting in Haci Bayram Veli University in Ankara, Turkey on March 02, 2020. Adem ALTAN / AFP

March 3rd, 2020 - 07:17 GMT

Erdogan: If EU Does Not Support Share-Burden With Turkey The Border Will Stay Open

This picture taken from the Greek side of the Greece-Turkey border near Kastanies, shows migrants waiting on the Turkish side on March 2, 2020. Greece was on a state of alert on March 1, 2020 as it faced an influx of thousands of migrants seeking to cross the border from Turkey, with locals fearing a new immigration crisis. More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 200 kilometres (125 miles) along the frontier and separates them from Greece and therefore the Europea

March 3rd, 2020 - 07:12 GMT

Video: Syrian Refugees at Risk of Capsizing Shot at by Greek Police

Greek army officer gestures on the Greek side of the Greece-Turkey border near Kastanies, on March 2, 2020. Greece was on a state of alert on March 1, 2020 as it faced an influx of thousands of migrants seeking to cross the border from Turkey, with locals fearing a new immigration crisis. More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 200 kilometres (125 miles) along the frontier and separates them from Greece and therefore the European Union. The flow of migrants from T

March 3rd, 2020 - 07:09 GMT

Syrian Refugee Shot Dead by Greek Border Police

Members of Syria's opposition "National Liberation Front" fire heavy artillery guns at government forces in the village of Talhiyeh near the town Taftanaz in northeastern Idlib province, from another position on February 28, 2020. Abdulwajed HAJ ESTEIFI / AFP

March 2nd, 2020 - 06:59 GMT

Turkey Brings Down Two Syrian Planes Over Idlib

(Twitter)

March 1st, 2020 - 12:12 GMT

Damascus Shuts Airspace Over Idlib in Clearing Warning to Ankara

A migrant woman carries a toddler near Skala Sykamineas on the Greek Lesbos island after crossing the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece on March 01, 2020. Greece has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants trying to enter at the Turkey border over the past 24 hours, a Greek government source said Sunday. "From 0600 (0400 GMT) Saturday morning to 0600 Sunday morning, 9,972 illegal entrances have been averted in the Evros area," a government source said, referring to the northeastern region along the Turkey border.

March 1st, 2020 - 12:03 GMT

Euro Border Police Frontex Raise Red Alert as Turkey Threatens to Open Gates to Refugees