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.

|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.

|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.

|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.

|ByREUTERS

Europe could switch stance on Syria due to ISIS threat

The EU currently imposes sanctions on officials, businessmen, institutions and trade, and bans the import of Syrian oil or petroleum products.

FEBRUARY 19, 2015ByREUTERS
Bashar Assad

Watch: ISIS blooper video goes viral

YouTube shows the Caliphate's clumsier side

FEBRUARY 8, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
ISIS bloopers‏

Al-Qaida in Syria kills woman accused of adultery, monitoring group says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said incident showed such execution-style killings were not confined to the militant Islamic State group.

JANUARY 14, 2015ByREUTERS
A member of al-Qaida's Nusra Front sits in a tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo

Syrian actor challenges Assad to spend a night in 'freezing' refugee camp

Taking to YouTube, Ehab Yousef calls on Assad to show solidarity with people by taking "snow bucket challenge."

JANUARY 12, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Syrian man challenges Assad to snow bucket challenge‏

Assad orders Christmas Day strike on Islamic State territory

Syrian Army helicopters used barrel bombs to strike the areas of al-Bab and Qabaseen on Christmas Day and overnight.

DECEMBER 26, 2014ByMICHAEL WILNER
A boy carries a mortar shell left behind by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Azaalana checkpoint

Monitor: Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in US strikes in Syria

In total, the United States carried out 488 air strikes in Syria through Dec. 15.

DECEMBER 23, 2014ByREUTERS
Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike

Women sold as sex slaves in Islamic State markets, says UN official

UN's Valerie Amos says the number of women in Syria facing sexual slavery and forced marriage is on the rise.

DECEMBER 16, 2014ByMICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN
Yazidi refugees flee for their lives from Islamic State forces near the Syrian border, August 11.

Watch: Syrian boy rescues terrified girl under heavy gunfire

The video went viral on Tuesday after it was posted by the Shaam News Network.

NOVEMBER 11, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Syrian boy rescue girl in shootout.

14-year-old killed in Golan Heights in cross-border fire from Syria

Victim named as Muhammad Karaka from Galilee village of Arraba; IDF returns fire for what it believes was a deliberate attack.

JUNE 22, 2014ByYAAKOV LAPPIN, ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
14-year-old Muhammad Karaka killed by a missile fired from Syria on June 22, 2014

Assad regime-rebel agreement in Homs a sign of things to come?

The Syrian army on Friday moved into Homs, the country’s third-largest city, after reaching a cease-fire agreement with rebel forces in the city.

MAY 15, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Besieged area of the Syrian city of Homs.