Hundreds of people left the besieged towns of Khan al-Shih and al-Tal southwest of Damascus on Monday under a deal with the Assad regime, after many previous similar deals were made in rural Damascus making [ More … ]
Muslims have celebrated one of the two most important holidays of the Islamic calendar, Eid Al-Adha (Corban Feast). In commemoration of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son on God’s command, Muslims slaughter animals such as [ More … ]
Bashar al-Assad prayed on Monday at a mosque in a Damascus suburb that was evacuated by rebels and surrendered to government control last month and vowed to retake all the rebel-held areas in the country, state [ More … ]
Shiite Iraqi families are being sent to the newly evacuated areas in Syria, like Darayya, to change the demographics in the country, according to sources close to the activities of the Iranian-backed armed militias in [ More … ]
Buses carrying more than 300 Syrians left the besieged Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya on Friday, in the first stage of a deal that will enable the Assad regime to retake control of the rebel-held area, [ More … ]
Assad regime’s army and rebel forces have agreed on a truce in the besieged neighbourhood of al-Waer in the central city of Homs, a few days after a similar agreement was made in Darayya city. [ More … ]
Darayya is – or used to be – a sizeable town in the Damascus countryside. A working and middle-class suburb of the capital, it was also an agricultural centre, famed in particular for its delicious [ More … ]
The UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said that the situation in Darayya was seriously grave and the UN did not take part in the negotiations which resulted in the truce. De Mistura also [ More … ]
The first buses carrying residents and rebel fighters left the Damascus suburb of Darayya on Friday under a deal that will see the area evacuated after a four-year siege by government forces. Aid convoys arranged [ More … ]
The train of systematic displacement, under UN patronage, has reached Darayya station. The international organization is completing its mission represented in forcefully uprooting residents from their areas. Activists from Darayya published many touching video footage [ More … ]
The besieged Syrian town of Darayya, a symbol of the rebellion against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, is to be taken over by government forces after the last rebel fighters agreed to hand over their [ More … ]
Assad regiem’s forces have bombed the last remaining civilian hospital in the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, according to activists, who say an incendiary weapon similar to napalm was used. Assad regime forces dropped the [ More … ]
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in both Assad regime’s and Russian attacks across Syria in recent days, according to local activist groups. At least 180 civilians were killed across Syria since Friday, including 22 [ More … ]
At least 90 people were killed in overnight airstrikes by Assad regime and Russian forces across Syria, according to monitors and opposition activists. Most people were killed around Aleppo province, where a rebel alliance broke recently [ More … ]
Assad regime renewed its bombardment on the city of Darayya on Friday as it dropped 10 barrel bombs, raising the dropped toll to 35 barrel bombs within 24 hours. According to the local council of [ More … ]
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