A nationwide ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and Russia was mostly holding across Syria on Tuesday and efforts to deliver badly needed aid to besieged areas including the northern city of Aleppo got cautiously underway. [ More … ]
At least 40 people have been killed and dozens wounded in five explosions across mostly government-controlled and Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria, according to state media reports. Monday morning’s blasts hit the coastal city of Tartous, [ 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 … ]
Assad regime conducted air raids on al-Waer besieged neighborhood in Homs province, killing 2 children and injuring tens. Activists said that Assad regime targeted the neighborhood with 14 airstrikes using missiles and shells containing Napalm [ 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 … ]
Relatives of the late American war correspondent Marie Colvin have filed a lawsuit against the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad, accusing senior officials of hunting down the journalist in a “conspiracy,” court documents obtained [ More … ]
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing war-torn Syria have been stranded in Greece after local authorities sealed off all passageways to neighboring countries, a rights group reported Friday. According to the Action Group for Palestinians in [ More … ]
Hundreds of Syrians, including rebels, leave last opposition-held area of Homs under ceasefire deal with the regime. Hundreds of Syrians, including rebel fighters, have left the last rebel-held area of Homs as part of a [ More … ]
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