At least 26 people were killed in suspected Russian and Syrian air strikes in several districts in rebel-held Idlib province on Thursday, Civil Defence and a monitoring group said. The attacks came as Assad regime [ More … ]
Assad regime forces fought fiercely in Syria’s Hama to reverse the revolutionaries’ latest advancement, as warplanes pounded the rebel-held areas heavily and reports said that signs of chemical attacks were clearly found. Alliance of revolutionaries and [ More … ]
Assad regime forces bombarded several rebel-held areas in Homs, Damascus, and Deraa in the past days, in a clear breach of the Syria truce agreement and escalation before the upcoming peace talks in Geneva. The truce was [ More … ]
The Russian military said it started reducing the military presence in Syria as its Russian politicians sought a ceasefire, but facts on the ground confirmed opposing news. By the summer of 2015, President Assad seemed [ More … ]
A Russian warplane has crashed into the eastern Mediterranean as it was coming in to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria, in an embarrassing event to Russia which threatened to [ More … ]
The regime forces had taken a strategic district of Aleppo on Tuesday after fierce clashes with rebels, which can be counted as the most important advance during the latest battle, as Russia threatened to launch “large-scale” cruise [ More … ]
Syria’s Southern Front forces, which face threats from the Islamic State and the government from various directions, have so far managed to hold their ground in the Daraa area despite government offensives and truces that [ More … ]
The Assad regime’s campaign has reached a grim crescendo in Aleppo, further bewildering an international community struggling to respond to blatant attacks on hospitals, homes, and humanitarian convoys. The government has long defended its actions, [ More … ]
The main emergency hospital in the rebel-held east of the Syrian city of Aleppo has been hit in an air strike for the third time in a week, while the remaining hospitals can’t coup with [ More … ]
Assad regime’s tanks crossed the frontline in the battleground city of Aleppo for the first time in four years and rebels say they repelled part of the attack, as a Russian-backed offensive to retake the [ More … ]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday efforts to end Syria’s war must continue despite Washington’s decision to break off talks with Moscow over what he called its “irresponsible” support for Bashar al-Assad’s [ More … ]
Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and a U.S.-led coalition are closing in on the Islamic State-held village of Dabiq, the site of an apocalyptic prophesy central to the militant group’s ideology. Free Syrian Army (FSA) [ More … ]
Assad regime forces and their allies are pushing forwards in a major ground offensive to recapture Aleppo’s rebel-held east, as fierce bombardment on the city’s besieged areas continued. Assad regime, backed by Russia, said on [ More … ]
At least 30 civilians were killed and numerous others injured Friday by an airstrike in in Aleppo, while clashes between rebels and regime forces raged on many fronts in the city. Assad regime, backed by [ More … ]
Assad regime forces and Syrian rebels fought battles in the center of Aleppo and north of the city on Friday, while Russia in sending more warplanes to support its ongoing offensive aiming at wiping the [ More … ]
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