Thousands of Syrian fighters supported by a small U.S. special operations team launched a major offensive last week to drive Islamic State from the “Manbij pocket”, further east near the Turkish border, which Islamic State [ More … ]
The Assad regime’s army advanced into Raqqa province, the capital of Islamic State terrorist group, after a major Russian-backed offensive against the militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The offensive is [ More … ]
More than 60 civilians were killed and about 100 injured in a series of massacres committed by Assad regime’s warplanes in Aleppo and its countryside over the past 5 days, Orient News reported. Aleppo offensive [ More … ]
Kurdish militias have retreated from a strategic neighborhood in Aleppo after Ahram al-Sham rebels and Al-Nusra Front members launched a heavy offensive across the city, the Russian military say. Al-Nusra Front is a branch for [ More … ]
The opposition’s Syrian rebels announced on Saturday that they destroyed Assad regime’s military operation room in Aleppo northern countryside’s al-Sheikh Yusef Hill, Orient News reported. The destruction of Assad regime’s room came amid opposition fighters’ major [ More … ]
Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday Tehran had no intention of cooperating on regional issues with its main enemies, the United States and “evil” Britain. Khamenei also accused Washington of not being committed [ More … ]
Opposition rebel groups announced on Friday the start of a new battle for control of Assad regime’s sites in the southern countryside of Aleppo, and after a few hours of its launch, the opposition have [ More … ]
Access to millions of Syrians in need of help is worsening as violence increases across Syria, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday, and the Security Council announced it will formally ask Assad regime to allow [ More … ]
A barbed wire-topped fence encircles a section of this bleak U.N.-run camp, isolating thousands of Syrian refugees recent arrivals — whom Jordan considers a potential security risk — from other Syrian refugees. This camp-within-a-camp, called “Village [ More … ]
Plans to air drop supplies to besieged towns in Syria inched ahead on Thursday amid concern from Russia and others about the safety of aid workers and uncertainty whether Damascus will approve, a U.N. official [ More … ]
International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres on Thursday urged Turkey to open its border to some 100,000 displaced Syrians trapped by heavy clashes including a recent Islamic State advance. Fighting near the Turkish border in [ More … ]
Since Friday it is obvious to everyone: Syrian rebels can not defend the northern pocket around the towns of Azaz and Marea by themselves. Too strong and too determined are terrorists from the so-called “Islamic [ More … ]
The Arabic version of the BBC in its coverage of Idlib massacre perpetrated by Russian warplanes Monday night said the raids killed more than 50 civilians and injured about 100. As usual, it did not mention which party [ More … ]
Assad regime’s and Russian warplanes conducted on the last two days a new round of airstrikes on residential areas in the city of Idlib. The attacks hit Idlib National Hospital and many popular marketplaces, according [ More … ]
Inside sources at the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said that it has started talks to rearrange its internal affairs, especially in terms of appointing a new head of the negotiating delegation and expanding [ More … ]
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