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Rocket attack on Syrian capital kills 35 people
Middle East
March 21, 2018
Rocket attack on Syrian capital kills 35 people
Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled neighborhood of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than…
Syria monitors: IS militants seize Damascus neighborhood
Middle East
March 20, 2018
Syria monitors: IS militants seize Damascus neighborhood
The Syrian government sent reinforcements to a southern neighborhood in Damascus on Tuesday after losing it to Islamic State militants…
Russia says around 2,000 people left Syria’s Ghouta on Friday: Ifax
Middle East
March 16, 2018
Russia says around 2,000 people left Syria’s Ghouta on Friday: Ifax
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday around 2,000 people had left Syria’s rebel-held eastern Ghouta district on Friday morning,…
UN probe accuses Syrian troops of ‘systematic’ rape
Middle East
March 15, 2018
UN probe accuses Syrian troops of ‘systematic’ rape
Syrian troops and government-linked militia have systematically used rape and sexual violence against civilians, atrocities that amount to crimes against…
Aid convoy prepares to enter Syria’s eastern Ghouta
Middle East
March 15, 2018
Aid convoy prepares to enter Syria’s eastern Ghouta
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said 25 aid trucks were waiting to enter Syria’s besieged eastern Ghouta…
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
Middle East
March 12, 2018
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday about 511,000 people had been killed in…
More civilians leave Syrian rebel enclave as army advances
Middle East
March 12, 2018
More civilians leave Syrian rebel enclave as army advances
A small group of Syrian civilians on Monday left the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta just outside of Damascus, using…
Syria’s Assad says Ghouta campaign must go on
Middle East
March 5, 2018
Syria’s Assad says Ghouta campaign must go on
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday his forces must push on with their campaign to retake the besieged enclave of…
In Syria’s Ghouta, shelters are tombs for the living
Middle East
March 4, 2018
In Syria’s Ghouta, shelters are tombs for the living
There have been many goodbyes in eastern Ghouta — more than 600 in the past two weeks. That is the…
UN points to likely war crimes in Syria’s Ghouta
Middle East
March 3, 2018
UN points to likely war crimes in Syria’s Ghouta
Syrian government air strikes on the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta and shelling from the rebel-held zone into Damascus…