Eastern Ghouta
Syria regime sends hundreds of reinforcements to Ghouta: monitor
Middle East
March 7, 2018
Syria regime sends hundreds of reinforcements to Ghouta: monitor
Hundreds more pro-regime fighters have been deployed to front lines in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said on Wednesday, tightening…
Russia and US air strikes caused mass civilian deaths in Syria: UN
Middle East
March 6, 2018
Russia and US air strikes caused mass civilian deaths in Syria: UN
Air strikes by Russia and a US-led coalition killed civilians in Syria on a large scale last year, while the…
Eastern Ghouta: Who’s to blame for the mayhem?
Middle East
March 6, 2018
Eastern Ghouta: Who’s to blame for the mayhem?
In a hospital in Eastern Ghouta, Bassam Bakri, an anesthesiologist is describing the suffering. “[Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad is bombing…
Aid convoy headed to besieged rebel-held Damascus suburbs
Middle East
March 5, 2018
Aid convoy headed to besieged rebel-held Damascus suburbs
Desperate for food and basic medicines, many of the besieged and bombarded Syrian civilians in Damascus’ eastern suburbs of Ghouta…
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…
Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta
Middle East
March 4, 2018
Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta
Government forces seized territory inside Syria’s rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta Saturday, intensifying fighting as tens of thousands of civilians in…
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…
Syrian govt. seizes ground in Ghouta advance: commander, monitor
Middle East
March 3, 2018
Syrian govt. seizes ground in Ghouta advance: commander, monitor
Syrian government forces aim to advance into the eastern Ghouta region one“bite” at a time, a pro-government commander said on…
UNICEF says aid convoy for 180,000 Syrians could go on Sunday
Middle East
March 2, 2018
UNICEF says aid convoy for 180,000 Syrians could go on Sunday
Syria’s government may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in…
UN official: Pauses in Syria suburb unilateral, ‘not enough’
Middle East
March 2, 2018
UN official: Pauses in Syria suburb unilateral, ‘not enough’
The five-hour daily pauses in fighting in Syria’s embattled eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus — laid out under a…