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Syrian regime’s blockade in Rukban refugee camp continues, residents say The Bashar Assad regime in Syria continues to forcefully evacuate the residents of Rukban refugee camp along the border with Jordan, with some 1,000 civilians leaving the... more

Syrian Crisis Rights group accuses Syria of striking hospitals, schools A human rights group condemned Syria's regime and its Russian allies Thursday for striking medical facilities and a school in opposition-held Idlib province with air and artillery... More
Syrian Crisis Terror symbols, Öcalan posters on full display at YPG parade near border with Turkey A parade supposedly organized in northern Syria to celebrate the victory over Daesh terrorist group became a propaganda opportunity for another terrorist group deployed by... More
Syrian Crisis Syria repels 'Israeli aerial aggression' The Assad regime army on Wednesday intercepted several missiles that were fired by Israeli jets during raids on an industrial zone in the northern city of Aleppo with damage... More
Syrian Crisis Daesh no longer holds any territory in Syria: Pentagon Daesh terrorist group no longer holds any territory in Syria, Pentagon announced late Friday as the group lost its last pocket to another terrorist group, US-backed Syrian... More
Turkey Syrian girl in Turkey regains sight lost in Assad regime airstrike A Syrian girl who lost her sight in an airstrike carried out by the Bashar Assad regime partly regained her ability to see after having a surgery in Turkey with the support... More
Syrian Crisis Assad prevents Syrians from returning home Syrian refugees in Lebanon will not be able to return home as long as the Bashar Assad regime rejects taking them back, veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt said Monday.Jumblatt,... More
Syrian Crisis Pentagon denies report 1,000 troops to stay in Syria The U.S.' top general denied Sunday a report suggesting the military plans to keep roughly half of its 2,000 troops stationed in Syria following a withdrawal President Donald... More
Syrian Crisis 17 killed by Daesh-planted mines in Syria Landmines left behind by Daesh terrorist have killed at least 17 people in Syria in a 24-hour period at the weekend, a war monitor said Sunday. An ordnance left behind... More
Syrian Crisis Leaving deadliest year behind, Syrian children still hope to return home "My dream is to return to my home. I want to leave these camps and I want the bombs to end. I want to run freely on my own land," 13-year-old Abd al-Rahman said, one of the... More
Syrian Crisis Locals flee Idlib as Syrian regime attacks intensify Continuous attacks by the Bashar Assad regime and its backers devastated northwestern Syria's Idlib province as about 70,000 people have already been displaced, fueling fears... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime drops white phosphorus bombs on Idlib Two civilians were killed and 19 were injured by Russian airstrikes targeting a refugee camp in Syria's Idlib, while the Syrian regime attacked an area in the same province... More
Syrian Crisis 1,106 deaths: 2018 deadliest year for Syrian children Last year was the deadliest yet for children in Syria, with more than 1,100 killed by fighting, the United Nations said Monday, with the bloody conflict about to enter its... More
Syrian Crisis New Assad statue triggers protests in cradle of Syrian opposition Hundreds of Syrians in the southern city of Deraa protested on Sunday at the erection of a new statue of Bashar al-Assad's late father, nearly eight years after the original... More
Syrian Crisis YPG-led SDF bombards last Daesh enclave in e. Syria Airstrikes targeted Daesh terror group's weapons stores on Sunday as the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched an attack against the terrorists' enclave at Baghouz... More
Syrian Crisis NGO urges Asma Assad to take action on jailed women A spokesman for the Conscience Movement, an international initiative founded in March 2018 after an all-women convoy went to the Turkish-Syrian border to raise awareness about... More
Syrian Crisis Exodus from last Daesh bastion of Baghouz continues as final operation looms Angry crowds evacuating from the last shred of territory held by Daesh militants in Syria praised the extremist group Wednesday and chanted "[Islamic State] will remain,"... More
War On Terror Turkey retaliates against harassment fire in Syria The Turkish military on Tuesday retaliated to harassment fire by the PKK's Syrian offshoot People's Protection Units (YPG) terrorists in Syria's northwestern Afrin, officials... More

Syrian Crisis Regime shelling kills 7 civilians in Syria's Idlib: monitor Assad regime shelling killed seven civilians in Syria's opposition-controlled Idlib region on Tuesday, in the latest violence to threaten a seven-month-old truce, a war monitor... More
Syrian Crisis '3rd prisoner swap between regime, opposition completed' The Bashar Assad regime and opposition groups have swapped detainees in northern Syria for the third time in line with the Astana process, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said... More
Syrian Crisis Scores of regime troops killed in Daesh, HTS attacks Nearly 50 Assad regime soldiers and fighters of affiliated militia groups have been killed in separate attacks by Daesh and al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist... More
Politics Drug addiction turns into plague for children living under Assad regime In the eight-year civil war, drug addiction among children in regime-controlled areas is emerging as yet another humanitarian crisis More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime shelling kills 10 in Syria's Idlib The Bashar Assad regime shelling killed at 10 people and wounded many others Thursday in the last major territory still held by the Syrian opposition. The deaths occurred... More
Syrian Crisis Syria regime tortured 548 Palestinians to death: report The Bashar Assad regime has killed at least 548 Palestinians by torture in Syrian prisons, according to a recent report by a London-based human rights monitor tracking the... More
Syrian Crisis Assad's uncle to stand trial on graft charges in France The uncle of Syria's Bashar al-Assad is to stand trial in France on charges of building up a big property empire in the country using funds from Syrian state coffers, legal... More
Syrian Crisis 2 civilians killed by regime attacks in Syria’s Idlib The Bashar Assad regime in Syria and its Iran-backed allies targeted civilians in the Idlib de-escalation zone, killing two civilians and injuring seven others, once again... More
Syrian Crisis Syria regime struck Idlib 6,422 times in March: report The Bashar Assad regime in Syria and Iran-backed terror groups have attacked Idlib's de-escalation zone 6,422 times in March, according to the White Helmets civil defense... More
Syrian Crisis Turkish charity urges more support for basic needs in Syria A Turkish charity on Tuesday urged Turks to increase flour deliveries to Syria since stocks have begun running low due to a drop in donations. "The need for bread in Syria... More
Politics Syrian NGOs mark Assad regime chemical attacks A group of Syrian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) launched Monday a campaign to raise awareness on the chemical weapon massacres the Bashar Assad regime has carried out... More
Syrian Crisis Car bomb explodes in northern Syria's Raqqa At least one car bomb exploded in Raqqa in northern Syria on Tuesday, according to local media reports. Local news sources said a mine exploded, followed by two car bombs... More
Syrian Crisis 11 civilians killed in Assad regime shelling in Idlib Eleven civilians were killed and 40 others injured on Sunday in rocket attacks by regime forces and Iran-backed militias in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, according... More
Syrian Crisis At least 17 civilians killed in Assad regime shelling in Syria Shelling by Syrian regime forces of opposition-held areas in the northwest of the country has killed 17 civilians in the past 24 hours, a war monitoring group said on Thursday. The... More
Politics 'Turkey to solve Syria issue after elections' Turkey will solve the Syria issue on the field as the first thing after the March 31 local elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday. Speaking at an election... More
MidEast Arab summit in Tunisia to focus on Golan amid rivalries Arab leaders meeting in Tunisia on Sunday hope to project unified opposition to the Trump administration's acceptance of Israeli control over the Golan Heights and Jerusalem,... More

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