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Long recovery ahead in former Syria rebel enclave eastern Ghouta
Hunkered near one of Syria’s hottest front lines for seven years, the eastern Ghouta district of Ein Terma sustained more damage than most areas ... Features -
Shells hit south Syria city for first time in three years
Rebel shellfire slammed into the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Tuesday for the first time in three years, a monitor said, as fresh regime ... Middle East -
Hundreds of Syria Kurds rally to demand Turkey withdrawal
Hundreds demonstrated in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli on Saturday, in response to a call by Kurdish authorities for global protests ... Middle East -
US warns Syria of ‘firm, appropriate’ response to Assad ceasefire violation
The United States warned Syria on Friday it would take “firm and appropriate measures” in response to ceasefire violations, saying it was ... Middle East -
Israel warns of attack if Russia air defenses used in Syria
Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that his country would attack Russian S-300 air defense systems in Syria if they were ... Middle East -
Syrian military pummels ISIS-held districts in Damascus
Syrian government forces used warplanes, helicopters and artillery on Sunday to pound districts of the capital held by ISIS and the Nusra Front, in a ... Middle East -
Syrian regime gives ISIS militants 48 hours to surrender enclave near Damascus
ISIS militants have been given 48 hours to agree to withdraw from an enclave they control south of Damascus, the pro-Syrian government newspaper ... Middle East -
UN source: OPCW experts unlikely to enter Douma on Wednesday
International chemical weapons inspectors will most probably not go into the Syrian town of Douma on Wednesday, a UN source in Syria told Reuters. A ... Middle East -
Assad prepares to assault last rebel enclave near Damascus
The Syrian army began preparatory shelling for an assault on the last area outside its control near Damascus on Tuesday, a commander in the ... Middle East -
OPCW experts to arrive in Douma on Wednesday, but what exactly will they do?
A team of chemical weapons experts is expected to arrive in the Syrian town of Douma on Wednesday to probe an alleged poison gas attack, Russian ... Middle East -
Syria’s Assad visits cousin’s art exhibition named ‘Harmony of Life’
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad made an appearance at his cousin’s art exhibition in Damascus on Monday along with the presence of ... Gulf -
Thousands leave Syria's Douma as evacuations wrapping up
Thousands of Islamist fighters and their relatives left the Syrian town of Douma they once controlled as the last evacuations from Eastern Ghouta ... Middle East -
If Bashar is innocent, then so is Lieberman!
The Assad regime’s language which is protected by Putin’s Russia, said that there is no evidence that the chemical attack on Douma which ... Middle East -
Russia says Syrian government forces gain full control of eastern Ghouta
Syrian government forces have taken full control over the town of Douma, the last rebel stronghold in the eastern Ghouta enclave outside Damascus, ... Middle East -
WATCH: Top Iranian Khamenei adviser in Ghouta with Assad military official
A video surfaced of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s top adviser for international affairs, Akbar Ali Velayati, in Syria’s ... Middle East -
Eurocontrol cautions airlines about possible air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours
Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible ... Middle East -
Trump and allies mull possible joint response in Syria
Trump administration officials consulted with global allies Tuesday on a possible joint military response to Syria’s alleged poison gas attack, ... Middle East -
Iran says chemical attack charges are ‘conspiracy’ against the Syrian regime
Iran on Sunday condemned allegations of a chemical attack on Syria’s Eastern Ghouta rebel holdout as a “conspiracy” against its ally ... Middle East -
Four Iranians killed in airstrike on Syria airbase; Tehran, Moscow blame Israel
Tehran declared on Monday that four of its military advisers have been killed in “Israel’s overnight airstrikes on T4 airbase in the ... Middle East -
Trump blames Russia, Iran for backing ‘Animal Assad’
US President Donald Trump condemned the chemical attack carried out in Syria’s Douma that killed dozens including women and children, and held ... Middle East -
New air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Syria’s Ghouta amid ceasefire talks
New regime air strikes hit the last rebel pocket Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, a monitor said, despite reports the fighters had struck a ... Middle East -
Horrific pictures show ‘entire families gassed to death’ in Syria’s Douma
A Syrian rebel group accused government forces on Saturday of dropping a barrel bomb containing poisonous chemicals on civilians in eastern Ghouta, ... Middle East -
US says monitoring reports of possible Syrian chemical weapon attack on Douma
The US is monitoring reports of a possible chemical weapon attack in Syria and said Russia should be held responsible if the incident did involve ... Middle East -
Evacuation of Syria’s Douma suspended over disagreements
Evacuations from the rebel-held town of Douma near the Syrian capital were suspended on Thursday, days after hundreds of opposition fighters and their ... Middle East -
Macron urges Putin to bring his influence to bear in Syria
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Friday, with Macron calling on Russia to use its influence to end ... Middle East -
35 dead including children in air raids on Syria’s Douma
35 are reported dead including children in raids by the Syrian regime in Douma, according the observatory. Air strikes killed four civilians earlier ... Middle East -
Rebels free five prisoners in Syria’s eastern Ghouta
The Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam released five prisoners on Wednesday as part of a deal over the eastern Ghouta town of Douma, the Syrian ... Middle East -
More than 40,000 people returned to Syria’s Ghouta
Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that more than 40,000 civilians who had fled Syria’s eastern Ghouta have returned, Interfax ... Middle East -
First buses with fighters evacuate last Ghouta rebel bastion
The most powerful Syrian rebel faction on the fringes of Damascus began abandoning its stronghold in the once rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta on ... Middle East -
‘Final’ evacuation deal reached for Ghouta’s Douma
A “final” deal has been reached to evacuate rebels and civilians from Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, ... Middle East