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Syria rebels, civilians leave penultimate Ghouta pocket
Middle East
March 25, 2018
Syria rebels, civilians leave penultimate Ghouta pocket
Hundreds of Syrian rebels and civilians quit the penultimate opposition-held pocket of Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, bringing the government ever…
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…
Syrian President Assad visits troops on Ghouta’s front line
Middle East
March 19, 2018
Syrian President Assad visits troops on Ghouta’s front line
Syrian President Bashar Assad visited troops Sunday on the front line in the newly captured areas of eastern Ghouta, near…
Syria: More than 10,000 people flee eastern Ghouta as fighting intensifies
Middle East
March 18, 2018
Syria: More than 10,000 people flee eastern Ghouta as fighting intensifies
Russian military spokesman Vladimir Zolotukhin said at least 11,000 people have fled the besieged area of eastern Ghouta in Syria…
Any gas attack in Syria would be ‘very unwise’: Mattis
Middle East
March 12, 2018
Any gas attack in Syria would be ‘very unwise’: Mattis
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday it would be “very unwise” for the Syrian regime to use gas as…
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
Middle East
March 6, 2018
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
An international convoy has cut short its mission to Syria’s rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta after delivering desperately needed aid…
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…
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…
Syrian Observatory says strikes hit two Ghouta towns, military source denies
Middle East
February 27, 2018
Syrian Observatory says strikes hit two Ghouta towns, military source denies
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes hit two towns in the eastern Ghouta enclave on Tuesday despite…