Assad closer to Ghouta victory, as some rebels prepare to quit
The Syrian government moved closer to ending rebel resistance in eastern Ghouta as civilians streamed out of one of its besieged, bomb-battered towns on Thursday...
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Syrian rebels reach evacuation deal in Eastern Ghouta
A Russian-brokered deal has been reached to evacuate a Syrian rebel group from a town in Eastern Ghouta to opposition-held northwestern Syria in the first...
Rebels in Syria’s eastern Ghouta discussing ceasefire with U.N. – statement
The main rebel group in the southern pocket of Syria’s opposition-held eastern Ghouta said on Sunday it was negotiating with a United Nations delegation about...
Syrians leave Ghouta for second day, Turkey attacks Afrin
Air strikes killed dozens of people in eastern Ghouta on Friday and Syrians fled rebel territory toward government positions for a second day, a war...
Thousands stream out of Syrian rebel enclave as army advances
Thousands of Syrians fled a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta on Thursday and crossed by foot to government territory, a Reuters witness and a war...
US warns it may act on Syria
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned on Monday that Washington “remains prepared to act if we must,” if the UN Security Council...
Bombardment of Syria’s Ghouta ‘endangers aid convoy’ (Update 2)
An emergency aid delivery crossed front lines into the besieged rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta on Friday but ran quickly into danger from shelling, the top UN...
Damascus intensifies Ghouta assault in bid to cut enclave in half
Syrian government forces pounded a town in the eastern Ghouta with air strikes on Wednesday in an effort to slice the rebel enclave in two as they...
Eastern Ghouta – just like eastern Aleppo
In the past two weeks of heavy fighting, Syrian government forces have taken back about a quarter of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave, but you...
Syrians flee government advances in eastern Ghouta
By Tom Perry and Stephanie Nebehay Thousands of civilians have fled advances by Syrian government forces in eastern Ghouta over the last two days,...
Syria’s Ghouta residents ‘wait to die’ as bombs fall
Residents of Syria’s eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their “turn to die” on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the...
Bombs still fall on Syria’s Ghouta after heaviest toll in years
Pro-government forces bombarded Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, after the heaviest one-day death toll there in three years on Monday, a war...