Syrian army shells jihadist enclave near Damascus
The Syrian army started shelling a jihadist enclave south of Damascus on Tuesday in preparation for an operation to retake the area, a commander in...
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Dozens reported killed in suspected Syria gas attack
A chemical attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people, a medical relief organisation and a rescue service said, and Washington...
More Syrian rebels agree to leave eastern Ghouta (Update)
Syrian rebels agreed to surrender a second besieged enclave in eastern Ghouta on Friday, state television reported, as their comrades in another insurgent pocket in...
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...
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...
Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta
The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a deal by which the opposition would surrender its last major...
First aid convoys reach Ghouta, stripped of medical supplies
Aid convoys reached a crossing point into Syria‘s eastern Ghouta on Monday, a witness said, bringing the first relief to the besieged enclave since one of...
UN says Russia’s eastern Ghouta aid plan not enough
A Russian plan for a five-hour pause in fighting in Syria’s eastern Ghouta needs to be expanded to allow aid deliveries to enter and civilians and medical...
Syrian govt forces attack Ghouta despite Russia truce (Update)
Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan...
Chlorine gas symptoms seen after blast near Damascus
Several people suffered symptoms consistent with exposure to chlorine gas in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta district near Damascus on Sunday, and one child was killed,...
Rescuers say cannot keep up with air strikes battering Syria’s Ghouta
Rescuers in Syria’s eastern Ghouta said the bombing would not let up long enough for them to count the bodies, in one of the bloodiest...
Strikes hit Ghouta for fifth day, UN pleads for truce (Update)
Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near the Syrian capital for a fifth straight day on Thursday as the United Nations pleaded for a ceasefire to...
Talks in no-man’s land as Russia eyes post-war role in Syria
Syrian rebels under siege near Damascus have resorted to talks with the government’s ally Russia, sometimes meeting in no-man’s land, as they seek to hang...
ICRC hopes to resume medical evacuations in Syria’s Ghouta
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it hoped to resume evacuations of critically ill people from Syria’s biggest remaining siege on Thursday...
Direct link between Assad and gas attack elusive for US
By Mark Hosenball With the United States threatening to attack Syria, U.S. and allied intelligence services are still trying to work out who ordered the...