Posts tagged with "Syria"

Boat carrying 10 migrants found off Protaras (updated) Cyprus

Boat carrying 10 migrants found off Protaras (updated)

August 11th, 2018 A boat carrying 10 people, including five children, from Syria was intercepted by marine police early on Saturday off the coast of Protaras, in Famagusta. Police said a patrol boat was dispatched at 1.40am after a “suspicious vessel” was located off Protaras. Officers approached the vessel, which was carrying 10 people, three...
Syria's Assad set to recover Golan frontier as surrender deal agreed World

Syria's Assad set to recover Golan frontier as surrender deal agreed

July 19th, 2018 President Bashar al-Assad is set to recover control of the Syrian frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in a major victory over rebels who have agreed to surrender terms, sources on both sides said on Thursday. Backed by Russian air power and unopposed by Assad's foreign adversaries, government forces have swept through...
Buses arrive to evacuate two besieged pro-Assad Syrian villages Middle East

Buses arrive to evacuate two besieged pro-Assad Syrian villages

July 18th, 2018 Dozens of buses reached two Syrian government loyalist villages under siege from insurgents in the northwest, as part of a deal to evacuate residents on Wednesday, state media said. Some 6,000 people will leave, emptying out the mostly Shi'ite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, a commander in the regional alliance that backs Syrian...
Assad, aided by Russia, poised to seize 'cradle' of revolt Middle East

Assad, aided by Russia, poised to seize 'cradle' of revolt

July 10th, 2018 President Bashar al-Assad is poised to snuff out the Syrian rebellion in the city where it began more than seven years ago, as rebels said on Tuesday they were seeking to withdraw with Russian guarantees. Government forces backed by Russia have seized most of Deraa province in the campaign that got under way last month and on Monday...
Syrian rebels say army besieges their enclave in Deraa Middle East

Syrian rebels say army besieges their enclave in Deraa

July 9th, 2018 The Syrian army and allied troops on Monday laid siege to the rebel-held enclave in Deraa and were poised to gain complete control of the city where the uprising against President Bashar's Assad rule first erupted, rebels said. Abu Shaima, a spokesman for the opposition in the southern Syrian city, said several thousand people were...
Syrian rebels lay down arms as Assad seizes crossing (Update) Middle East

Syrian rebels lay down arms as Assad seizes crossing (Update)

July 6th, 2018 South Syrian rebels said they had agreed on Friday to lay down arms in a Russian-brokered deal that appeared to surrender Deraa province to the government in another major victory for President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian government recovered the crucial Nassib border crossing with Jordan, held by rebels for three years, state media...
Russian jets hit Syrian south, UN urges Jordan to open border Middle East

Russian jets hit Syrian south, UN urges Jordan to open border

July 5th, 2018 Dark smoke rose over areas held by Syrian rebels near the border with Jordan on Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad's Russian allies unleashed heavy air strikes and government forces sought to advance on the ground. The UNHCR refugee agency urged Jordan to open its borders to Syrians who have fled the fighting, saying the total...
Syrian rebels lose string of southwest towns Middle East

Syrian rebels lose string of southwest towns

June 30th, 2018   By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Angus McDowall A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages accepted government rule on Saturday as insurgent lines collapsed in parts of the southwest under an intense bombardment that the United Nations says has forced 160,000 people to flee. The southwest was an early hotbed of the...
Syrian Observatory: over 120,000 people uprooted in south-west Middle East

Syrian Observatory: over 120,000 people uprooted in south-west

June 29th, 2018 A Syrian government offensive in the southwest has uprooted more than 120,000 civilians, driving most of them towards the border with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitoring group said on Friday. A senior Israeli minister said refugees gathering at the Golan frontier must be prevented from crossing into...
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria Middle East

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria

June 28th, 2018 Nearly 400 refugees started leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal to cross into Syria on Thursday, a rare case of a return which Lebanon's government wants to encourage. People gathered in minivans and tractors in the morning, loading them with mattresses, water tanks and furniture. Lebanese security personnel recorded the names...
Israeli missiles hit near Damascus Airport Middle East

Israeli missiles hit near Damascus Airport

June 26th, 2018 Syrian state news agency SANA said two Israeli missiles hit in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning, without giving further details. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian air defence systems failed to intercept the missiles. The Britain-based war monitor said an...
Erdogan, presidential rival both vow to send Syrians home Turkey

Erdogan, presidential rival both vow to send Syrians home

June 22nd, 2018 President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in Sunday's presidential election have both pledged to send millions of Syrian refugees home, responding to growing unease among voters about the number of migrants in Turkey. More than 3.5 million Syrian refugees who fled conflict in their country are living in Turkey and their presence...
Syria state media says US bombs military positions, US denies reports Middle East

Syria state media says US bombs military positions, US denies reports

June 18th, 2018 Syrian state media said on Monday that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed an army position in the east, causing deaths and injuries, but the US military denied it was responsible. The attack took place in al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state media said, citing a military source. There were no immediate details on...
US to take ‘firm, appropriate measures’ against Syria violations Middle East

US to take ‘firm, appropriate measures’ against Syria violations

June 15th, 2018 The United States will "take firm and appropriate measures" in response to Syrian government violations in a designated de-escalation zone in the country's south-west, the State Department said on Thursday. After seven years of conflict, the south-west of Syria, bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is one of the...
Israel has bombed Iranian-backed militias in Syria - Netanyahu Middle East

Israel has bombed Iranian-backed militias in Syria - Netanyahu

June 14th, 2018 Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, casting such actions as potentially helping to stem a Syrian Sunni Muslim refugee exodus to Europe. Israeli officials have previously disclosed scores of air strikes within Syria to prevent suspected arms transfers...
Lebanon's Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free Middle East

Lebanon's Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free

June 6th, 2018 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Iranian and Hezbollah forces will not withdraw from Syria until the country is "liberated" and its "territorial integrity is restored", Russia's RIA news agency reported on Wednesday. Iran-backed forces such as Lebanon's Hezbollah, a close political ally of Berri, have been key allies...
US condemns Syria's ties with Georgian breakaway regions Middle East

US condemns Syria's ties with Georgian breakaway regions

May 30th, 2018 The United States on Wednesday condemned Syria's decision to recognize two breakaway regions in Georgia and create diplomatic ties, saying it fully backed Georgia's independence and reiterating its call for Russia to withdraw from the area. "The United States strongly condemns the Syrian regime’s intention to establish diplomatic...
Chlorine likely used in February attack in Syria (updated) World

Chlorine likely used in February attack in Syria (updated)

May 16th, 2018 Banned chlorine munitions were likely dropped on a Syrian neighbourhood in February, an international body on chemical weapons said on Wednesday, after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the toxic chemical. In its latest report on the systematic use of banned munitions in Syria's civil war, the Organisation for the Prohibition...
Syrian Observatory: Israeli raid in Syria killed Iranians Middle East

Syrian Observatory: Israeli raid in Syria killed Iranians

May 9th, 2018 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday an Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities south of Damascus had killed at least 15 people, including eight Iranians. The reports of an Israeli attack in Kisweh late on Tuesday emerged after US President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the Iranian nuclear...
Netanyahu says Iran deploying arms in Syria to threaten Israel Middle East

Netanyahu says Iran deploying arms in Syria to threaten Israel

May 8th, 2018 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Tuesday of deploying "very dangerous weapons" in Syria as part of a campaign to threaten Israel. Iran, "openly calls, daily, for the destruction, the elimination of Israel from the face of the earth and practices unmitigated aggression against us," Netanyahu told reporters...
Chemical weapons inspectors back from Syria's Douma - source Middle East

Chemical weapons inspectors back from Syria's Douma - source

May 4th, 2018 Chemical weapons inspectors have returned from a mission to the Syrian town of Douma, where they took samples and interviewed witnesses to determine whether banned munitions were used in an attack last month, a diplomatic source said on Friday. A team of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons returned...
Syrian army renews push on besieged areas Middle East

Syrian army renews push on besieged areas

April 30th, 2018 The Syrian army began an intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Homs on Monday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar al-Assad pushed to recapture all the remaining areas his forces have besieged. The attack comes as Syrian state television broadcast footage of work to clear roads into part of a pocket in south Damascus where...
Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases Middle East

Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases

April 30th, 2018 The Syrian army said on Sunday that rockets had struck several military bases in the Hama and Aleppo countryside in what it said was new "aggression" by its enemies, state television said. In a news flash, state television said the missile attacks took place at 10:30pm (2030 GMT) "Syria is being exposed to a new aggression with...
Despite Syria strikes, ‘Assad can still wage chemical attacks’ Middle East

Despite Syria strikes, ‘Assad can still wage chemical attacks’

April 19th, 2018 US assessments following the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria show they had only a limited impact on President Bashar al-Assad's ability to carry out chemical weapons attacks, four US officials told Reuters. The conclusion contrasts with the Trump administration's assertion that the strikes on Saturday hit at the...
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