Posts tagged with "Syria"

Diplomats, financial policy, armies pressuring the Middle East Opinion

Diplomats, financial policy, armies pressuring the Middle East

October 14th, 2018 By Farid Mirbagheri Diplomatic, economic and military elements are all hard at work in western Asia. Turkey’s rising inflation to a staggering 25 per cent in September, the accidental downing of Russia’s military plane by Syrian anti-aircraft batteries on September 18 – and the subsequent announcement by Moscow to deliver...
Turkey's Erdogan vows to impose secure zones east of Euphrates in Syria Middle East

Turkey's Erdogan vows to impose secure zones east of Euphrates in Syria

September 24th, 2018 Turkey will take action east of the Euphrates river in Syria and impose secure zones as it has done in the northwest of the country, President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments broadcast on Turkish media on Monday. Earlier this year, Turkey carried out a military operation to seize control of Syria's Afrin region from the Syrian Kurdish...
Turkey, Russia agree borders of Idlib demilitarised zone Middle East

Turkey, Russia agree borders of Idlib demilitarised zone

September 21st, 2018 Turkey's defence ministry said on Friday the borders of the demilitarised zone to be set up in Syria's Idlib region were agreed in meetings with a Russian committee. The borders were agreed taking into account the area's geographical structure and residential areas, it said, adding that the meetings were held between Sept 19-21 at...
Turkey talking to all sides in Syria conflict for Idlib ceasefire World

Turkey talking to all sides in Syria conflict for Idlib ceasefire

September 14th, 2018 Turkey said on Friday it was talking to all parties in the Syrian conflict to prevent a government offensive on Idlib ahead of talks between Russian and Turkish leaders, who support rival sides in the looming battle for the rebel-held region. Ankara failed last week to win agreement for a ceasefire from Russia and Iran, President...
As Idlib offensive looms, Syrians flee to border villages World

As Idlib offensive looms, Syrians flee to border villages

September 11th, 2018 Syrians escaping violence in Idlib have arrived in villages near the Turkish border in droves, fearing Damascus will launch a full-blown assault on the rebel stronghold. More than 30,000 people have fled their homes in northwest Syria since the army and allied forces resumed bombardment last week, the U.N. humanitarian affairs office...
Russia says Turkey has key job of separating out militants in Syria's Idlib World

Russia says Turkey has key job of separating out militants in Syria's Idlib

September 11th, 2018 Russia hopes for a peaceful resolution of the situation in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib but believes it is up to Turkey to separate Islamist militants from the moderate opposition, Russia's Syria envoy said on Tuesday. "We are saying the situation in Idlib should be settled most preferably in a peaceful way. It is possible to...
Turkey calls for ceasefire in Syria's Idlib, Russia opposes (Update 3) Middle East

Turkey calls for ceasefire in Syria's Idlib, Russia opposes (Update 3)

September 7th, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for a ceasefire in the rebel-held region of Idlib in northwest Syria on Friday and said an anticipated government assault on insurgents there could result in a massacre. But Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Moscow opposed a truce, and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani said Syria must regain...
US ‘has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons’ Middle East

US ‘has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons’

September 7th, 2018 There is "lots of evidence" that chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib in north-west Syria, the new US adviser for Syria said on Thursday, as he warned of the risks of an offensive on the country's last big rebel enclave. "I am very sure that we have very, very good grounds to be making these...
Trump warns Syria not to 'recklessly attack' Idlib province Middle East

Trump warns Syria not to 'recklessly attack' Idlib province

September 4th, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to "recklessly attack" Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. "The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential...
Another boat load of migrants found off Cape Greco (Updated) Cyprus

Another boat load of migrants found off Cape Greco (Updated)

September 3rd, 2018 A vessel carrying 36 migrants and refugees from Syria, including babies and underage children, arrived in Cyprus on a boat on Monday, the most recent of several arrivals in the past 10 days or so. The vessel was escorted by marine police to a fishing harbour in Paralimni where the 11 men, 11 women, and 14 underage children, including...
24 Syrians on migrant boat rescued off Cape Greco Cyprus

24 Syrians on migrant boat rescued off Cape Greco

August 31st, 2018 Twenty four Syrians, 16 adults and eight children under the age of eight were rescued off Cape Greco on the island’s south-east, on Friday afternoon, CNA reported The immigrants were transported to the aliens and immigration department in Paralimni where they were giving statements to police after a translator was brought in. The...
Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece - lawyer Greece

Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece - lawyer

August 31st, 2018 Sarah Mardini, one of two Syrian sisters who saved over a dozen refugees in 2015 by pulling their sinking dinghy to Greece, has been arrested for alleged people smuggling, her lawyer said on Friday. Greek police said on Tuesday they had arrested two members of an aid organisation on the island of Lesbos and were investigating a total...
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...
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