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By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria that require a “close” family or business relation in the U.S. for visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries, according to The Associated Press. The action comes after the Supreme Court decided Monday to allow part of a travel ban on refugees […]

29th Jun 2017

Syria: US-led coalition raid kills 50 civilians in eastern Syria

By Khaled Suleiman DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (AA): At least 50 civilians were killed in a suspected U.S.-led coalition airstrike in Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor on Wednesday, according to a local activist. Three warplanes believed to be from the U.S.-led coalition struck a group of farmers in al-Dablan village in the Daesh-held province, […]

28th Jun 2017

France joins US to attack Syria on allegation of use of chem weapons

By Murat Ulku PARIS (AA): The presidents of France and the U.S. agreed Tuesday on a joint response in case of a new chemical attack by the Syrian government, according to a statement.The White House did not specify what evidence, if any, it has to back up its claim, and has yet to produce […]

30th May 2017

Syria: Civilian death toll on rise to 70 by US led air attack in Raqqa

By Halit Suleiman RAQQA, Syria (AA): An activist group that monitors civilian casualties in the Daesh-held Syrian city of Raqqa said Monday that 70 civilians had been killed within the past 48 hours owing to attacks by a U.S.-led air coalition and the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Speaking on Twitter with the hashtag […]

19th May 2017

Syria: US strikes Syrian Govt-allied forces

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition on Thursday struck forces allied to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that “posed a threat to U.S. and partner forces” in the southeastern city of al-Tanf, the American military said. The coalition carried out the strike after Russian attempts to halt the advance on the town […]

22nd Apr 2017

Israeli jets hit targets in Syria, following US missile attacks

By Turgut Alp Boyraz JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli jets on Friday hit several targets in Syria in response to rocket attacks from the war-torn country, the military said in a written statement. The attack came after two rockets fired from Syria landed in the Israeli Golan Heights earlier, the statement said. The Syrian rocket attack […]

16th Apr 2017

Syria: Blast kills at least 112 Shia Muslim evacuees, many of them children

By Adham Kako, Levent Tok and Mehmet Kemal Firik ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): At least 112 people were killed Saturday when a blast in southern Aleppo hit buses ferrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged Shia Muslim towns, a civil defense official said. Over 500 people have been injured, some critical. “When the civil defense forces […]

14th Apr 2017

Iraq & Syria: US led coalition & Russia kill hundreds of civilians

By Alex Hopkins on April 13, 2017 (Airwars): March was the deadliest month ever recorded by Airwars during the Coalition’s campaign in Iraq and Syria. This coincided with the greatest number of munitions dropped by the allies so far in the war. The high number of alleged incidents across both countries forced Airwars temporarily to […]

11th Apr 2017

Russia: Kremlin accuses US of reluctance to interact over Syria

By Diyar Guldogan ANKARA (AA): The Kremlin accused the U.S. of showing complete reluctance to interact over Syria by launching missile strikes on an Assad regime military base in the country. “The American side in this way [by firing missiles] demonstrated complete reluctance to somehow interact over Syria and to take into account the […]

8th Apr 2017

US ‘prepared to do more’ after Syria strike

By Canberk Yuksel NEW YORK (AA): The U.S.’s strike on Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack was a “very measured step”, Washington’s envoy to the UN said Friday. “We took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more. We hope that it will not be necessary,” Ambassador Nikki […]

7th Apr 2017

Syria: US strikes airbase in Syria after suspected chemical attack

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. on Thursday fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian military airbase American officials believe was used to carry out a deadly suspected chemical attack, the Pentagon confirmed. Six people were killed in the attack, said a Syrian spokesman in Homs. The Pentagon said initial indications are that […]

5th Apr 2017

Syria: Syrian airstrike in Idlib targeted chemical arms lab, says Russia

Russian news agency, Tass, quoting the Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman said a Syrian airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Khan Sheikhun, in Idlib, Syria, on Tuesday targeted workshops to produce chemical-laden projectiles. 100 people were killed in a chemical attack in the area. “According to Russian airspace monitoring systems, yesterday between 11.30 and 12.30 local […]

20th Mar 2017

Israel threatens Syria after missiles fired at jets

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Days after the Syrian army claimed to have downed an Israeli jet, Israel’s defense minister on Sunday threatened to “destroy” Syrian air defense systems in case of any future encounters. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel would continue to prevent arms being transferred through Syria to Lebanese Hezbollah despite […]

18th Mar 2017

Syria: Israeli warplanes strike targets in Syria

By Abdel-Raouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA) Israeli fighter jets at dawn Friday struck a number of targets in next-door Syria, according to the Israeli military. In a rare confirmation, the Israeli army said in a statement that “a number” of its warplanes had struck positions inside Syrian territory. It did not provide additional details except […]

17th Mar 2017

Syria: US accused of air attack killing 58 civilians in Aleppo mosque

By Halit Suleyman ALEPPO, Syria (AA & The Musim News): US has been accused of an aerial attack on a mosque during prayer time in the Syrian city of Aleppo which killed 58 people late on Thursday. But a senior U.S. military official told NBC News that while there was a mosque about 50 […]

16th Mar 2017

Syria: Suicide bombing kills 25 in Damascus

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): At least 25 people were killed Wednesday by a suicide bombing that targeted a major judicial complex in Damascus, according to Syria’s official SANA news agency. The bomber blew himself up inside the Palace of Justice in the capital’s central Hamidiyah district, the news agency reported. According to a local police source, […]

12th Mar 2017

Syria: 44 people killed near Shia Muslim cemetery in Damascus

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): At least 40 Iraqi pilgrims were killed in a double bomb attack in Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, according to Iraq’s foreign ministry. Two bomb blasts went off near the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in the Bab Masala area of Damascus on Saturday. According to local media, at least 46 […]

4th Mar 2017

Syria: More than 800 Syrians killed in February alleges NGO

By Ayse Aktas ANKARA, Turkey (AA): At least 876 civilians were killed last month in war-torn Syria, mostly by the Assad regime and its allies, alleges a U.K.-based NGO. According to a new report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, 471 people — including 79 children and 55 women — were killed in […]

25th Feb 2017

Syria: Suicide bombings kill dozens in Homs

By Eman Nassar ISTANBUL, Turkey (AA): At least 40 people were killed in two suicide bombings on heavily fortified security facilities in government-held Homs city in western Syria on Saturday, according to the official SANA news agency. Homs governor Talal Barzani said 24 people were injured in the attacks. No further details were available […]

25th Feb 2017

Syria: Daesh bomb attack kills at least 60 in Al-Bab

By Halit Suleyman and Izzet Mazi AL-BAB, Syria (AA): An attack by the Daesh terrorist group killed at least 60 people and injured 100 others in northern Syria’s strategic Al-Bab area on Friday. According to local sources speaking anonymously to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, Daesh detonated a bomb-laden vehicle at a Free Syrian Army […]

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