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By Jeyhun Aliyev and Sena Guler (AA): Turkey and Russia on Thursday agreed on a cease-fire in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone. Following the joint news conference of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov announced the additional protocol to […]

4th Mar 2020

Syria: Russian air strikes kill 12 civilians in Idlib

By Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu, Esref Musa and Muhammed Temim Hocaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least 12 civilians were killed when the Russian and Syrian air strikes bombed Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northern Syria, local sources said on Tuesday. Russian and Syrian fighter jets hit Idlib city center, Binnish town and Sahil Roj region, […]

5th Mar 2020

Syria: Russian airstrikes kill 16 civilians in Idlib

By Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): Russia carried out airstrikes in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, Syria, killing at least 16 civilians, a Syrian civil defense group said Thursday as Israel fires missiles into Syria. The controversial White Helmets civil defense group said 16 civilians were killed and 18 others […]

28th Feb 2020

Turkey: 33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, NATO meeting called

By Davut Demircan, Ozcan Yildirim and Mumin Altas ANKARA (AA): The “murderer regime” in Syria and those who encourage it will pay the heaviest price for their treachery, Turkey’s ruling party spokesman said early Friday. At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed and tens of others injured in the attack in Syria. In a […]

15th Feb 2020

Northwest Syria exodus tops 800,000

UNITED NATIONS (AA): European governments and the United Nations on Friday sounded the alarm about an escalation in violence that has forced more than 800,000 Syrians to flee their homes in the northwest of the country since December. Speaking on behalf of European Union members, Sven Jurgenson, Estonia’s ambassador to the UN, said a Russian-backed […]

7th Feb 2020

Syrian, Russian airstrikes kill 15 civilians in Idlib

By Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): Russia and Syria carried out airstrikes in Idlib de-escalation zone, northwestern Syria, killing at least 15 civilians, a Syrian civil defense group announced Thursday. The Syrian opposition aircraft observatory said areas near Idlib’s city center and villages were targeted with the airstrikes. The controversial […]

30th Jan 2020

Syria: ‘Most alarming reports’ coming from Idlib: UN official

By Beyza Binnur Donmez (AA): A senior UN official on Wednesday voiced his concern over “the dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation” in Syria’s northwestern Idlib. Mark Lowcock, under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in his briefing to the UN Security Council that “the most alarming reports” are coming from southern Idlib, […]

17th Jan 2020

Syria: 313 civilians killed in Idlib since Nov. 2019

By Mehmet Burak Karacaoğlu and Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA) More civilians are losing their lives or getting displaced in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib as the Government and Russia intensify airstrikes. A total of 313 civilians, including 100 children, were killed, 1,843 others injured and 382,466 Syrians were forced to flee their homes since […]

25th Dec 2019

Syria: Russian airstrikes kill 8 civilians in Idlib

By Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least eight civilians, including five children, were killed in Russian airstrikes Tuesday in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, where acts of violence are prohibited, a local civil defense agency said. Syrian opposition aircraft monitors said Russian warplanes struck the city of Saraqib and towns of Maar Shoreen, Babeela […]

23rd Dec 2019

80,000 Syrian migrants marching to Turkey

By Jeyhun Aliyev ANKARA (AA): More than 80,000 migrants fleeing the bombings from Syria’s Idlib have started to migrate toward the Turkish border, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. “In such a case, Turkey will not bear all alone the burden of this migration,” Erdogan said, speaking at an event in Dolmabahce Palace in […]

18th Nov 2019

Syria: Russian airstrikes kill 9 civilians in Idlib

By Esref Musa and Burak Karacaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): In an area of northwestern Syria supposed to be free of acts of aggression, on Sunday at least nine civilians were killed and 10 injured in Russian airstrikes, a local civil defense agency said. Idlib is controlled by , Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an extremist group […]

28th Oct 2019

Trump says Daesh terrorist chief al-Baghdadi killed in US raid

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA) – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man who led the Daesh terror organization as it swept up large swaths of Iraq and Syria, has been killed in a U.S. night time raid in northwestern Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. Iraq’s intelligence had identified the “accurate” location of Al-Baghdadi Iraqi Defense […]

27th Aug 2019

NW Syria move does not violate any agreement, says Moscow

By Elena Teslova MOSCOW (AA): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Bashar al-Assad Government’s capture of Khan Shaykhun in Syria does not violate any agreement. “Syrian armed forces, with our support, do not violate any agreement,” Lavrov told a joint news conference with his Angolan counterpart Manuel Domingos Augusto in Moscow on Monday. […]

30th Jul 2019

Syria Govt attacks kill 15 in N Syria

By Burak Karacaoglu, Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): The death toll from attacks by Syrian Government forces and Russian warplanes in de-escalation zone in northern Syria on Monday rose to 15, according to sources with the controversial White Helmets civil defense agency. According to the sources, five civilians were killed in town of Kafr […]

29th May 2019

Syria: Syrian forces kill 24 civilians in Idlib

[Photo: Civilians leave the area after airstrikes by Syrian Govt in zone of Ariha in Idlib, Syria on May 27, 2019. Photographer: Muhammed Said/AA] Esref Musa and Burak Karacaoglu IDLIB, Syria (AA): The civilian death toll from the Bashar al-Assad Syrian forces’ attacks on opposition-held Idlib province of Syria has risen to 24, the controversial White […]

25th Nov 2018

Syria: Civilians killed by Syrian Govt & US led attacks

By Ashraf Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least five civilians were killed in attacks by Syrian Government forces and allied militias in Syria’s northern Idlib province, according to the controversial White Helmets civil defense agency on Saturday. Meanwhile, twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed in airstrikes carried out by US-led coalition in […]

13th Aug 2018

Syria: Arms depot explosion kills 39, injures scores in Idlib

By Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least 39 people, including 12 children, were killed when an arms depot exploded in a residential building, in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province on Sunday, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency. The blast took place in Sarmada district, where rebels and civilians displaced from the northern […]

5th Feb 2018

Syria: Airstrikes hit hospital, mosques in Idlib

By Burak Karacaoglu and Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): Syrian Government forces carried out air attacks which hit hospitals and mosques in the northwestern province of Idlib, according to the Syrian Civil Defense on Monday. Mustafa Haj Yousuf, head of Civil Defense units in Idlib, told Anadolu Agency: “Intensive air attacks on Idlib, which […]

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 […]

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 […]

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