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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 […]

27th Feb 2018

Syria: Russia to start ‘humanitarian pause’ in E Ghouta

By Elena Teslova MOSCOW (AA): Russia will introduce a daily humanitarian pause in Syria’s besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta as of Feb. 27 by order of President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Monday. UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has criticised the the Russian move and called it a “Russian playbook”. Hundreds […]

22nd Feb 2018

Syria: 25 more civilians killed in Eastern Ghouta

By Adham Kako and Muhammed Shekh Yusuf EASTERN GHOUTA, Syria (AA): At least 25 civilians have been killed by intensified Syrian Government attacks in the al-Nusra [Jabhat Fateh al-Sham] controlled Damascus suburbs of Eastern Ghouta, said sources from the Syrian Civil Defense on Wednesday. Sources from the Civil Defense, also known as the White […]

20th Feb 2018

Syria: 58 killed in fresh Govt attacks in E. Ghouta

By Adham Kako and Fatih Hafiz Mehmet EASTERN GHOUTA/ANKARA (AA): At least 58 Syrian civilians were killed and 45 injured in fresh Government attacks in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta on Monday, according to local rebel civil defense sources. Government forces launched air and ground attacks on several districts in the suburb, which […]

8th Feb 2018

UN concerned over mounting civilian deaths in Syria

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The UN expressed grave concern Wednesday over the rising number of civilian deaths in Syria amid the country’s ongoing civil war. Speaking at a daily press briefing, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said intense airstrikes and shelling on the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta have reportedly killed dozens of […]

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 […]

8th Jan 2018

Syria: 30 killed, 70 injured in blasts in Idlib

By Burak Karacaoglu and Esref Musa IDLIB, Syria (AA): At least 30 people were killed and 70 others injured in four explosions in Syria’s northern province of Idlib on Sunday. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in the region, four explosions occurred in an area in the city center where cars were parked. The […]

13th Oct 2016

Syria: Russian jets bomb rebel-held Aleppo, killing 81

By Halit Suleiman ALEPPO, (AA): Eighty-one people were killed Wednesday when Russian warplanes struck rebel-held parts of Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a local civil defense official. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Beibars Meshaal, a pro-opposition civil defense official based in the city, said Russian jets targeted Aleppo’s opposition-held al-Fardos and al-Maadi neighborhoods. […]

7th Aug 2016

Syrian opposition claims to have broken Aleppo Govt siege

By Mohamed Misto and Halit Suleyman ALEPPO, (AA): The Syrian opposition said Saturday that anti-Govt fighters has broken a government siege on opposition-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo. Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Conquest) fighters seized control of regime positions in Ramousa area in southern Aleppo, opening the route to opposition-held neighborhoods in […]

3rd Aug 2016

UN urges end to hospital attacks in Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AA): The United Nations on Tuesday called for an end to airstrikes against hospitals in Syria. “The United Nations is deeply disturbed by the ongoing destruction of civilian infrastructure, particularly medical facilities, across the country,” according to a statement by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The UN has in recent days […]

29th Jul 2016

Philippines: Muslim rebels tasked to combine for peace

By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA): The new Philippines president’s peace guru has said he expects rival Muslim rebel factions to come together to craft a new law to implement a two-year-old agreement to end four decades of fighting in the south. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza said Thursday that the […]

2nd Mar 2016

Philippines: Gunman fires on extremism conference

By Roy Ramos ZAMBOANGA, (AA) – Two Saudi men are reported to have been injured when a gunman opened fire on a symposium on extremism in a university in the Philippines south late Tuesday. Among the injured were reported to be an Islamic scholar and a religious attache to the Saudi Embassy in Manila. […]

27th Feb 2016

Syria: US Special Forces help rebels capturing Shadadi

WASHINGTON (AA) — U.S. Special Forces in Syria have helped a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rebel group move into the northeastern town of Shadadi held by Daesh, a U.S. coalition spokesman said Friday. “We have advisers with the SDF as we have had a small group of advisers inside Syria that are connected to the […]

24th Feb 2016

Philippines: More than 20 dead in clashes in S Philippines

By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, (AA): Around 20 suspected “terrorists” and three Philippine troops have been killed in clashes in the country’s troubled Muslim south, according to the military Tuesday. An Armed Forces spokesperson said the number of fatalities among the opposing side since fighting broke out Saturday “is subject to verification”, without specifying which […]

15th Feb 2016

Syria: Russian airstrikes set to continue

By Selen Temizer ANKARA (AA) – Ongoing Russian airstrikes in Syria appear to be hindering a political solution to the conflict despite last week’s meeting in Munich of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), to which Moscow and Washington both sent representatives. Moscow had called for postponing planned ‘cessation of hostilities’ to March 1 […]

31st Oct 2015

US to send special operations forces to Syria

WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. will send less than 50 Special Forces troops to Syria to advise, assist and train moderate Syrian opposition forces fighting Daesh, the White House said Friday. Spokesman Josh Earnest maintained that the American troops will not take on a combat mission but acknowledged those sent to Syria will face significant risks. […]

7th Sep 2015

Syria: Bomb attacks kill 12 in Damascus, Idlib

DAMASCUS/IDLIB, (AA): At least 12 people were killed Sunday when the Syrian regime targeted opposition-held towns in the provinces of Damascus and Idlib with vacuum bombs and explosive-laden waste containers, according to civil defense sources. At least six civilians were killed, and dozens injured when the Syrian regime jets dropped vacuum bombs on a residential area in the town of Arbin in Eastern […]

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