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By Furkan Guldemir BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Shia Muslim Hizbullah movement Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that his group supported the cease-fire deal in Syria between the Damascus Government and opposition groups. “We support the agreement that will stop the bloodshed and create a national consensus in Syria,” Nasrallah said in a […]

1st Feb 2017

African Union summit criticises Trump on Muslim ban

By Mohammad es-Seyyid and Ahmed Muhammed Abdalla ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA): The 28th Summit of the African Union ended early Wednesday as it criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. President Alpha Conde of Guinea, who was elected new chairman of the African Union, expressed solidarity with […]

28th Jan 2017

US: Trump signs executive order limiting refugee entry

NEW YORK (AA): President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to limit the flow of refugees into the country, delivering on one of his most controversial campaign promises. The order was called “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” and contained a temporary entry ban that would affect citizens of […]

24th Jan 2017

Kazakhstan: Second day of Syria peace talks in Astana

By Mohamad Misto ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AA): Peace talks aimed at ending the Syria conflict entered the second day on Tuesday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. The talks, which will focus on extending the cease-fire that came into effect on Dec. 30, 2016, have been brokered by Turkey, which backs the opposition, and Russia and Iran, […]

13th Jan 2017

Turkey, Russia to ‘coordinate’ air operations in Syria

By Ertugrul Subasi ANKARA (AA): Turkey and Russia have signed an agreement, allowing the two countries to work in coordination for the safety of their military aviation in war-torn Syria, the Turkish army said on Thursday. In a statement on its website, the Turkish General Staff said that the delegations from the two countries […]

7th Jan 2017

Syria: Car bomb kills 60 mostly civilians in Azaz

By Halit Suleyman and Ayse Aktas AZAZ, (AA): At least 60 people were killed Saturday by a car bomb attack in Aleppo’s opposition-held Azaz district in northwestern Syria, according to a pro-opposition Syrian civil defense official. An explosive-laden vehicle blew up in front of a local court in the center of Azaz, Iyad Sheikh […]

30th Dec 2016

Syria: Nationwide cease-fire underway

ANKARA (AA): A nationwide cease-fire in Syria took effect at midnight (2200GMT) Dec. 30, after a deal was brokered with Turkey, Russia and the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Within the scope of the cease-fire, warring parties pledged to stop armed attacks, from land or air, and not to expand territories against each other. […]

28th Dec 2016

Turkey, Russia agree on nationwide Syria cease-fire bid

ANKARA (AA): Turkey and Russia have agreed on a plan for the warring parties in Syria to declare a nationwide cease-fire, a confidential Turkish source said Wednesday. The plan is expected to be carried out in all areas where the Assad regime and the opposition are fighting, said the source, who asked not to be […]

23rd Dec 2016

Syria: Evacuation from eastern Aleppo in Syria ‘now complete’

By Halit Suleyman and Ayse Aktas IDLIB, Syria (AA): The evacuation of civilians and opposition fighters from former opposition strongholds in Syria’s eastern Aleppo is now complete, Anadolu Agency correspondents in the area witnessed late Thursday. According to the correspondents, up to 45,000 people have reached safe areas controlled by the opposition since Dec. […]

1st Dec 2016

Syria claims Israel airstrikes hit Damascus area

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli jets struck sites near the Syrian capital Damascus early Wednesday, local media reported. The Israeli military refused to comment but the Syrian state-run Syrian Arab News Agency quoted an unidentified Syrian military source as saying two missiles, fired by Israeli jets from Lebanese airspace, hit the Damascus countryside. […]

30th Nov 2016

Syria: 45 killed as Syrian forces shell Aleppo, claim rebels

By Halit Suleyman At least 45 civilians were killed Wednesday when Syrian forces shelled a group of displaced people in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, a pro-opposition rebel civil defense official said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ibrahim Abu Laith said most fatalities in the shelling in the opposition-held Jib Al-Quebeh neighborhood in eastern Aleppo […]

10th Nov 2016

US military: Airstrikes killed 64 civilians in Iraq, Syria in past year

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA) The U.S. military said Wednesday that 24 of its airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have killed 64 civilians and injured eight others in the past year. “Sometimes civilians bear the brunt of military action but we do all we can to minimize those occurrences even at the cost of […]

27th Oct 2016

US-led coalition undercounting civilian deaths, hundreds killed

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition is significantly undercounting the number of civilians killed in airstrikes as it seeks to rout the extremist group in Syria, a report released Wednesday alleged. An investigation by Amnesty International suspected that about 300 civilians were killed in 11 separate airstrikes during the past two […]

14th Oct 2016

Syria: 15 killed in bomb attack in northwestern Syria

By Halit Suleyman AZAZ, (AA): At least 15 people were killed late Thursday when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo, according to initial reports. According to local security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to safety concerns, dozens of people were also wounded in the explosion, and some […]

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. […]

4th Oct 2016

Syria: Bombing turns wedding into funeral, 20 dead

Halit Suleyman ALEPPO, (AA): At least 20 people died and 55 others were wounded in a suicide attack that hit a wedding hall in civil war-torn Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakah, Syria’s state news agency SANA said Monday, citing police sources. The casualties include women and children, said local sources, speaking on condition of […]

4th Oct 2016

US suspends cooperation with Russia on Syria cease-fire

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. is suspending its cooperation with Russia over maintaining a cease-fire agreement to end violence in Syria, a spokesman said Monday. “The United States is suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia that were established to sustain the Cessation of Hostilities,” State Department spokesman John Kirby […]

2nd Oct 2016

Syria: Syrian Govt bombs destroy Aleppo’s largest hospital

By Khaled Suleiman ALEPPO, (AA): The largest field hospital in opposition-held Aleppo city was destroyed Saturday by barrel bomb attacks carried out by Syrian regime forces, according to local civil defense sources. A regime helicopter dropped barrel bombs on the hospital in al-Sakhour district, leaving it along with a number of ambulances totally destroyed, […]

26th Sep 2016

Syria: World Food Programme reaches 4 besieged towns

DAMASCUS, (WFP): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday delivered life-saving food assistance to besieged families in the Four Towns of Madaya and Zabdani in Rural Damascus and Foaa and Kefraya in Rural Idlib as part of a joint interagency convoy with UN agencies and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). This is the […]

22nd Sep 2016

UN ready to resume aid delivery in Syria

NEW YORK (AA):The United Nations announced Wednesday its aid convoy is ready to move forward with deliveries inside Syria after it was suspended following a deadly attack two days ago. Jens Laerke, spokesperson for United Nations humanitarian office, said part of the convoy was expected to move Thursday, but not to Aleppo where nearly 300,000 […]

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