One night this past fall, a U.S. radar plane flying a routine pattern over Syria picked up a signal from an incoming Russian fighter jet. The American crew radioed repeated warnings on a frequency universally used for distress signals. The Russian pilot didn’t respond. Instead, as the U.S....
ISIS has blown up a natural gas plant that supplied one-third of Syria's electricity, one month after getting its hands on the facility, pro-opposition activists said Monday. "In the past 48 hours, IS (ISIS) blew up the Hayyan gas plant in eastern Homs province, putting it totally out of...
(Eqtsad)- The suffering of al-Waer neighborhood in central Homs city has mounted due to lack of food and severe siege imposed by the Syrian regime for over four months. The regime has cut off all means of livelihood available to the people of al-Waer, and all food products including bread...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of ISIS-held Yarmouk valley in southern Daraa province called on moderate rebels to end their suffering by lifting siege imposed by rebel factions, according to plea seen by Zaman al-Wasl. People reported that bread has not been let in the area for more...
