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Russia steps up aerial campaign in northern Syria

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia on Monday has stepped up its aerial campaign on rebel-held areas in Hama and Idlib provinces where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, local reporter said. At least 13 towns and villages came under aerial and ground bombardment by the regime...

Rebels clash with regime forces in Hama province

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have thwarted an attack by regime forces and allied militias in northwestern Hama province where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, activists said Sunday. Jaish al-Ezza, key unit in Free Syrian Army, said its fighters clashed with the...

Russian airstrikes kill two civilians in Idlib

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes carried out fresh airstrikes on northwestern Idlib province where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, local reporter said Sunday. The strikes left two civilians dead and nine more wounded, mostly children, in the town of Beksariya....

Bomb in Afrin kills three

A bomb in the northwest Syrian town of Afrin killed three civilians and wounded about 20 on a public bus, several witnesses told Reuters on Sunday. The blast came on the anniversary of Operation Olive Branch, an air and ground assault launched by Turkey in 2018 on the mainly-Kurdish...

Algeria to hold presidential election on April 18

Algeria will hold a presidential election on April 18, the presidency said on Friday in a statement, but did not say whether veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika would seek a fifth term in office. Bouteflika “issued a presidential decree calling voters to the polls for a presidential...

US-led coalition strikes mosque in northern Syria

The U.S.-led coalition hit a mosque Thursday believed to be a military command post for Daesh in northern Syria. The strike "destroyed an ISIS command and control facility in a mosque" in Safafiyah town in Deir ez-Zor province, the coalition said in a statement, using another name for...

Four YPG militants killed in Hasaka: activists

Four Kurdish militants killed in infighting erupted between YPG, the armed wing of Kurdish Democratic Union, and Asayish, it’s security wing in the town of al-Shaddadi in northeastern Hasaka province, local activists said Thursday.  Such incidents not always take a place among the...