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Turkish NGO provides iftar to 50,000 Syrians every day

Turkey's IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributes iftar (fast-breaking meals) to 50,000 Syrians every day in the holy month of Ramadan, it said Saturday. Selim Tosun, IHH’s media advisor in Syria, said the meals are arranged in rural areas and refugee camps in the Syrian...

Civilians risk their lives to cross river in Raqqa

Civilians in a northern Syrian city have been risking their lives to cross the Euphrates River after bridges that the YPG/PKK terrorists destroyed have not been repaired even after a year. The bridges, which link Raqqa city center with southern and western rural areas of the country, on...

Former al-Qaeda group executes 4 people in Idlib's main square

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group in Syria has executed 4 people on Saturday said they carried out a series of assassinations in the city of Idlib in the last few weeks. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly known as Nusra Front, said the perpetrators were affiliated to Daesh (ISIS)...

9 troops killed by explosive devices in Homs: activists

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 troops killed by improvised explosive devices in the central province of Homs in the past 48 hours, local activists said. Five forces, including officer, killed while they were clearing landmines in the town of Teldo in the northern countryside of...

France freezes company assets over Syria chemical weapons

France on Friday imposed a six-month asset freeze on several international companies allegedly linked to a chemical weapons programme in Syria, as ministers meeting in Paris vowed that governments that gas their own people would not go unpunished. The asset freezes came as officials...

U.S. to withdraw assistance from northwest Syria: U.S. officials

(Reuters) - The Trump administration will withdraw assistance from northwest Syria dominated by Islamist factions and focus recovery efforts on areas where U.S.-led forces have retaken territory from Islamic State in the northeast, U.S. officials with knowledge of the decision said on Friday....

34 troops from Latakia have been killed in two weeks

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 34 troops from coastal Latakia province have been killed in the last two weeks by Daesh and former al-Qaeda group in the southern neighborhoods of Damascus, pro-regime news feeds said. The militant groups showed fierce resistance as death toll among...

Russia's Economy Ministry says US has refused to discuss tariffs: Ifax

Russia's Economy Ministry said Friday that the United States has refused to discuss its steel and aluminium tariffs with Russia within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Interfax news agency reported. The ministry also plans to inform the WTO that it may introduce...

BMW expands UK vehicle recall to 390,000 cars

BMW is expanding a recall of vehicles in Britain, which it launched last week, by 88,000 cars to a total of 390,000, in the wake of a BBC investigation which found that some vehicles could cut out completely while being driven. "BMW has chosen to expand on its existing battery connector...

More Syria health facilities hit so far in 2018 than all 2017: UN

More Syrian health facilities were attacked in the first four months of 2018 than all of last year combined, the United Nations said Friday, slamming the escalation as "shocking". They included four facilities hit after their locations were provided by the UN to the United States and...

Explosions heard near Hama airport: SANA, activists

Explosions were heard near Hama airport in Syria Friday, Syrian state media said without giving details. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the series of explosions were near Hama's military airport and had been heard in Hama city, Reuters reported. Local activists...

Germany orders Porsche recall over diesel emissions cheating

German authorities said Friday they had ordered 19,000 Porsche SUVs recalled over emissions cheating, saying a total of 60,000 manipulated vehicles had been identified worldwide. "Illegal 'defeat devices' were identified" in some 4,000 Cayenne and 15,000 Macan cars sold by the...

War-weary Syrian refugees welcome Ramadan

Millions of civilians in Syria have entered their eighth Ramadan amid ongoing attacks by the regime and its allies. Tens of thousands of refugees who took shelter in camps near the Turkish border have been provided with humanitarian assistance. Aid organizations have set up makeshift...

Assad meets Putin in Russia's Sochi

Russian President Vladimir Putin met the Syrian regime’s Bashar al-Assad in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Thursday, highlighting the importance of facilitating the “resumption of a full-fledged political process”, according to the Kremlin. The Russian state-owned news agency...

Daesh launches counter attack in southern Damascus

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh ( ISIS) militants on Thursday have launched a counter attack on regime forces in southern Damascus suburbs following gains made by the regime and allied militias, Amaaq agency said. Syrian regime forces Tuesday retook the neighborhood of Hajar...

Rebel commander killed by IED in Idlib: activists

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The commander of Jund al-Malahem rebel group was killed Thursday by an improvised explosive device in northern Idlib province, activists said. The IED attack targeted Abu Jasem Kunsafra in the town of Maarret Misreen in the southern countryside of Idlib....

Iran-backed militants withdraw from Aleppo as Turkey deploys troops

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hundreds of Iranian-backed militia have withdrawn from the northern countryside of Aleppo to favor of Turkish army which set up 12th observation point in opposition-held areas on Wednesday. Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that 70 vehicles stuffed by Shiite...

4 Civil Defense workers killed while clearing landmines in northern Homs

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four Civil Defense workers killed when they were clearing landmines in the town of Talbiseh in central Homs province, the rescuing group said Thursday. Demining activities have been started in the newly- evacuated areas in the northern countryside of Homs and...