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Syrian Al-Qaeda offshoot launches deadly offensive

A militant group active in northwest Syria launched an offensive Monday, capturing two villages and killing 19 regime forces, a war monitor said. "Jihadist factions led by Hurras al-Deen launched an assault on two villages in Sahl al-Ghab," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....

Assad regime burning crops in Syria

Syrian regime forces and Iran-backed foreign terrorists are burning crops cultivated by civilians in Idlib and Aleppo in an attempt to starve the local population, sources have told Anadolu Agency. According to the sources, regime forces stationed in the northeast of Idlib launched...

East Syria air raids kill 12 pro-Iran fighters

At least 12 pro-Iranian fighters died in strikes by unidentified aircraft on eastern Syria late Saturday evening, a war monitor said. "Eight air strikes before midnight on Saturday night targeted a base of pro-Iranian forces in rural eastern Deir Ezzor (province), killing 12 Iraqi and...

Syrian pound plummets as new US sanctions loom

Syria's pound hit record lows on the black market Saturday trading at over 2,300 to the dollar, less than a third of its official value, traders said, ahead of new US sanctions. Three traders in Damascus told AFP by phone that the dollar bought more than 2,300 Syrian pounds for the...

252 Palestinian Children Killed in War-Torn Syria

In statistics released on the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) said it has recorded the death of 252 Palestinian refugee children in war-torn Syria. The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of...

Bomb attack kills 2 civilians in Ras al-Ayn

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two civilians were killed in a bomb attack in the Turkish-held Ras Al-Ayn region in northeastern Syria, security sources said Friday. An explosives-laden car detonated in the town of Ras al-Ayn, wounding five other civilians, sources told Turkish Anadolu Agency....

Turkey distributes food aid in northern Syria

Turkey on Friday distributed food packages to 120 families in northern Syria. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) distributed the aid in six villages of Tal Abyad, cleared of terrorists during Turkey's Operation Peace Spring, the provincial governorate in Turkey's border...

Israeli warplanes strike targets in Hama

Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli attack near a central town on Thursday that caused explosions and a large fire in the area, state-run media said. According to the Syrian news agency SANA, the Israeli airstrike occurred near the town of Masyaf in the Hama countryside. There...

Russia sends second batch of fighter jets to Syria

Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, Moscow's embassy in Damascus said, with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the country's airspace. President Vladimir Putin last week ordered Russia's foreign and defence ministries to hold talks...

Assad seeks to control economy, goes after cousin

On a summer day last year, presidential guards drove out of the charity organization founded by Syria’s wealthiest businessman and a close cousin of President Bashar Assad, carting away boxes of documents and computers. At the same time, the charity’s director was being questioned at the palace...