Air strikes on the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta and shelling from the rebel-held zone into Damascus most likely constitute war crimes andmust be prosecuted, the top U.N. human rights official said on Friday. Zeid Raad al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights,...
Syrian regime forces aim to advance into the eastern Ghouta region one "bite" at a time, a pro-government commander said Friday, as a war monitor said the army had seized new ground from rebels. In one of the deadliest offensives of the war, government air strikes and bombardment have...
As many as 674 civilians have been killed in nearly two weeks by the continuous air attacks on the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, a Syrian volunteer group has said. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said on Friday that more than 670 people have been killed...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea denied reports it had cooperated with Syria on chemical weapons, dismissing them as a fabrication by the United States to pressure the country, state media reported late Thursday. State run KCNA news agency cited a spokesman at the foreign ministry’s...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and key ally Russia gave urged rebel factions to surrender in the northern countryside of Hama province, giving 72-hour timeout before launching major offensive, residents told Zaman al-Wasl. Jaish al-Izza, Jaish al-Naser and the Second...
Syrian activists say the Turkish air force has hit two positions of pro-regime Syrian fighters deployed last week in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, killing and wounding a number of fighters. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the airstrikes took place late...
Syria's regime may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta Sunday, the Middle East director of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said Friday. Geert Cappelaere told a news conference that there was no...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians killed in night raids on the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, topping the death toll of Thursday’s airstrikes to 11, local activists and Civil Defense rescuing group said. Eight 8 civilians, including children, were also killed in the...
Istanbul (AFP)- Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Thursday as part of Ankara's cross-border offensive against a Kurdish militia in northwest Syria, the army said. The death toll, released by the Turkish military staff in two separate statements, makes Thursday one of...
GENEVA (Reuters)- At the request of Britain, the United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to hold an "urgent debate" Friday on the deteriorating situation in Syria's enclave of eastern Ghouta, a spokesman said Thursday. The bureau of the 47-member state Geneva forum agreed to the...
Syrian militant rebels took back some ground Thursday from rival insurgent groups near Syria's border with Turkey after losing control of several towns to them in recent days, rebels and residents said. The rebel-held area in northwestern Syria is their biggest remaining stronghold, and...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria TV to launch its broadcasting on March 03 at 6 pm Damascus time, such a good news may reflect the hopes of Syrians at home and in the diaspora and their aspirations for “a united Syria, a democratic state based on equal citizenship which guarantees the...
The United Nations said Thursday it hoped aid convoys could head into Syria's besieged rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta within days, after the Damascus government appeared to have finally provided authorization. "We may now be able to go to eastern Ghouta in the next few days," Jan...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 8 civilians killed in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs as regime forces stepped up aerial and ground bombardments, local activists and rescuing group said Thursday. The civilian death toll in Eastern Ghouta near the capital since the Syrian regime...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has been recruiting Syrian children in its paramilitary groups in Syria, exclusive photos obtained by Zaman al-Wasl show. Most of the mercenaries have been deployed in eastern Deir Ezzor province where tens of indigenous people have joined the Russian...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source denied Western intelligence reports that Iran has built another permanent military base outside Damascus as Fox News said on Tuesday. The satellite images showed a training camp of the regime's Special Forces in the village of al-Dreij...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and Syria clashed with the U.S. and its Western allies Wednesday over responsibility for the failure of a cease-fire to take hold in Syria as the U.N. said humanitarian convoys are ready to head to 10 locations including besieged Eastern Ghouta near the capital...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels killed 15 troops on Wednesday and wounded 20 more as regime forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, seeking to gain territory despite a Russian plan for five-hour daily ceasefires, a war monitor and sources on both...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS news agency said 30 people, mostly women and children, were killed on Wednesday in the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. The strikes targeted the tow of al-Sha'fah near the Iraqi border, topping the death of U.S.-led...
The civilian death toll in Eastern Ghouta since Syria and its ally Russia intensified their bombardment of the rebel enclave on February 18 topped 600 Wednesday, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 147 of the 601 civilians killed, mostly in air strikes,...
