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Syrian youth find freedom in Parkour

Leaping over bombed roofs and jumping through damaged window frames, a group of teenagers run and swing their way through buildings left dilapidated by six years of war in the southern Syrian town of Inkhil. The young men practise Parkour across rebel-held Inkhil, saying they find escape in...

40 dead in rebel infighting near Damascus

Fierce clashes between extremists and Islamist rebels near Damascus left at least 40 dead and 70 wounded on Friday, activists said. The opposition-aligned Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes pitted the Saudi-backed rebel faction Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) against...

Russia distributes aid in Qardaha, Assad's hometown

(Eqtsad)- The Russian forces in the airport of Hmeymim in Qardaha, Assad’s hometown have distributed food rations and medical aid in town and countryside to families of the dead members of the army and intelligence forces added to Shabiha and families in need. The Russian military forces have...

SDF militia makes gains in Taqba city

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pressed new advances aginst Islamic State inside Tabqa city; taking blocks in the western neighborhoods, local activist said Friday. Muhan Nasser told Zaman al-Wasl the Kurdish-led forces made gains in Wadi Mahouk and al-Qariya...

Syria to buy latest Russian anti-missile system

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Damascus is negotiating with regime ally Moscow to buy the latest Russian anti-missile system to repel Israeli and American attacks. "It's natural that we should have such systems," he said, quoted by Syria's official SANA agency on Thursday, the same day...

19 dead after strikes on hospitals in Idlib

Air strikes on two hospitals in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Thursday left 19 people dead including two babies in incubators, a monitor said. They were among 19 people killed as a result of strikes across rebel-held Idlib province on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Al Waer evacuees stranded in northern Aleppo

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The regime and Iran’s plans to change the demography of Homs provincehave been succeeded as the people of al-Waer neighborhood keep heading the northern Syria in weekly batches. The opposition has not yet instituted any plans to accommodate these newly displaced persons...

Israel strikes arms depot near capital's airport

Syrian rebel and intelligence sources said Israel struck an arms supply hub on Thursday operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport where weapons from Tehran are regularly sent by commercial and military cargo planes. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is backed in the...