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Regime bombs school and factory in Idlib province

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Syrian Civil Defense in Idlib province confirmed that school in Maaret Masreen town was bombed Sunday by regime warplanes causing scores of injuries among students. Also, regime bombed Has town in southern countryside and Idlib city center which killed many and injured...

For Syria rebels, Trump win adds to uncertain fate

 On the eve of Donald Trump's election victory, members of a Western-backed Syrian rebel group met U.S. officials to ask about the outlook for arms shipments they have received to fight President Bashar al-Assad. They were told the program would continue until the end of the year, but...

Russian naval base expansion in Tartus 'underway'

The Russian Defence Ministry has begun supplying the Tartus naval base in Syria, the only Russian base in the Mediterranean Sea, with patrol boats and auxiliary equipment necessary for the base’s expansion. Russia has had a naval base in Tartus since 1977 but in October announced plans to...

Air raid hits children's hospital in Syria's Aleppo

(Al Jazeera)- An air raid has hit a children's hospital in Syria's rebel-held east Aleppo, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. The moment of the attack on Friday was captured by an Al Jazeera crew, including journalist Amro...

All hospitals in East Aleppo out of action

All hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes on the besieged area of the Syrian city, its health directorate said late on Friday but a war monitor said some were still working. "This destruction of infrastructure essential to life leaves the...

Battle for Aleppo escalates, UN sees 'bleak moment'

Syrian rebels fought fiercely with pro-regime forces trying to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo and warplanes kept up their bombardment of the area Friday in a renewed bid by Damascus to retake the entire city. The U.N. humanitarian adviser said the besieged population of...

Regime forces step up attacks on Waer neighborhood

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime military campaign backed by allied sectarian militias, has entered its fourth days on the neighborhood of al-Waer in Homs, as well as northern towns of the city like Talbisa and Holeh have been targeted by more than 10 air strikes, resulted in many injuries...

Bombings in Aleppo hit hospital; 7 die in airstrike

 Intensive bombings pummeled rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo on Friday, residents and rescuers said, hitting an area housing several hospitals and sending the chief of a pediatrics clinic in a frantic search for a place to move his young patients. Earlier Friday,...