This is Ahmad Hamdan. The 26-year-old activist and filmmaker lived in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. facebook.com Earlier this month, Hamdan used the hashtag  #IAmStillAlive on Facebook, hoping to draw attention to the situation in his home. facebook.com...

Turkish forces shelled the Kurdish-held northern Syrian town of Afrin on Wednesday killing at least seven people, Kurdish forces reported, as government shelling and airstrikes killed at least 20 civilians in the besieged eastern Ghouta enclave near the capital Damascus, activists said....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 160 sick and injured civilians have been evacuated from the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburb s on Wednesday, in a second batch followed 190 wounded evacuated on Tuesday, local reporter said. Russia’s Task Command in coastal Hmeimym base, which brokered the evacuation...

Local authorities outside Damascus say regime forces have cut off their town from a surrounding rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, isolating 20,000 residents with no access to aid. A member of the local council of Harasta said Wednesday that residents have been in underground shelters for long...