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Airstrikes kill 14 people as aid enters Eastern Ghouta

Fresh air raids by the Syrian regime on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta killed at least 14 civilians overnight, the Observatory said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said barrel bombs -- crude, improvised munitions that cause indiscriminate damage --...

4 fighters killed in regime airstrikes on Qalamoun region

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes pounded rebel bastions in the eastern Qalamoun region overnight, killing 4 fighters, activists and residents told Zaman al-Wasl. Activists Wessam Abdulnour said the strikes targeted Jaish al-Islam and Ahmed al-Abdo Battalions. The regime...

France's Macron called Turkey's Erdogan to discuss Ghouta

PARIS (Reuters)- French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to discuss Syria, notably the humanitarian situation in the besieged eastern Ghouta region, the French presidency said in a statement. The statement said Macron "spoke of...

In eastern Ghouta rubble, a father looks for his son

(Reuters) - Abu Mohammad Alaya stands on top of a pile of rubble, still searching for the body for his eldest son more than a week after an air strike destroyed their home in Syria’s eastern Ghouta. Alaya believes 22-year-old Mohammad is buried somewhere beneath his feet, a victim of...