Syria

US bombs Syrian town with internationally-banned white phosphorus munitions

Mar 08, 2019 09:35

US warplanes have again bombed a town in Syria's eastern Dayr al-Zawr province with internationally-banned white phosphorus munitions, killing several people, the official SANA news agency says.
Syria rejects OPCW report on Douma's chlorine attack as ‘distortion of facts’

Mar 08, 2019 03:09

The Syrian government says it "categorically rejects" a report by the global chemical weapons watchdog that banned weapons were used in a Damascus suburb last year, accusing the West of fabricating lies through its mercenaries in the Arab country.
Russia, Syria urge Jordan to admit refugees from Syria's Rukban camp

Mar 07, 2019 16:33

The Russian and Syrian coordination centers on returning refugees have urged Jordan to open its border to displaced Syrians, who have been stranded in a camp near the frontier with the country.
Erdogan says Turkey won't go back on S-400 deal with Russia

Mar 07, 2019 02:20

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will not go back on its agreement to buy S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, despite pressures from the United States.
US needs Rukban refugee camp to justify military presence in Syria: Lavrov

Mar 06, 2019 14:01

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States needs Rukban refugee camp in southern Syria and near the border with Jordan, where thousands of internally displaced people are stranded, in order to justify its illegitimate military presence in the crisis-hit Arab country.
Senior French terrorist Jean-Michel Clain killed in Daesh Syria’s redoubt

Mar 06, 2019 03:16

Prominent French terrorist Jean-Michel Clain has been killed as US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are fighting to retake the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group's last enclave in the Eastern Syrian Province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Russian satellites find cemetery with 300 graves near Syria’s Rukban camp

Mar 05, 2019 16:52

Russia’s Defense Ministry says Russian satellites have found a cemetery with hundreds of graves near Rukban refugee camp in southern Syria, where US forces and their allied militants are preventing residents from leaving the site toward government-controlled areas.
Berri urges Lebanon government to talk refugees repatriation with Syria

Mar 05, 2019 11:54

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called on the Beirut government to stop foot-dragging and engage in serious talks with Damascus over the repatriation of thousands of displaced Syrians currently taking refuge in Lebanon.
Syria launches airstrikes against Daesh positions in Badiya desert

Mar 05, 2019 11:53

The Syrian military has launched airstrikes against remnants of the Takfiri Daesh terror group and engaged its elements in the central part of the Arab country.
Jordan allows airlines to resume flights over Syria after 7 years

Mar 05, 2019 09:03

Jordan allows airlines to resume flights in Syrian air space after a seven-year suspension as the Damascus government edges closer to ridding the entire country of foreign-backed terrorists.