Syrian Crisis

2018 deadliest year for children in Syria: UNICEF

Mar 12, 2019 09:01

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says more than 1,100 Syrian children were killed in 2018, making it the deadliest year since 2011, when foreign-sponsored terrorism began in the West Asian country.
Syrian forces discover US, Israeli-made munitions in terrorist redoubts

Mar 09, 2019 11:44

Syrian government forces have carried out a major clean-up operation in the country’s southwestern province of Rif Dimashq, discovering a considerable amount of US-built and Israeli-made munitions from terrorist hideouts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
About 84 civilians die fleeing final Daesh enclave in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr: UN

Mar 01, 2019 15:09

The United Nations says at least 84 people, two-thirds of them young children, have lost their lives since December while fleeing the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group's last enclave in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr to Hol refugee camp in the neighboring province of Hasakah.