Tag: Syria
Russia signals opposition to Western-backed Syria aid plan
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signalled on Monday that Russia would oppose a UN resolution authorizing cross-border aid deliveries to Syria if it threatened to...
DEATH TOLL IN SYRIA’S WAR TOPS 160,000, say activists
BEIRUT—
The death toll in Syria's three-year conflict has exceeded 160,000, an activist group said Monday, a harrowing figure that reflects the country's relentless bloodletting...
Iran recruiting Afghan refugees for war in Syria: WSJ report
Iran is recruiting Afghan refugees to fight in Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In exchange, Iran is offering them stipends of $500 a...
Thousands of Syrians enter Homs after rebels leave
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Thousands of Syrians streamed into war-battered parts of the central city of Homs for the first time in nearly two years Saturday, many making...
Syrian rebels claim massive Aleppo hotel bombing
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A rebel-claimed bombing Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo leveled a hotel near the ancient Citadel that government troops used as...
Bomb kills local al-Qaida leader in Syria
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Syrian activists say a roadside bomb has killed a local al-Qaida leader and his wife, an attack that may ignite new infighting between rebel...
Syria govt cannot delay removing chemical weapons, says US
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he spoke with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday about the need to see ensure the...
Car bombs hit Syrian central villages, kill 18
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Syrian state-run television says separate car bombings in two villages in the central province of Hama have killed 18 people, including 11 children.
The TV...
12 killed in Damascus mortar fire: state media
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Mortar shells slammed into central Damascus on Tuesday, hitting a technical institute in a barrage that killed 12 people and wounded 50, state media...
Syrian airstrikes in north kill 18, says opposition
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Syrian government airstrikes targeted a vegetable market in a rebel-held town in the northern Aleppo province on Thursday, killing at least 18 people...
Syria’s Assad visits Christian village
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President Bashar Assad on Sunday toured a historic Christian village his forces recently captured from rebels, state media said, as the country's Greek Orthodox...
Car bomber kills 6 at Syrian government checkpoint
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Two rebel car bombs targeted two central Syrian areas controlled by government forces on Saturday, killing at least ten people as opposition forces fought...
Syrian opposition accuses Assad’s forces of new poison gas attack
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Opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of a new poison gas attack in the Syrian capital on Wednesday, posting footage of four men...
Syrian airstrikes kill 4 in rebel town: activists
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Syrian military airstrikes killed at least four people early Wednesday in a rebel-held town along the Lebanese border, activists said, as pro-government forces intensify...
Syria death toll from rebel infighting jumps to 68
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Activists say the death toll from infighting between rival Islamic rebel groups in eastern Syria has jumped to 68.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for...
Mortar fire kills 2 near opera of Syrian capital
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Syria's state-run media says mortar fire has exploded near the Damascus Opera House, killing two people.
SANA also said that other mortar shells hit nearby...
Death toll in Syria’s civil war above 150,000: monitor
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At least 150,000 people have been killed in Syria's three-year-old civil war, a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...
