Tag: Syria
Bombs, air strikes hit Syria after deadliest day in weeks
A car bomb blast shook the Damascus region early Tuesday, a day after nearly 250 people died in fighting and bombings in Syria’s worst...
Rebels battle against aerial bombardment in Syria
Government fighter jets have become fixtures in the skies over Syria, swooping over embattled cities, strewing lethal ordnance by the bushel onto neighborhoods below....
Air strikes pound Syria rebels as China urged to help
Syrian warplanes pounded rebel bastions on Wednesday after a day of fighting that left more than 180 dead, as UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar...
Pakistan opposed to aggression on Syria: Khar
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan was opposed to any aggression against Syria and wants a peaceful solution of the crisis....
Syria military airport turned into feared prison: activists
The Syrian regime has transformed a military airport in Hama city into one of the country's most-feared prisons, where detainees are crammed into hangars...
Envoy urges China to play ‘active role’ in Syria crisis
UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday he hoped China would play an active role in helping end the violence in Syria as...
Syria air force general killed as air strikes pound rebels
A Syrian air force general has been assassinated in Damascus, state television said Tuesday, as air strikes pounded rebel bastions and fighting raged for...
‘Heaviest’ air strikes yet shake Syria after failed truce
Damascus shook with loud explosions Monday as Syrian warplanes reportedly launched their heaviest air strikes yet after a failed bid to halt the country's...
Syria truce ‘violated’ as clashes erupt at base: watchdog
Fierce clashes between rebels and Syrian regime forces broke out Friday around a military base near the northern town of Maaret al-Numan in the...
Calm as Syria ceasefire takes effect for Eid
Calm followed a night of fierce clashes across Syria on Friday morning after the army and main rebel force fighting to oust Bashar al-Assad's...
Syria braces for Assad answer on ceasefire
Syria braced to hear Thursday if Bashar al-Assad’s regime would agree to a ceasefire for a Muslim holiday, as rebels moved into a new...
No Eid celebrations, just survival in Syria’s Aleppo
Like many Syrians living on the frontline of the war, Abu Hamid is not slaughtering a sheep this year and not celebrating Eid al-Adha....
Syria rebels have US-made Stinger missiles: Russia
The Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have shoulder-launched missile systems,including Stingers made by the United States, Russia's top general said...
Syria violence rages despite UN truce hopes
Deadly clashes in Syria showed no signs of easing on Tuesday, even as the United Nations said it has plans to assemble a peacekeeping...
Bosnian pilgrim ‘walks to Makkah through Syria for haj’
A Bosnian Muslim pilgrim who left last December on pilgrimage to Makkah by foot told AFP on Monday that he has arrived after passing...
Peace envoy to press for truce in Syria
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Saturday will press Syrian officials for a truce, just hours after Lebanese politicians blamed Damascus for the killing of...
Syrian warplanes drop cluster bombs: rebels
Syrian regime warplanes have dropped cluster bombs in sorties against rebels in the northwestern town of Maaret al-Numan, the insurgents told AFP on Friday.
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