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Watch a live view of Damascus, Syria, on Monday (9 December) after rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia, a close ally that has propped up the regime for years, said Assad ...
[34] The rebels started encircling the capital after capturing Al-Sanamayn, a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the southern entrance of Damascus. [35] In the Rif Dimashq region, pro-government forces withdrew from the towns of Assal al-Ward, Yabroud, Flitah, Al-Naseriyah and Artouz, while rebels came within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of Damascus. [36]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Fifteen people were killed in Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Damascus on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, and Israel said the attacks targeted military sites ...
The clashes were triggered by the proliferation of videos on social media showing footage of an attack on the Abu Abdullah al-Hussein al-Khusseibi shrine in Aleppo, which occurred in November. This led to the incitement of several demonstrations and civil unrest among Alawite communities by Assad loyalist elements in Western Syria.
(Reuters) - Two civilians have been injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian defence ministry said, in the second such attack on the country in a few days.
It condemned the attack as "a flagrant violation of international law," as well as of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. [ 46 ] Sierra Leone : The representative of Sierra Leone in UN condemned the attack, stating that it breaches of the UN Charter, the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on ...
The Syrian Defence Ministry vowed to respond to the attacks “with full force”. [14] Retaliation was set in motion on the same day, in which the Syrian military carried out rocket and artillery strikes on the opposition-controlled zone of Idlib Governorate , killing at least 24 civilians and injuring 37 others.
DUBAI (Reuters) -An Iranian Revolutionary Guards adviser in Damascus was killed on Friday in an Israeli missile strike that targeted a southern district of the Syrian capital, semi-official ...