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OPCW specialists continue to collect information over Kurdish allegations of chemicals weapons use in northern Syria.
Turkish authorities said 14 attacks were launched by Kurdish fighters from the border town of Ras al-Ain, Tal Abyad and Tal Tamr despite a ceasefire.
Erdogan threatens to restart Syria operation
Turkey agreed to suspend its offensive for five days in northern Syria while Kurdish fighters withdraw from the area, after high stake talks with US Vice President Mike Pence.
Women, child killed as Syria regime bombs Idlib town
Syria's White Helmets said at least six people were killed and ten remain under rubble following government air raids on a town in the rebel's ...
Turkey arms Syrian rebels facing Russian-backed assault
Dozens of armoured vehicles Grad rocket launchers, anti-tank guided missiles and so-called TOW missiles arrived with a Turkish military convoy ...
Syrian regime uses incendiary bombs in new Idlib airstrikes
Syrian regime forces have used incendiary napalm in airstrikes on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Saturday, as the death toll from a month-long assault rises.
MbS-aligned Saudi newspaper urges 'surgical strikes' on Iran
An editorial in a Saudi newspaper owned by the crown prince's brother calls for ‘decisive, punitive’ airstrikes against Iran, reflecting ...
Syrians in Daraa warned of impending regime assault
Syrians in Daraa fear a new regime assault, as leaflets are dropped on the opposition province warning of an offensive.
Trump's Syria 'action' is a triumph for Assad
Comment: The coalition's attack on Assad's chemical weapons bases demonstrates they have no intention whatsoever of making a meaningful ...
Trump ignores Russia, vows to strike 'gas-killing animal' Assad
Syria update: Trump rebukes Russian threats, tweeting confirmation that 'nice new and smart' missiles will be deployed to Syria, as officials ...
The problem is Assad, not his weapons
Comment: Assad's genocide, in all its forms, isn't even conceived as being the real problem, writes Sam Hamad.
Photoblog: Residents escape Eastern Ghouta
In pictures: Rebel fighters and civilians embark on their journey out of Eastern Ghouta's war-ravaged towns and into the northern Syrian ...
Toothless UN is enabling Assad's brutality in Syria
Comment: Even at the highest levels, the Assad regime is regarded as legitimate, writes Sam Hamad.
Rebels 'agree evacuation deal' in Eastern Ghouta town
Fighters from Ahrar al-Sham have reportedly agreed to lay down their arms in return for safe passage to an opposition-held area, after weeks of ...
Fresh airstrikes hit Eastern Ghouta as '7,000 civilians flee'
The Assad regime launched fresh strikes using napalm and cluster bombs on besieged Eastern Ghouta and rebel-held Idlib, amid reports ...
Syrian activists held a shock protest at City Airport this weekend, against an airline's relationship with a Russian state-owned weapons manufacturer.
Syrian regime gains ground in Eastern Ghouta
The Assad regime is gaining ground in one of the last rebel-held enclaves in Syria, as the intense bombardment of Eastern Ghouta continues.
Syrian regime bombards Eastern Ghouta 'with burning napalm'
Casualties continue to rise in Eastern Ghouta despite the UN ceasefire resolution and the Russian 'humanitarian pause', with many civilians ...
Israel's attack on Syria just killed the Obama doctrine
Comment: Israel's attack on Syrian regime targets demonstrates what could have been achieved if the US or NATO had imposed a no-fly zone, writes ...
Scores killed as airstrikes pound Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta
Fresh airstrikes on the last remaining opposition-held areas in Syria have amounted in dozens of casualties as Assad's Russian-backed campaign ...
Suspected chemical attacks target Syrian civilians
Syrian civilians were treated following a suspected chlorine attack, while local sources in Idlib say a hospital was targeted with burning ...
Inside the Battle of Algiers: Lessons for Palestine
Comment: Zohra Drif's gripping account of her actions as a young freedom fighter in 1950s Algiers has important lessons for the Palestinian ...
Syria's war has produced no victory, only victims
Comment: Bashar al-Assad may have emerged from Syria's war 'victorious', but the country he controls is not the one it once was, writes Sam ...
Remembering Ghouta: Obama's meaningless red line
Comment: Obama's 'red line' morphed into a 'red herring' and could then become a green light for Assad to continue his genocidal war, writes Sam ...
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