News From Syria

Nov 10, 2015, RT.com At least 23 people have been killed by shelling in the Syrian city of Latakia. Another 65 were injured, RIA Novosti reported citing a source in local police. “Twenty-three people have been killed and at least 65 hospitalized with injuries of varying degrees,” the police source …

Nov 9, 2015, RT.com The Russian Air Force in Syria has made 137 sorties over last three days, hitting 448 infrastructure facilities belonging to Islamic State and other terrorists groups in the country, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. “Over the last three days, Russian jets made 137 sorties in the Syrian …

Nov 9, 2015, RT.com RT’s Murad Gazdiev traveled to the remote, picturesque Syrian village of Ghmam, in Latakia province, which had just been liberated from jihadists by Syrian troops. Their tanks are hidden to avoid the jihadists’ rockets, only 1km away in a nearby village.  

Oct 26, 2015, Ruptly TV The Syrian Army’s spokesperson Ali Muaeeb said that the government’s Armed Forces carried out several missions and made significant gains in the fight against the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ ISIL) and other militant groups in the country, during a press conference from Damascus, …

Oct 18, 2015, Sputnik News The Russian Aerospace Forces have conducted 39 sorties and carried out 60 strikes over the past 24 hours, hitting 51 ISIL targets in the Syria’s Hama, Latakia, Damascus, Aleppo provinces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Russian bombers have destroyed 4 terrorist command centers, …

Oct 5, 2015, Fars News Agency The development came after President Bashar al-Assad in a televised address in July pardoned all soldiers who have fled the army, saying that his words served as a general decree to relevant officials. Hundreds of gunmen have been laying down their weapons and turning …

Aug 24, 2015, Press TV The ISIL terrorist group has reportedly used a chemical agent in its Friday attack in Syria. The attack took place in the town of Mare’, near the flashpoint city of Aleppo. The Takfiri terrorists reportedly fired over 50 rounds of artillery, some of which contained …

Aug 23, 2015, Press TV Militant mortar attacks around the Syrian capital, Damascus, have left ten people dead and 53 others wounded. Syrian official news agency, SANA, reported on Sunday that the mortar shells targeted the Central Prison and the al-Wafedeen Camp. The Syrian Interior Ministry and a police source said …

Aug 22, 2015, Press TV The Damascus bureau chief of Iran’s English-language Press TV and Arabic-language al-Alam news channels has been transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after being shot by terrorists in southwestern Syria. Hossein Mortada suffered spinal and pelvis injury in an attack by foreign-backed militants in the city of Dara’a. Mortada is …

Aug, 20, 2015, Counter Punch -by Eva Bartlett Part One highlighted the siege and shelling of two villages in northwestern Syria which have been under siege by al-Nusra and allies since the end of March, 2015. As of August 17, at least 130 residents. “K” is introduced as a resident …