News From Syria

Jan 27, 2014, RT.com [watch video here] As the Syrian government and opposition in Geneva have taken a step towards resolving the humanitarian crisis in besieged Homs, RT visited another major battleground, Aleppo, to see people returning to devastated homes in areas liberated by the army. The slowly-progressing talks between …

Rebels were accused of a massacre in the town last month, forcing survivors to flee or hide. Patrick Cockburn finds that neither side has the strength for a victory Jan 28, 2014, The Independent “They came through the main sewer at 4.30am and caught us by surprise,” says a Syrian …

Jan 26, 2014 Over five hundred displaced Syrians marched near Barzeh in Damascus to enter the war-torn district. Reconciliation between warring sides brought back stability to the area and a chance to return for those who were forced out after foreign-backed militants got fortified inside their homes. Before civilians were …

Jan 21, 2014, AFP President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Agence France Presse. Following is the full text of the interview: Mr. President, what do you expect from the Geneva conference? President Assad: The most basic element, which we continuously refer to, is that the Geneva Conference should produce …

Jan 20, 2014, ITV News They emerged from the shadows of a rubble-strewn street, hands raised and stripped to the waist to ensure they weren’t wearing suicide vests. But this wasn’t a trap or a staged piece of propaganda. These were defectors from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) who had …

  Jan 21, 2014, Press TV Foreign-backed militants continue attacks on a Christian town on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, Press TV reports. Militants targeted Cherubim Monastery, which is located on top of a mountain in Qalamoun region. The armed militants continuously attack the monastery from Rankus village …

Jan 4, 2014, Middle East Monitor Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) announced on Friday that five staff doctors have been kidnapped from one of their houses in the north of Syria. MSF said in a statement that the doctors were kidnapped on Thursday; it is expected that a jihadist group kidnapped …

Jan 3, 2014, Global Research Since 2011 NATO-backed armed groups have systematically attacked more than two thirds of Syria’s public hospitals, and have murdered, kidnapped or injured more than 300 health workers. The most recent example of this was the destruction of Aleppo’s specialist Al-Kindi hospital. Syria’s Health Minister Dr …

Jan 2, 2014, Global Research On my last day in Damascus our soldier friend Sam joined us for a late lunch. However he could not eat, as his stomach was churning from what he had just seen at the industrial satellite town of Adra.  The Syrian Arab Army had been …

Dec 18, 2013, RT.com WATCH VIDEO HERE Russia’s Foreign Ministry has condemned massacre in the town of Adra, 20 kilometers north of Damascus. Survivors say jihadist rebel groups executed dozens of civilians, including children, beheading them or burning them alive. “Moscow is convinced that such acts have to be decisively …