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Israel Attacks Syrian Military Base, Killing Two
September 10, 2017, Antiwar.com – Jason Ditz Israeli warplanes carried out an overnight attack against a Syrian military base in the Hama Province, causing considerable damage to the facility and killing at least two people. Syria confirmed the incident, but Israel has yet to officially comment. The Syrian Observatory for Human …
Read More »Syrian army, allies break Islamic State siege in eastern city
September 5 2017, Reuters – Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces on Tuesday reached troops besieged for years by Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, the militants’ last major stronghold in Syria, the army said. Tanks and troops pressed quickly toward a government-held enclave in …
Read More »SYRIA OPPOSITION TOLD TO COME TO TERMS WITH ASSAD’S SURVIVAL
August 24, 2017, Associated Press – Philip Issa BEIRUT (AP) — As Damascus reverses military losses in much of the country’s strategically important west, and foreign states cut support for rebel forces, diplomats from Washington to Riyadh are asking representatives of Syria’s opposition to come to terms with President Bashar …
Read More »Syria Summary – Consolidating the West – Marching East
July 23, 2017, GlobalResearch – Moon of Alabama In the north-west Idleb governate and the city of Idleb saw new infighting between Ahrar al-Sham and al-Qaeda in Syria under its current moniker Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Ahrar, historically also an al-Qaeda offspring, was supported by Qatar and Turkey while al-Qaeda …
Read More »Stop Attacking Syria – Stop Endless War!
People Demanding Action Target: US Congress The White House’s recent “warning” that Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is preparing “another chemical-weapons attack” evokes memories of the US making unverified claims to justify unlawful wars elsewhere in the region. Some believe that the Trump administration may be looking to launch another attack to distract …
Read More »For the US and Its Allies, the Road to Tehran Runs Through Damascus and Southern Lebanon
July 8, 2017, Defend Democracy Press When Trump’s UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, asserts – as she did recently – that the US is sending “not only Assad” but also “Russia and Iran a message”, and that Washington is putting them “on notice,” she does so as the tribune of a rogue state. …
Read More »Syria’s Alleged Sarin-Gas Attack: Questioning a Flawed Investigation
July 8, 2017, Truthdig – Scott Ritter The Turkish government had set up a decontamination checkpoint in Hatay province, at the border crossing with Syria. Some 34 people claiming to be victims from Khan Sheikhun were processed at this checkpoint before being sent to hospitals in Antakya, Reyhanli and Iskenderun, …
Read More »At Least 13 Killed, 29 Injured after Car Bombs Rock Central Damascus
July 2, 2017 – Alamanar News The number of people killed in Sunday’s blasts in Syria’s capital of Damascus has increased to 13, while at least 29 others have sustained injuries, a medical source told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, the Syrian state TV reported that at least eight people …
Read More »UNHCR seeing significant returns of internally displaced amid Syria’s continuing conflict
June 30, 2017, UNHCR UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seeing a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within Syria in 2017. Aid agencies estimate that more than 440,000 internally displaced people have returned to their homes in Syria during the first six months of this year. In parallel, …
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