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Sputnik News 20:54 GMT 17.05.2020 MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Militants from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* terrorist group have conducted numerous attacks in the Syrian provinces of Idlib, Aleppo, and Latakia, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry's centre for Syrian reconciliation, said on Saturday. "We have registered…

BEIRUT (AP) — Who got married? Who had a baby? Have we lost anyone?Through crackling internet lines and jumpy connections, a group of Syrian students recently reunited after nearly two years, recreating their English language classes and their small community online from pockets of opposition-held areas.In the age of the…

Middle East17:48 GMT 13.05.2020(updated 17:49 GMT 13.05.2020) Get short URLThe Lebanese political and militant group leader’s remarks come in the wake of comments by Israel’s defence minister last week warning that Tel Aviv would not stop its operations in Syria until Iran and its proxies left the country.Outgoing Israeli Defence…

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency Any attack on Turkish missions in Libya by Khalifa Haftar’s forces can expect a military response, the country’s ruling party spokesman warned the renegade warlord on May 12. “We are clearly saying that, if our mission in Libya is attacked in any way, we will view Haftar’s forces…

By RFE/RL May 11, 2020 Amnesty International says it has documented 18 attacks in northwest Syria carried out by Syrian government and Russian forces over the past year that amounted to war crimes. The rights group said in a report published on May 10 that the 18 attacks were on…

People walk past destruction by government airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province on Jan 15. (AP pic)BEIRUT: Clashes in northwest Syria killed 48 regime fighters and jihadists Sunday in the highest such death toll since the start of a two-month-old ceasefire there, a monitor said. A truce…

By: | Published: May 11, 2020 2:48:53 pm The report highlights Russian airstrikes near a hospital in the town of Ariha on January 29 that flattened at least two residential buildings, killing, it said, 11 civilians. (DW)Amnesty International on Monday accused Syria and Russia of a “myriad of serious violations…

BEIRUT-Agence France-Presse Amnesty International on May 11 said it has documented 18 attacks in northwest Syria carried out by regime and Russian forces over the past year that amounted to "war crimes".     Russia-backed regime forces have since late April 2019 waged two deadly military campaigns against Syria's last…

Al-Qaida-linked fighters attacked Syrian government positions Sunday on the edge of the country's last rebel stronghold, triggering intense clashes that killed nearly three dozen combatants across both sides, opposition activists said. The fighting was among the worst since early March, when an agreement between Turkey and Russia halted the Syrian…

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Al-Qaeda-linked fighters attacked Syrian government positions Sunday on the edge of the country’s last rebel stronghold, triggering intense clashes that killed nearly three dozen combatants across both sides, opposition activists said. The fighting was among the worst since early March, when an agreement between Turkey and Russia…