Idlib

The military situation in northwestern Syria is steadily escalating. On April 10 and April 11, the Turkish Army and its proxies shelled positions of Kurdish armed groups in northern Aleppo. The most intense shelling took place near the areas of Tell Rifaat, Sheikh Hilal, Bosoufane, al-Malikiyah, Maraanaz, Kaft Anoun, Kasht’ar,…

The Syrian Army and local self-defense forces have carried out an operation against ISIS cells hiding in the desert area on the administrative border of Raqqah and Deir Ezzor provinces. According to pro-government sources, Syrian forces eliminated up to 10 ISIS members and destroyed their hideouts. The security operation came…

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) - Staring into a smartphone camera in an empty classroom in rebel-held northwest Syria, geography teacher Danielle Dbeis addresses students confined at home away from the novel coronavirus."Even if we are now doing distance learning... you can still talk to me online," says the 42-year-old, standing in…

Middle East04:54 GMT 08.04.2020(updated 05:19 GMT 08.04.2020) Get short URLSubscribehttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107828/68/1078286824_0:0:1280:720_1200x675_80_0_0_d061ea8c55f70c897eac70ba4074df7b.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004081078873840-syrian-servicemen-discover-large-ammunition-cache-in-bunker-in-idlib-province/SARAQIB (Syria) (Sputnik) - The Syrian Army has discovered a large cache with militants' ammunition in the area of ​​the village of Khan al-Sabil in Idlib Province. "A month ago, our army liberated this area. Work began immediately, they began…

Coronavirus cases in the military more than doubled in the past week to 1,435 cases, a Defense Department statement on Monday said. The figure was 569 a week ago, and 978 on Friday, and follows the pattern of civilian infections -- which doubled to over 300,000 in the United States…

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - It is "highly probable" the government of Syria or its allies carried out attacks on three healthcare facilities, a school and a refuge for children in northwest Syria last year, according to a summary of an internal United Nations inquiry seen by Reuters on…

Middle East21:46 GMT 04.04.2020Get short URLSubscribehttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107851/41/1078514194_0:70:3072:1798_1200x675_80_0_0_3a50e5a4222780ead92e4bb7fe481740.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004041078837270-russian-reconciliation-centre-for-syria-registers-no-fire-from-militants-over-past-day/MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Defenсe Ministry's centre for Syrian reconciliation has not registered any fire coming from militants in Idlib over the past 24 hours, the centre's head, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, said on Saturday."Over the past day no instances of fire from…

KASTANIES, Greece — Migrants in Turkey threw a hail of rocks and tear gas at Greek security forces just over the border, their yells punctuated by the sound of grenades the Greeks detonated in response. The Greeks held a thin green line behind their riot shields, firing rifles into the…

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Fewer civilians were killed In March in the war in Syria than in any other month since the conflict began in 2011. Aid groups fear the arrival of coronavirus in the war-torn country. Just over 100 civilians lost their lives in the war in Syria in March. This was the…