Assad regime drops vacuum bombs on Syrian city
A regime aircraft conducted a vacuum bomb attack late Monday against the opposition-held district of Sevre in the northwestern province of Idlib, local civil defense…
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Syrian rebels suffer intense air attacks after breaking siege of Aleppo
Syrian insurgents who broke the government siege of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday, in a significant territorial gain, came under intense air attack from pro-government…
Conflict within a conflict: Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud
Syria’s largest city has been under siege since government forces shut down Castello Road – a bombed-out gauntlet that for months served as the lifeline…
ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition
The battle to recapture Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has gathered momentum, with thousands of government-linked forces encircling the strategic…
Stop trusting Putin on Syria
For more than a month, Secretary of State John Kerry has been pressing the regime of Vladimir Putin to accept what, for Moscow, would be…
UN urges end to hospital attacks in Syria
The United Nations on Tuesday called for an end to airstrikes against hospitals in Syria. “The United Nations is deeply disturbed by the ongoing destruction…
Russia must restrain itself, Assad from offensive Syria strikes: Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged Russia to “restrain” itself and the government in Syria as fierce fighting there continues on the…
5 killed as Russian military helicopter shot down over Syria
Five people on board a Russian military helicopter were killed Monday when it was shot down over Syria, in the single deadliest incident for Moscow…
Syria conflict: ‘Families leave’ besieged Aleppo
The civilians boarded buses and were taken to temporary shelters, state news agency Sana said. Some rebels had also surrendered to government forces, the report…
Unfinished business for Barack Obama
In his way to the political scene, the current President Barack Obama, addressing his voters, talked about the US economic well-being and how it will…