Syria War

Syria: First batch of Islamic State fighters leaves their final stronghold in Damascus, says report

The evacuation of the militants began after the outfit reportedly agreed on a ceasefire with pro-government forces.

Scroll Staff
· May 20, 2018 · 04:33 pm
Russia warns US against military action over alleged chemical attack in Syria

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said at least 500 people in Douma showed symptoms of being exposed to toxic chemicals.

Scroll Staff
· Apr 11, 2018 · 01:47 pm
Russia vetoes UN resolution to extend inquiry into Syria chemical attack

This is the 10th United Nations resolution on Syria that Moscow has rejected since the conflict began in 2011.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 17, 2017 · 10:11 am

Civilians caught in Syria’s Raqqa battle face ‘fire from all sides’, says Amnesty International

The rights group warned coalition forces that the Islamic State group often used people as human shields.

Scroll Staff
· Aug 24, 2017 · 11:51 am
Syria: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US airstrike in Raqqa, says state TV

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 13 civilians had been killed in coalition airstrikes over the past 24 hours.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 11, 2017 · 09:34 am
Five years of war in Syria: Five lessons Western leaders haven’t learned

On February 11 a Syrian ceasefire was signed in Munich. Few are optimistic it will hold. Why? Because world leaders are ignoring key realities, argues one Middle Eastern scholar.

David Mednicoff, The Conversation
· Feb 19, 2016 · 06:30 am

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Syria: First batch of Islamic State fighters leaves their final stronghold in Damascus, says report

The evacuation of the militants began after the outfit reportedly agreed on a ceasefire with pro-government forces.

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Russia warns US against military action over alleged chemical attack in Syria

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Russian embassy in Syria hit by two rockets during rally

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