ISTANBUL (AA) – An Iranian soldier from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in Syria, Iranian media reported on Monday. The semi-official Fars News Agency identified the soldier as Yahya Rostami, who was killed on August 31. The agency, however, did not give further details about the circumstances of his death. Iran, which...
Damascus, Syria – AFP Nearly four million Syrians students in government-controlled areas returned to school Sunday, braving the effects of war, a devastating earthquake and a deep economic crisis. But many children do not have classrooms to go to in a country where many educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed and 90 percen...
Bosra al-Sham, Syria – AFP Rare protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government showed no sign of abating Friday with demonstrations reported in a string of towns in Daraa and Sweida provinces. The protests began late last week after the government ended fuel subsidies, dealing a heavy blow to Syrians reeling from ye...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will not “walk away” from the Middle East, a top general said Thursday, emphasizing the region’s critical role in the country’s national security priorities. During an interview with Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka TV, Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the region is “very im...
Ain Shib, Syria – AFP At least two civilians were killed when Russian air strikes hit an abandoned water pumping station in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, rescuers said Wednesday, amid a recent uptick in attacks by Damascus ally Moscow. Two strikes late Tuesday near Ain Shib, west of the city of Idlib, hit the facility where [&helli...
Afrin, Syria — AFP Syrians in the country’s rebel-held north marked the 10-year anniversary on Monday of chemical attacks that killed over 1,400 people near Damascus — one of the conflict’s many horrors that went unpunished. “I was in such shock. I smelt death,” said paramedic Mohammed Suleiman from Zamalka ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The images of the chemical attack on a formerly rebel-held Damascus suburb “still haunt us to this day,” the White House stated as it marked the 10-year anniversary of the eastern Ghouta attack. “The horrifying images from that early morning still haunt us to this day, and they drive this Administratio...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hundreds of Syrians staged a general strike on Sunday against deteriorating living conditions and price hikes, local media reported, amid a series of sporadic demonstrations in the country’s regime-held south. The rare strike in Sweida province comes after the government this week lifted fuel subsidies, dealin...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP At least eight fighters were killed by Russian air strikes early Monday targeting a rebel base in Syria’s northwest, a war monitor said. “Russian warplanes carried out air strikes on the western outskirts of Idlib city, targeting a military base belonging to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)… killing at l...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province are struggling to survive in makeshift tents while braving scorching temperatures of up to 50°C (122°F). Extreme heat waves can be fatal for people with chronic diseases, and they can cause a variety of skin problems in children...
