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A member of Syria's pro-government forces walks past damaged structures in the town of Mudyara, formerly held by opposition groups, in the centre of the eastern Ghouta region as regime troops carry on with their assault on the rebel-held enclave, just outside the capital Damascus. Picture: AFP

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Back to school jitters in Syria's Ghouta

By AFP

More than 4 million Syrian students are heading back to school this month in areas under government control across the country, the education ministry says.

  • A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 25 July, 2018 shows a member of the Syrian security forces walking past a truck damaged in a suicide attack in the southern city of Sweida. Picture: AFP.

    Islamic State kills 215 in southwest Syria attacks: local official

    The head of the Sweida provincial health authority told the pro-Damascus Sham FM that 215 people were killed and 180 injured in the attack, as well as 75 Islamic State fighters.

    1001 days ago
  • A view of Syrian Arab Red Crescent, a humanitarian non-profit organisation, personnel delivering aid in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Picture: @SYRedCrescent/Twitter.

    After denial, UN says now ready to help deliver French aid in Syria

    France had said the cargo would be distributed under the independent supervision of a UN team so it could guarantee where and when it would go.

    1002 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Assad says US must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas

    The Douma attack triggered missile strikes on Syria by the United States, Britain and France which they said targeted Assad’s chemical weapons programme.

    1056 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian forces gestures as they carry the national flag in the village of Suway'iah, near the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal, on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    Syria's Assad presses offensive, missile strikes raise escalation risk

    The ceasefire would be the last deadline before “the military operation begins”, state TV said.

    1087 days ago
  • A member of Syria's pro-government forces walks past damaged structures in the town of Mudyara, formerly held by opposition groups, in the centre of the eastern Ghouta region as regime troops carry on with their assault on the rebel-held enclave, just outside the capital Damascus. Picture: AFP

    Insurgents south of Syrian capital surrender, says state TV

    The development heralds another advance for President Bashar al-Assad’s push to retake remaining enclaves and strengthen his position around the capital.

    1097 days ago
  • FILE: Children in Syria reportedly suffering from symptoms indicative of exposure to chemical compounds being treated at a SAMS-supported hospital in East Ghouta. Picture: @sams_usa/Twitter

    US, Russia clash at UN over chemical weapons attacks in Syria

    Trump on Tuesday cancelled a planned trip to Latin America later this week to focus instead on responding to the Syria incident, the White House said.

    1107 days ago
  • An image grab taken from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows unidentified volunteers giving aid to children at a hospital following an alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town on 8 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    US wants UN vote on Tuesday on Syria gas attack inquiry

    If the US text, which was seen by Reuters, is put to a vote, diplomats said it would likely be vetoed by Syrian ally Russia.

    1108 days ago
  • Chronology of the Syrian conflict from protests in March 2011 to the collapse of rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta in March 2018.

    Chronology of Syrian conflict

    A timeline of the Syrian conflict, from protests in March 2011 to the collapse of rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta in March 2018.

    1112 days ago
  • A Syrian man helps women sit on a push-cart during a civilian evacuation from the Eastern Ghouta enclave through the regime-controlled corridor in Hawsh al-Ashaari, east of the enclave town of Hamouria on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on 15 March 2018. Picture: AFP

    More than 40,000 people returned to Syria's Ghouta – agencies

    In the past 24 hours, 1,123 rebel fighters and their families have left the town of Douma in eastern Ghouta, Interfax citied the Russian Ministry of Defence.

    1114 days ago
  • FILE: Syrians flee their homes with their belongings in the town of Beit Sawa in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region on 4 March 2018, following reported air strikes. Picture: AFP.

    Syrian army prepares 'huge' operation in last rebel bastion as pressure mounts

    A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the Syrian military had resumed artillery bombardment of Douma, where blasts were heard.

    1120 days ago
  • A member of Syria's pro-government forces walks past damaged structures in the town of Mudyara, formerly held by opposition groups, in the centre of the eastern Ghouta region as regime troops carry on with their assault on the rebel-held enclave, just outside the capital Damascus. Picture: AFP

    Syrian rebels Jaish al-Islam refuse to leave Ghouta: spokesman

    Jaish al-Islam is currently negotiating with Russia over the future of the area and the people in it.

    1123 days ago
  • Syrians pack their belongings as they flee their home in the town of Utaya in the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on 1 March 2018.  Picture: AFP.

    Damascus sees some Ghouta rebels accepting deals soon

    The opposition accuses Assad of moving his opponents out of Syria’s main towns and cities to the border with Turkey in what it calls a systematic policy of “demographic change”.

    1129 days ago
  • A member of Syria's pro-government forces walks past damaged structures in the town of Mudyara, formerly held by opposition groups, in the centre of the eastern Ghouta region as regime troops carry on with their assault on the rebel-held enclave, just outside the capital Damascus. Picture: AFP

    Syria's Assad visits army in eastern Ghouta as rebels in talks

    Troops have splintered Ghouta into three besieged zones in one of the bloodiest offensives of the seven-year war, with rebels facing their worst defeat since the battle of Aleppo in 2016.

    1130 days ago
  • Syrians pack their belongings as they flee their home in the town of Utaya in the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on 1 March 2018.  Picture: AFP.

    Russia says over 20,000 people have left Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday

    Since humanitarian corridors were set up in the area, more than 68,000 people have left the Eastern Ghouta, the centre said.

    1130 days ago
  • FILE: Syrians flee their homes with their belongings in the town of Beit Sawa in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region on 4 March 2018, following reported air strikes. Picture: AFP.

    Thousands more Syrians flee their homes as two battles rage

    A new wave of at least 10,000 people fled a rebel pocket to army lines in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus in the southwest.

    1131 days ago
  • A member of Syria's pro-government forces walks past damaged structures in the town of Mudyara, formerly held by opposition groups, in the centre of the eastern Ghouta region as regime troops carry on with their assault on the rebel-held enclave, just outside the capital Damascus. Picture: AFP

    Syrian monitor says strikes on Ghouta rebel town kill 30

    The UK-based war monitoring group said the strikes on Zamalka town also injured dozens. There was no immediate comment from Damascus, which says it only targets armed militants.

    1131 days ago
  • A Syrian man helps women sit on a push-cart during a civilian evacuation from the Eastern Ghouta enclave through the regime-controlled corridor in Hawsh al-Ashaari, east of the enclave town of Hamouria on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on 15 March 2018. Picture: AFP

    Russia says over 7,000 people left Syria's Eastern Ghouta Saturday – TASS

    The Kurdish YPG militia, defending Afrin, said it was battling the Turkish forces and their Syrian militia allies who tried to storm the town from the north.

    1131 days ago
  • FILE: Syrians flee their homes with their belongings in the town of Beit Sawa in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region on 4 March 2018, following reported air strikes. Picture: AFP.

    Sick and injured start leaving Syria's besieged Ghouta

    Government forces also pounded a rebel-held area in the south for a second straight day, potentially reopening yet another front.

    1135 days ago
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