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The Syrian Red Crescent and the United Nations deliver an aid convoy to Al-Nishabieh in Rural Damascus, Syria. The convoy carried relief items of food parcels, flour, nutrition, medicines and medical materials for 1,440 families there. Picture: Twitter/ @SYRedCrescent

Damascus

End Syria hospital attacks, Russia told at UN

By AFP

The outcome led to a rare statement following the meeting by the UN's humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock.

  • FILE: Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets", search the rubble of a collapsed building following an explosion in the town of Jisr al-Shughur, in the west of the mostly rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, on 24 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    Israeli strikes on Syria kill 10, including foreign fighters: monitor

    They were killed in missile strikes close the capital Damascus where Syrian troops, Iranian forces and Hezbollah fighters are stationed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

    1127 days ago
  • A displaced Syrian girl who fled from regime raids stands outside her tent in a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in the northern part of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on 9 September 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Displaced Syrian children sift through trash to buy bread

    Using a hooked metal rod, he stabbed at acrid household waste in the village of Kafr Lusin, looking for plastic to trade for a few dollars to feed his 11-member family.

    1250 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Syria and Iran sign 'strategic' economic agreement

    The agreements covered a range of fields including economy, culture, education, infrastructure, investment and housing, the official Sana news agency reported.

    1252 days ago
  • A photo released on 14 April 2018 shows anti-aircraft fire on the outskirts of Damascus after Western strikes reportedly hit Syrian military bases and chemical research centres in and around the capital. Picture: AFP.

    'Huge explosion' in Syria capital causes fatalities: monitor

    It was unclear if the blast was caused by a bomb that was planted or a suicide attack, the monitor said, adding that shooting followed the explosion.

    1260 days ago
  • FILE: A photo released on 14 April 2018 the twitter page of the Syrian government’s central military media shows an explosion on the outskirts of Damascus after Western strikes reportedly hit Syrian military bases and chemical research centres in and around the capital.  Picture: AFP.

    Syria says Israel fired missiles toward Damascus, hit airport warehouse

    Syrian state media broadcast footage of what it said were the air defenses firing, with bright lights seen shooting across the night sky.

    1268 days ago
  • Syrian flag. Picture: AFP

    Syria says Israel fired missiles towards Damascus, hit airport warehouse

    Syrian state media broadcast footage of what it said were the air defences firing, with bright lights seen shooting across the night sky.

    1269 days ago
  • Syrian demonstrators hold a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on 23 December, 2018, asking for the Syrian army's protection as Turkey threatens to carry out a fresh offensive following the US decision to withdraw their troops. Picture: AFP

    UAE to reopen Damascus embassy on Thursday in boost for Assad

    The embassy has been shut since the early months of Syria’s conflict, which erupted in 2011.

    1284 days ago
  • Turkish forces are seen in a convoy on a main highway between Damascus and Aleppo, near the town of Saraqib in Syria's northern Idlib province, on 29 August 2018. Picture: AFP.

    After killing, defiant Syria town determined to protest on

    The gunning down of Raed Fares on Friday was the latest blow to what remains of the dwindling civil society movement that rose up against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.

    1313 days ago
  • A Syrian army tank patrols an area in the district of Al-Waar in the flashpoint city of Homs. Picture: AFP

    Clashes between pro-Turkish rebels kill 25 in Syria's Afrin

    Turkish troops and allied rebel groups seized the Afrin region from Kurdish forces in March after a two-month air and ground offensive.

    1323 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

    Back to school jitters in Syria's Ghouta

    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.

    1393 days ago
  • Turkish forces are seen in a convoy on a main highway between Damascus and Aleppo, near the town of Saraqib in Syria's northern Idlib province, on 29 August 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Shells hit Syria's Idlib as rebels brace for assault

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said they had killed 13 civilians, including children, but no fighters.

    1397 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 20 June 2018 eight-year-old Maya Mohammad Ali Merhi walks using prosthetic legs made by her father from tin cans in a camp for displaced people, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib. Picture: AFP.

    Trump warns Syria not to 'recklessly attack' Idlib province

    Trump has sought better relations with Russia since taking office in 2017 but the United States has been unable to rein in Moscow’s military and diplomatic support for Assad.

    1399 days ago
  • FILE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Israel says Assad back in charge, Syrian front likely to be quieter

    The Syrian conflict erupted in 2011 and Russian intervention in 2015 helped to turn the tide in President Bashar al-Assad’s favour.

    1431 days ago
  • 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.

    1439 days ago
  • A view of Syrian Arab Red Crescent, a humanitarian non-profit organisation, personnel delivering aid in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Picture: @SYRedCrescent/Twitter.

    Hundreds of Syrian 'White Helmets' evacuated by Israel to Jordan – reports

    It said they were transferred to a neighbouring country, which it did not identify, and that the evacuation came at the request of the United States and several European countries.

    1442 days ago
  • A member of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, watches as a convoy of buses gets ready to enter the towns of al-Foua and Kefraya to evacuate their residents on 18 July 2018. Picture: AFP.

    France sends medical aid to Assad's Syria after deal with Russia

    The aid comes after an agreement between President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin following talks since May.

    1443 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia on 17 May 2018. Picture: Reuters.

    Rebel-held Syrian town to accept Assad's rule: pro-government media

    Russia has played a critical role in supporting Assad’s two-week offensive with air power and negotiating local deals initially overseen by its military police.

    1463 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Syria army widens southwest offensive, UN says 45,000 flee

    At least 45,000 people have fled the upsurge in fighting in Syria’s southwestern Deraa province, heading toward the border with Jordan, the United Nations said.

    1468 days ago
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