Published time: 25 Dec, 2018 20:24 Edited time: 25 Dec, 2018 20:42 Ground-to-air missile defense systems near Damascus have been deployed against targets, Syrian state media says. Reports indicate that the attack came from Israel, which has previously launched missiles at the Syrian capital. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?)
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Damascus Says Bon Appétit Amid Brutal War
A pizzeria may not sound like an obvious choice for a business venture in a war zone, and Somar Hazim wasn’t counting on it to work out. But two weeks after he launched his restaurant in Syria’s capital in September 2015, Hazim knew he had struck gold. La Marionnette Pub & Pizzeria on Straight Street […]
Kurdish-led SDF to negotiate ‘roadmap to a democratic, decentralized Syria’ with Damascus
SDC, a political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has agreed with the Syrian government to form negotiating committees, Reuters reports. The respective committees aim to bring an end to the seven-year civil war and chart a “roadmap to a democratic, decentralized Syria.” The announcement comes after a delegation of the political wing of […]
No agreement on Southern Syria’s de-escalation zone until US leaves al-Tanf base – Damascus
US troops should leave Syria, and particularly the al-Tanf area in the country’s southeast, before any talks about the future of the southern regions held by the militants could take place, the Syrian Foreign Minister has said. “Do not believe any statements on an agreement about the south of Syria unless the US forces withdraw […]
First images of US-led strikes on Damascus emerge (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Published time: 14 Apr, 2018 01:37 Edited time: 14 Apr, 2018 01:59 The first videos and photos have emerged on social media showing what appear to be the strikes by the US, the UK and French militaries in the Syrian capital. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?)
Red Crescent found no trace of previous 'Ghouta chem attack' used by US to blame Damascus & Moscow
A former US secretary of state famously blamed Moscow for being ‘ultimately responsible’ for every chemical incident in Syria, after reports of a chorine attack in Ghouta in January. The incident, it now turns out, never happened. The reports about an alleged chlorine gas attack that, supposedly, affected more than 20 civilians on January 22, […]
All E. Ghouta towns liberated, key Damascus highway open after 7yrs of blockade – Syrian military
“After a set of carefully planned battles and operations carried out by our armed forces in cooperation with loyal and allied troops, the control over all the towns and settlements in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta has been restored,” a Syrian Army statement said, as cited by Sputnik news agency. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s […]
Islamists in E. Ghouta plan to stage false flag chemical attack – Damascus
Syria’s deputy foreign minister says militants plan a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, will highlight the female victims and then pin the blame on Damascus. He accused the West of “only wanting to believe terrorists.” “We have received information that militants plan to stage an attack between the districts of Mesraba and Beit […]
Syria opposition shelling Damascus should comply with ceasefire – Lavrov
Actions by the Jaysh al-Islam terrorist group, which refused to let civilians leave eastern Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, raise doubts about the sincerity of its intention to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2401, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks in Moscow with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday. Moscow says […]
9 civilians injured as militants shell Damascus, hit Russian Reconciliation Center
At least nine civilians have been injured after residential districts of the Syrian capital Damascus came under “massive shelling” conducted by illegal armed groups from the Eastern Ghouta, the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said in a statement. The center itself was also shelled by the militants, the statement says, adding that no Russian […]
