At least 21 civilians, including children, were killed yesterday Friday in northern Syria by the shelling launched by forces close to the Syrian regime and by a strike by the Turkish army. Turkey has deployed troops in the north of the war-torn country with the support of Syrian rebel groups. Turkish soldiers are conducting operations […]
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At least 13 civilians killed by strikes in northern Syria
Thirteen civilians have been killed since last night in northern Syria where the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pitted against the Turks and their local allies. Nine people were killed including at least five children in a rocket attack on a market in the northern Syrian city of Al Bab, according to emergency response […]
Syria: Damascus denies holding US journalist Austin Tice
Syrian authorities denied today that they have abducted or are holding an American journalist who disappeared a decade ago, after US President Joe Biden last week asked Damascus to release him. Austin Tice, a former US Army Marine, was kidnapped in August 2012 at the age of 31 near Damascus where he was working as […]
17 dead in Turkey’s strikes in northern Syria
Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria against a regime position have killed 17 people, following overnight hostilities between Ankara’s troops and Kurdish fighters, a non-governmental organization said on Tuesday. “Seventeen militants were killed in a Turkish airstrike targeting a Syrian regime position (…) near the Turkish border,” in the village of Jarkali, west of the city […]
Ankara reiterates its call for ‘reconciliation’ of Syrian rebels with Damascus
Syrian rebels and Damascus “must reconcile”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today, repeating a call he made last week that sparked anti-Turkish protests in rebel-held areas of Syria. “The regime and the opposition must reconcile. That’s what I said (…) We believe that a reconciliation is necessary for a sustainable peace in Syria,” Cavusoglu […]
Syria: Turkish troops clash with Kurdish fighters in Kobani
Turkish troops exchanged heavy fire with Kurdish fighters on Tuesday in the northern Syrian city of Kobani, resulting in the death of a civilian, as tension between the warring parties escalated. Residents of Kobani reported that artillery fire hit areas of the city and its suburbs overnight and the attack intensified during the day. The […]
Syria: Three soldiers killed by Israeli strikes
Three Syrian soldiers were killed and three wounded today by Israeli strikes, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported. “The Israeli enemy carried out a strike with several rockets (…) targeting locations around Damascus. This coincides with another attack, which targeted positions south of (province) Tartous,” on the coast, after the explosions heard there. Three […]
Jihadi group stopped cooperating with Turks in Syria due to Erdogan’s change of attitude
Members of an armed faction of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) on Tuesday withdrew from joint checkpoints and military positions with Turkish forces in Aleppo’s eastern countryside. A Kurdish North Press source with contacts in SNA told the outlet that the jihadists of the Ahrar al-Sharqiya faction withdrew their members from the joint checkpoints […]
Syria announced the death of an IS leader in the south
A leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist organization detonated the explosives he had been wearing after being surrounded by government troops in southern Syria, the official SANA news agency reported Wednesday, citing a source close to the Syrian security forces. According to SANA’s source, “the security forces conducted a special operation” which led to […]
Biden demands from Damascus the release of journalist Austin Tice
Joe Biden demanded yesterday that Syria ensure the release of American journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped in Damascus ten years ago. “We know for certain that he is being held by the Syrian government,” the US president said in a press release issued by his administration on the tenth anniversary of his abduction. “We […]