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€28.5 million worth drugs’ shipment from Syria to Libya stopped in Malta
The largest ever drug haul discovered in Freeport containers on Monday had a street value of €28.5 million, the Customs Department has revealed, according to Times of Malta. The four containers containing 10 to 11 tonnes of cannabis…
Wife of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is being treated for breast cancer
Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, began treatment for early stage breast cancer as the government released an image of her with an intravenous drip inserted in her left hand on its social media accounts.
"Asma…
US-backed Syrian Kurds strike a deal for a ‘roadmap’ with Al-Assad…
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they have agreed to work with the Syrian government towards a "democratic, decentralised Syria", in an attempt to cement their autonomy in the war-ravaged country, Al-Jazeera wrote…
After deal with Russia, France sends medical aids to Syria’s regime
France sent 50 tonnes of medical aid to government-controlled eastern Ghouta in Syria on Friday after Russia agreed to facilitate its delivery, raising hopes for future aid efforts, French officials said.The aid, which will arrive…
Regime loyalists evacuated from two Idlib towns in Syrian deal for releasing prisoners
Thousands of residents from two rebel-besieged loyalist towns in northwestern Syria have been evacuated to government-controlled territory as part of a deal that will see hundreds of detainees released from state-run prisons.
The last…
Israeli missiles strike Damascus airport surrounding, SANA says
Two Israeli missiles struck targets near Damascus airport early on Tuesday, Syrian state media said.
The Syrian state news agency, Sana, said "two Israeli missiles came down near Damascus international airport".
Syrian opposition…
Over 44 people killed in Russian airstrikes on Syria’s Idlib
At least 44 people were killed in airstrikes on a village in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, a local activist media group and a UK-based monitor said Friday, describing it as one of the deadliest attacks in the province this…
Over 30 Syrian soldiers killed in ISIS attack on Palmyra
At least 30 Syrian army troops and Iranian-backed militiamen were killed on Tuesday when ISIS fighters attacked a military outpost near Palmyra in eastern Syria, a monitor and residents from the area said.They said the militants…
Syrian goods arrive in Libya’s Benghazi for shopping exhibition
Syrian goods arrived in Benghazi port onboard a shipping ship to take part in Benghazi-hosted “Made in Syria” shopping exhibition.The exhibition will host over 100 Syrian companies, according to the Head of Libyan business owners…
Any more strikes on Syria would make international ties chaotic, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that further attacks by Western allies in Syria would inevitably lead to chaos in international relations.
In a phone conversation on Sunday, the two leaders…
US, UK, France strike Syria, Russia and Iran dismayed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced a strike on Syria launched by the US and its allies as an "act of aggression" that will exacerbate humanitarian catastrophe in Syria.In a statement issued by the Kremlin, the Russian…
Russia and Syria urge inspection of chemical attack site
President Bashar al-Assad’s government has invited international inspectors to send a team to Syria to investigate an alleged chemical attack in the town of Douma in a move apparently aimed at averting possible Western military action…
US threatens to use force against Syria, Russia warns of ramifications
Moscow and Washington has entered into an escalating war of words over a suspected chemical attack in a Syrian rebel-held town, raising international tensions amid calls for action at an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting.…
Syria: Chemical attack on Douma, Damascus, kills over 70, injures over 1000
At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in…
Syrian army said it had seized over 90% of Eastern Ghouta
The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma, Reuters reported. Reuters said the Syrian army…
Eastern Ghouta in Syria: Rebels evacuated in government-owned buses
Syrian rebels and their families are being evacuated from a key town in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region as part of an agreement with the government.
Buses carrying 1,480 people, including 600 Ahrar al-Sham rebels, drove out of Harasta…
Syrian Free Army, backed by Turkey, claim victory over Kurdish YPG
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized control on Sunday morning of the city of Afrin, the target of a two-month military operation against Kurdish militias in the enclave in Syria. The takeover dealt a blow to Kurdish aspirations for…
Turkish forces enter Syria’s Kurds hub, Afrin
Turkish-led forces began a street-by-street fight to capture the most important Kurdish-held town in northern Syria early Sunday, CNN-Turk television said, a crucial juncture in Turkey’s two-month-old campaign to expel U.S.-backed…