Syria regime airstrikes kill seven in latest Idlib bloodshed
Regime airstrikes on a jihadi enclave in northwest Syria killed seven civilians on Thursday, a monitor said, the latest deaths in a bloody wave of government attacks. Damascus and its ally, Russia, have pummeled Idlib province and surroundings over the past month despite a truce ...
France has unverified 'indication' of chemical attack in Syria
France's top diplomat said Tuesday that the country had an "indication" that a chemical attack had been carried out in Syria's Idlib province this month, an attack alleged by Washington last week. "We have an indication that chemical weapons were used in the Idlib region, ...
Another wave of regime airstrikes on Tuesday struck a jihadi bastion in northwest Syria where more than 40 civilians have been killed in several days of heavy bombardment, a war monitor said. Six children were among 12 people killed on Tuesday in government fire on ...
Syrian regime-led air raids hit crowded residential areas in Idlib, killing at least six
At least six people were killed and 10 remain under rubble following Syrian government air raids on a crowded residential area in the rebel's last stronghold, rescuers and activists said Monday. The first responders known as White Helmets said five women and a child were ...
Syria regime steps up airstrikes in northwest and seizes small town
Syrian government forces pounded positions in the northwest of the country on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in the heaviest day of air strikes since launching a major campaign against the rebel-held territory nearly four weeks ago. The bombardment helped Russian-backed government ...
Regime poison gas use alleged as Syrian army fails to retake Latakia mountain
Syrian rebels held onto a commanding position in a mountain range in the coastal province of Latakia, the ancestral home of Syrian President Bashar Assad, after government forces were forced to withdraw. They said the army's attempt was the latest of several costly campaigns to ...
After fleeing regime and Russian bombs, Syrian families shelter in olive groves near Turkey border
Families who fled Syrian government and Russian strikes in northwestern Syria are sleeping in an olive grove near the Turkish border without enough food and no place else to go. They are some of the 150,000 people who have escaped an upsurge in violence in ...
Clashes on the edge of a jihadi bastion in northwestern Syria have killed 35 fighters in 24 hours, a monitor said Monday, after a regime bombardment on the region devastated health services. The northwestern region has come under increasing fire by the regime and its ...
Rebel fire kills five civilians in Syria regime-held town, state media says
Rebel rocket fire killed four children and a woman Sunday in a regime-held town outside the embattled jihadi bastion of Idlib in northwest Syria, state news agency SANA said. The bombardment by "terrorist groups" on the Christian-majority town of Suqaylabiyah in Hama province also wounded ...
Syrian troops snub cease-fire and seize northwestern fortress town from rebels in Idlib
Syrian government troops captured a northwestern village known for its medieval fortress on Thursday as they move deeper toward Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold, activists and pro-government media said. The latest wave of fighting that began last week is the most serious challenge ...
Over 150,000 displaced in northwest Syria fighting in one week amid Bashar-led assault, says U.N.
Violence in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib has displaced more than 150,000 people in the past week, the U.N. said Tuesday, as the regime and Russia upped deadly bombardment of the jihadi bastion. The uptick in strikes and shelling on the region dominated by ...
Clashes between Syrian regime forces and jihadis Monday killed more than 26 fighters in the country's northwest, which has seen an escalation in shelling and airstrikes, a monitor said. Eleven pro-government fighters were among those killed in fierce fighting in the northern countryside of Hama ...
