Russia and Syria blame Israel for airstrike on Syrian military airport
Washington has denied responsibility for the strike on Syria’s central Tayfur air base.
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Washington has denied responsibility for the strike on Syria’s central Tayfur air base.
Bombardment on today killed 106 civilians, including 19 children, according to a war monitor.
Over 80 people were killed in the chemical attack in April.
The conflict in Syria has raged on for seven years. But from the rubble, the women in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp are finding ways to build new lives.
“The preparatory work has been done, but nevertheless, there is no prosecutor and no court.”
The US warned against any attack which could result in the “mass murder” of civilians.
The Trump administration has done little to clarify on how it will approach the situation in Syria.
“The United States will no longer wait for Assad to use chemical weapons without any consequences.”
Assad’s popularity is a narrative that has been marginalised in the West, but that doesn’t make it any less vital to bringing an end to the terrible war in my country, writes Antoine Bakhash with the help of Eimhin O’Reilly.
Amnesty says their new report reveals a “hidden, monstrous campaign” at Saydnaya prison.
It comes as the Assad regime intensifies its bombardment of a rebel district home to the capital’s main water source.
The battle lasted nearly four and a half years, turning the city into a worldwide symbol of bloodshed and devastation.
The General Assembly resolution was co-sponsored by Ireland and 57 other countries.
In total, it is estimated 3,000 people have been evacuated so far.
A rebel official said an evacuation deal, sponsored by Russia and Turkey, was set to take effect within hours.
Government and allied forces now hold over 75% of east Aleppo, a rebel bastion since 2012.
Aleppo in Syria is the centre of fierce fighting.
The evacuation of Daraya came after a deal struck by President Bashar al-Assad’s government and opposition forces in the town, one of the first to rise up against the Assad regime.
Nawras and Moaz were joined at the chest, with hearts sharing the same sac.
It’s not happy with other countries getting invovled.
The footage is a rare aerial view of the extent of the destruction in Syria.
A Kremlin spokesman described it as a “working visit”.
US officials say Russian missiles missed Syria. The Russians are having none of it.
Irish aid worker David Adams visited a clinic that helps to rehabilitate some of the casualties of the Syrian conflict.
But they’re safe at the moment.
Meanwhile, Washington insists it is not ‘on the same page’ as Syria in their fight against Islamic State militants.
In his monthly report to the UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon said that nearly half of the country is in need of immediate help.
Homs was once the “capital of the revolution”. Now it is back in the hands of Bashar Assad.
High-tech western military force does not end conflicts – it changes them.
The Syrian conflict is the world’s largest humanitarian disaster. After three years of conflict, basic services like healthcare are completely collapsing, writes Peter Power of UNICEF.
UN security guards have had to step in on occasion as reporters fling slurs and abuse across press room.
Syrian officials branded the opposition as traitors and insisted Assad will not give up power.
The report by three former war crimes prosecutors, based on thousands of photos smuggled out of the country, accuses Syria of large-scale killing and torture. (Note: graphic content).
A surprise UN invite to Iran had thrown the talks into doubt.
The “unprecedented” bombardment came as the UN estimated that the number of Syrian refugees would touch 4.1 million by the end of 2014.
The Greek Orthodox nuns and three other women were seized at a convent in the village of Maaloula yesterday.
“I did not say a proper goodbye to my father and did not even bury him. I don’t know who did and where,” said Ahmed, whose family has been forced to move around – inside and outside Syria – for more than a year after a shell destroyed their home.
The Syrian leader made the remark “jokingly” according to a Lebanese newspaper.
The civil war in Syria has killed and injured innumerable people, many of them innocent civilians. We are trying to help survivors repair the damage to their bodies – and to their minds, writes Jane-Ann McKenna.
The team charged with the destruction of the weapons began the process this morning, a source in the international mission has said.