27/03/2015

BY ERIN ZALESKI Since the brutal civil war in Syria began in 2011, more than three million people have fled the conflict. The majority of those who have sought refuge in neighboring Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Turkey — four in…

The Swedish author of ‘The Swimmer’ spent almost a year in Syria as a teenager. Part of him never left   By JOAKIM ZANDER   I WAS 15 IN 1990 when my father left his civilian job to take a position as a military…

Dar'a province: Helicopters dropped explosive barrels on Dar'a al-Balad, Inkhel, Shekh Meskin and al-Harra in addition to 6  explosive barrels on areas in Kafar Shams.  Homs province: An officer in regime forces killed by clashes against…

Reef Dimashq province: Clashes took place between regime forces and rebels around Der Kheba town. 4 rebels killed during clashes against regime forces around al-Zabdani. 6 civilians killed by aerial bombardment on Harasta, while many others…

The number of asylum-seeker claims in industrialized countries is at a 22-year high, AFP has reported. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said that the number was up by nearly half on the previous year, with a 45 percent increase from…

Syria has destroyed three of its 12 chemical weapons production sites but is unable to dismantle three other facilities because of security conditions, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Wednesday in…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is open to dialogue with the United States, the leader said in an interview with U.S. television network CBS Thursday. Assad said such dialogue would need to be based on “mutual respect,” but that so far…

Britain will send around 75 military personnel to join a U.S.-led program to train Syrian opposition forces, Defense Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday.The program will train and equip thousands of screened members of the opposition…

the dead : 55 civilians, 47 rebels, 25 Non-Syrian Islamic fighters, 42 Regular forces, 35 NDF, 5, Hezbollah 9 unknown rebels, 6 non-Syrian militants allied to regime forces.. ——————————————————————————————————–——— — A dissident from…

Idlib province: Clashes continue around Regime bastions in Idlib city between Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic battalions against regime forces backed by allied militiamen what killed 3 Islamic fighters including a Saudi commander in Jabhat…