02/09/2015

Damascus province: Several shells fell on places in Qazzaz area and in the vicinity of al-Mazra’a area and al-Salhiyyeh market area, and elsewhere in Baghdad Street at the center of the capital, causing material damage to the properties…

Latakia Province: The helicopters dropped barrel bombs on areas in Rabi’aah Township in Jabal al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia, which is witnessing for months clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to…

Aleppo Province: A person from the village of Jazraya was killed by a landmine near the Syrian – Turkish borders, while clashes took place between the rebel and Islamic factions and Al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda in the Levant) against NDF and…

Rif Dimashq Province: The number of fighters of the Islamist factions who were killed in al- Zabadani clashes has risen to 3, while 4 militiamen of Hezbollah killed in the same clashes too. Meanwhile the number of civilians who were…

'Tsunami' of emigration threatens the future of the Church there One of Syria’s most senior Catholic leaders has issued an impassioned plea to young people, begging them to stay, describing it as a “tsunami”. Melkite Greek Catholic…

The former CIA director and commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, David Petraeus, has backed the proposed plan for Australia to extend its anti-Islamic State bombing campaign into Syria, even as he admitted it would help the…

The numbers are small, but Moscow may be looking at its own version of mission creep in the treacherous Middle East. The end of summer. It means back-to-school shopping, tearfully ended beach-borne romances, Labor Day barbecues—and, it…

LONDON — Of the 4 million Syrians who have fled their country since the war began, including hundreds of thousands who have poured into Europe, the number who have been resettled in Britain could fit on a single London Underground train —…

The CIA and U.S. special operations forces have launched a secret campaign to hunt terrorism suspects in Syria as part of a targeted killing program that is run separately from the broader U.S. military offensive against the…

Civilians in Aleppo city undergoing huge suffering because of deliberate cuts to water supply, humanitarian agency says.   Rival sides in the conflict continue to trade blame over who is responsible for the lack of water…