December 2015

Reef Dimashq province: A missile fired by regime forces fell on Zabdin what killed 4 men and a child and wounded many others. Warplanes also raided Arbin and Duma, amid targeted areas of Ma'damia al-Sham with 4 explosive barrels. Lattakia…

Dar'a province: Rose to 50 the number of Russian airstrikes which targeted Shekh Meskin town amid clashes between regime forces and Islamic battalions around Shekh Meskin. Regime forces bombarded areas of Nawa, Aqraba, al-Taiha, Sakaka,…

The operation to evacuate the wounded from al-Zabdani, Kafria and al-Fouaa has begun by cars belongs to international humanitarian organizations into 2 crossings at the same time, Bab al-Hawa crossing with Eskendaron, and al-Masna' crossing…

Aleppo province: Clashes continued between IS and rebels in the northern countryside amid advances for rebels in Dwedan village which is inhabited by Kurdish and Turkmen near the Turkish borders, the IS re-attacked the village and…

Reef Dimashq province: Clashes took place between regime forces and rebels around al-Merej town and al-Balalia farms, what killed 5 rebels. 2 rebels were killed by explosive barrels targeted Ma'damia al-Sham. A number of civilians were…

Homs province: A massive explosion has been heard in al-Zahraa neighborhood which is inhabited by Alawite caused by detonating a suicide car, what wounded a number of civilians and caused material damages, confirmed reports of human losses.…

Dar'a province: Clashes taking place between regime forces and rebels around Shekh Meskin in an attempt by the regime to advance in the area amid 40 Russian airstrikes on areas of the town, confirmed reports of losses in both sides. Islamic…

WASHINGTON – Three months into his military intervention in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved his central goal of stabilizing the Assad government and, with the costs relatively low, could sustain military operations at…

Russia's military rejects claims it has killed hundreds of innocent people in airstrikes saying pilots "never missed targets". The Russian military says it has not hit civilian targets in Syria since it first started its bombing…

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