Islamic State terrorists are planting booby trap bombs inside teddy bears, dolls, fridges and televisions in war-torn Syria. Syrian doctors working with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the north of the devastated country made the claim. According to the doctors, bombs have also been planted in roads, fields, houses and[Read More…]
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Suicide bomber kills 25 at Damascus courthouse
Syria: Dozens killed in twin bombing near cemetery in Damascus
At least 33 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a twin bombing in Syria’s capital, Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA has reported. Two explosive devices went off near Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Damascus’ Bab Mousalla area, the city’s Police Command was quoted by SANA news[Read More…]
Syria: 11 killed in government air strike
At least 11 people, mostly civilians, were killed on government air strikes in northwest Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday. “Government warplanes carried out air strikes after midnight on several areas in the town of Ariha. The preliminary toll is 11 killed, including at least seven[Read More…]
White Helmets bags Oscar for best short documentary, cinematographer denied visa
A documentary film White Helmets- which features the rescue group that operates in rebel held parts of Syria- has won the Oscar for best short documentary. The 40-minute Netflix film gives an insight into the day-to-day functioning of the rescue group and features the risky rescue operation carried out by[Read More…]
Islamic State’s car bomb kills over 50 in northwest Syria
A car bomb killed more than 40 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels. Just after the jihadist group was driven from its last stronghold in the area. The blast in the village of Sousian hit a security checkpoint controlled by rebels fighting under the Free Syrian[Read More…]
Syria: ISIS car bomb on rebels kills 41, mostly civilians
A car bomb by Islamic State on a security checkpoint controlled by Turkey backed-Syrian rebels in a village near al-Bab in Syria on Friday killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians. The car bomb struck military and security offices in Sousian, which is behind the rebel lines about eight km[Read More…]
Syria: 3 Turkish soldiers killed in Russian airstrike, Putin apologises
Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others during an operation against Islamic State in northern Syria on Thursday morning, Turkey’s military said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and expressed sorrow and condolences for the accidental killing, the military[Read More…]
Syria: 13,000 people secretly executed in government jail, says Amnesty report
Around 13,000 people, mostly civilians, have been executed in the past five years inside a Syrian government jail, according to a report by Amnesty International. The mass hangings have taken place at Saydnaya military prison near Damascus between 2011 and 2015. The shocking report indicated that the mass hangings are[Read More…]
US backs Syrian rebels with armored trucks for Raqqa fight
U.S. military says it has provided a small number of armoured vehicles to Syrian fighters hoping to defeat the Islamic State militants from their self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa. As per guardian reports, air force Col. John Dorrian says that reinforced security vehicles such as bulletproof trucks will keep the U.S.-backed[Read More…]
Malala Yousafzai ‘heartbroken’ over Trump’s refugee policies
Yousafzai, the youngest to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, shared it in 2014 with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, a fellow education activist. She is student activist from Pakistan and a Nobel Peace laureate too. As Trump signs an order entitled: “Protection of the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” which[Read More…]
Astana talks: Russia, Turkey, Iran agreed to the plan to support Syrian ceasefire
The peace talks, held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict have ended with Russia, Turkey and Iran agreeing on a mechanism to support a delicate ceasefire. The meeting, brokered by Russia and Turkey, was aimed at strengthening a nationwide ceasefire that has largely held despite pockets[Read More…]
US dropped 26,172 bombs in seven countries under Obama presidency, says report
Outgoing US President Barack Obama, Nobel laureate for peace in 2009, was responsible for the dropping of 26,172 bombs in seven countries in 2016, over 3,000 more bombs than in 2015. The data released by Statistica are likely to be an underestimate, since the data came from a handful of[Read More…]
10 killed, 17 injured in suicide bombing in Syria
10 people were killed and 17 persons wounded on Thursday by a suicide bombing in the Kafarsuseh neighbourhood in the capital Damascus. Two suicide bombers shatter their explosives near the Muhafaza sport club in Kafarsuseh west of Damascus, as per India Today reports. The Syrian army and allied Shiite fighters[Read More…]
This Syrian artist is ‘painting on death’
Art always had a role in conflict zone. Various art forms and creative expressions fearlessly portrayed the fury of war. A 38 year-old man from Syria is converting the destructive weapon of war into fine art pieces. Akram Abo Alfoz collects the bombs and bullets that litter the shell-ridden streets[Read More…]
Syria: Ceasefire backed by Russia, Turkey officially in effect
A ceasefire across Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey, came into force after the government and armed opposition groups accepted the truce agreement. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally of Bashar al-Assad, announced the deal on Thursday after preparing the agreement with Turkey, a long time backer of the[Read More…]
Turkey, Russia agree on ceasefire in Syria: State media
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency on Wednesday reported that both the Turkish and Russian governments have agreed the terms of a ceasefire in Syria. The ceasefire, which comes into effect on midnight, aims to expand a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo, brokered by Turkey and Russia earlier this month to[Read More…]
Russian military plane crashes in Black Sea near Sochi
A Russian military plane with 91 passengers on board has crashed into the Black Sea , Russian defence ministry said. The plane disappeared from radar 20 minutes after taking off from Sochi’s Adler airport at 7:50 am IST. “Fragments of the Tu-154 plane of the Russian defence ministry were found[Read More…]
48 journalists killed in 2016; Camera operator and photographer most dangerous jobs: CPJ report
48 journalists killed in 2016; Camera operator and photographer dangerous jobs: CPJ reportThe Committee to Protect Journalist said at least 48 journalist were killed in 2016. CPJ is also investigating the death of 27 journalists to determine whether they were work-related. The deadliest countries for journalists were, in order, Syria,[Read More…]
Battle for Aleppo: Rebels burn Syrian evacuation buses
Buses assigned to evacuate civilians and rebels from Syrian villages of al-Fouya and Kefraya in Idrib province have been attacked and some burned, according to the Syrian Observatory for human Rights. On Saturday, a new plan to evacuate evacuate civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo was being blocked by Iran after[Read More…]
Aleppo: UN Security Council to vote on sending observers
The United Nations Security Council will vote on Sunday on a French proposal to send observers to the Syrian city of Aleppo to monitor evacuation and report on the protection of civilians. Despite resistance from Russia, the council will meet at 8:30 pm IST to decide on the draft resolution.[Read More…]
Aleppo: Evacuation of residents suspended
The process of evacuating tens of thousands of rebels and civilians from the last rebel-held pockets of east Aleppo has been suspended, a day after convoys of buses and ambulances began taking residents out of the city. The reason for halting the evacuation process was unclear. Anti-government activists said pro-government[Read More…]
At least 3000 civilians evacuated from east Aleppo: Red Cross
At least 3,000 civilians were evacuated from east Aleppo under a deal allowing Syria’s regime to take full control of the city after years of fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. A revived agreement on a ceasefire and evacuations were announced on Thursday after the initial plan[Read More…]
Syrian UN Ambassador uses fake photo at council to positively portray army
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations reportedly used an old photo taken in Iraq in attempt to convince the UN Security council that Syrian forces are not mistreating civilians, ABC News reported. By holding up the photo of a soldier providing help to a woman, Syrian ambassador Bashar Jaafari said[Read More…]
Aleppo ceasefire violated; situation turns worse
Syrian government forces have renewed the shellings on the last holdouts of rebel-held eastern Aleppo, raising fears that a deal to evacuate civilians and rebels from the city may not be honoured. Journalists, activists, civilians and bloggers have been live-tweeting and updating about the catastrophe in the eastern Aleppo- one[Read More…]