A suspected chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town shows war crimes continue in Syria, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. “The horrific events of yesterday demonstrate unfortunately that war crimes are going on in Syria (and that) international humanitarian law is being[Read More…]
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Suicide bomber kills 25 at Damascus courthouse
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…]
Syrian army declares 72-hour ceasefire amid Eid-al-Fitr festival
The Syrian army declared a 72-hour ceasefire across the country coinciding with the festival marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The army released an official statement saying, “A ‘regime of silence’ is applied across all territory of the Syrian Arab Republic for 72 hours from 1[Read More…]