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News Syria Damascus: Citizen journalist among 11 civilians killed by air raids in northwest Syria

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Citizen journalist among 11 civilians killed by air raids in northwest Syria
News source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/citizen-journalist-among-11-civilians-killed-air-raids-northwest-syria

said Dyab was killed while "trying to show the world what's going on in Syria". "It's a great loss," he said. Dyab, who was single, leaves behind his parents and three brothers, one of whom is held by ...

News Syria Damascus: Citizen journalist among 18 civilians killed in northwest Syria

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Citizen journalist among 18 civilians killed in northwest Syria
News source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/citizen-journalist-among-11-civilians-killed-northwest-syria-155100820.html

A young citizen journalist was among 18 civilians killed in air raids on Syria's jihadist-run Idlib region Sunday, rescue workers and a monitor said, as he filmed the bombardment of the battered enclave. Anas al-Dyab, a photographer and videographer in his early 20s, was a member of the White Helmets

News Syria Damascus: Militants bomb, derail phosphate train in central Syria

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Militants bomb, derail phosphate train in central Syria
News source: http://www.startribune.com/syrian-government-bombing-of-rebel-stronghold-kills-11/513006132/

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's transport ministry said a freight train carrying phosphate derailed and caught fire Sunday after getting hit by explosives planted on the tracks by militants in the country's ...

News Syria Damascus: Syria says militant attack shuts down gas pipeline

Published on: Sunday 14 July 2019
Syria says militant attack shuts down gas pipeline
News source: https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/Syria-says-militant-attack-shuts-down-gas-pipeline-14094343.php

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Militants targeted a gas pipeline in government-controlled central Syria, putting it out of order Sunday, according to state media. The SANA news agency didn't name the ...

News Syria Damascus: Syria regime air strikes kill four civilians

Published on: Sunday 23 June 2019
Syria regime air strikes kill four civilians
News source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/06/23/Syria-regime-air-strikes-kill-four-civilians.html

An air raid by Damascus aircraft on Sunday took the lives of two adults and two children in the village of Josef in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Since Wednesday ...

News Syria Damascus: Sousan to Cuban delegation: US reckless policies serious threat to int’l peace

Published on: Saturday 22 June 2019
Sousan to Cuban delegation: US reckless policies serious threat to int’l peace
News source: https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=168201

Damascus, SANA_ Assistant Foreign and Expatriates Minister ... Sousan gave a presentation on the developments in Syria, pointing out that the blatant foreign interference and the illegal presence of ...

News Syria Damascus: Syria regime air strikes kills 4 civilians: monitor

Published on: Saturday 22 June 2019
Syria regime air strikes kills 4 civilians: monitor
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/syria-regime-air-strikes-kills-4-civilians-monitor-005449574.html

Syrian regime air strikes killed four civilians including two children Sunday in a northwestern bastion of opposition, a Britain-based war monitor said. An air raid by Damascus aircraft on Sunday took the lives of two adults and two children in the village of Josef in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory

News Syria Damascus: Damascus’ Four Seasons closes down following US sanctions on Syrian oligarch

Published on: Wednesday 19 June 2019
Damascus’ Four Seasons closes down following US sanctions on Syrian oligarch
News source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/06/20/Damascus-Four-Seasons-closes-down-following-US-sanctions-on-Syrian-oligarch.html

“Thank you for your interest in Four Seasons Hotel Damascus.” That is the message on display on the hotel’s website, which adds that the “hotel is no longer managed by Four Seasons Hotels ...

News Syria Damascus: How Russia plans to take part in building Syria's IT sector

Published on: Monday 17 June 2019
How Russia plans to take part in building Syria's IT sector
News source: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/06/russia-syria-it-technologies-reconstruction.html

Syrian youths play games and use computers at an internet cafe in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, July 23, 2015. Syrian Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam and Russian Deputy ...

News Syria Damascus: Children and rescuers among 16 civilians killed by Syria regime fire: monitor

Published on: Thursday 20 June 2019
Children and rescuers among 16 civilians killed by Syria regime fire: monitor
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/three-rescuers-among-15-civilians-killed-syria-regime-003321033.html

Maaret al-Numan (Syria) (AFP) - Regime bombardment killed 20 civilians including eight children and three rescue workers in jihadist-run northwest Syria Thursday, as fighting killed dozens on the edges of the anti-government bastion. The United Nations has warned that the spike in violence could spark

News Syria Damascus: Deliberate crop burning blamed on ISIS remnants compounds misery in war torn Iraq and Syria

Published on: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Deliberate crop burning blamed on ISIS remnants compounds misery in war torn Iraq and Syria
News source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-beaten-in-iraq-and-syria-but-remnants-crop-burning-hits-harvest-hard/?bcmt=1

other rebel areas outside of the Syrian capital, Damascus, eventually forcing the fighters to surrender as early as 2015 and 2016. Throughout the conflict, various warring parties have used food crops ...

News Syria Damascus: Deadly strike hits Syria market as Damascus battles jihadists

Published on: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Deadly strike hits Syria market as Damascus battles jihadists
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/deadly-strikes-hit-syria-market-damascus-battles-jihadists-110156957.html

Maaret al-Numan (Syria) (AFP) - Syrian government air strikes killed 23 civilians, including a dozen people at a busy market, as fierce fighting raged for the jihadist-held northwest, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Regime forces battled to repel a jihadist counteroffensive around the town of Kafr

News Syria Damascus: Syria Rejects Arab Summit Statement on Iran Intervention

Published on: Friday 31 May 2019
Syria Rejects Arab Summit Statement on Iran Intervention
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/05/31/world/middleeast/ap-ml-persian-gulf-tensions.html

Saudi Arabia's King Salman slammed Iran over recent attacks targeting the kingdom, describing the incidents on Saturday in a speech before Muslim leaders gathered in Mecca as "terrorist acts" that threaten global energy supplies.

News Syria Damascus: Regime strikes on Syria militant enclave kill 15

Published on: Friday 31 May 2019
Regime strikes on Syria militant enclave kill 15
News source: https://menafn.com/1098596686/Regime-strikes-on-Syria-militant-enclave-kill-15

On Tuesday, Syria's UN envoy Bashar Jaafari said Damascus 'will spare no effort to end the militant control of Idlib, according to comments carried by SANA. UN deputy aid chief Ursula Mueller ...

News Syria Damascus: Israel launches strikes near Damascus: Syrian state TV

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019
Israel launches strikes near Damascus: Syrian state TV
News source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-launches-strikes-syria-state-tv

Syrian air defences have shot down projectiles coming from "occupied territory", a reference to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Reuters news agency reported, citing Syrian state ...

News Syria Damascus: Syrian state media reports explosions near Damascus, says 'objects' came from Israel

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019
Syrian state media reports explosions near Damascus, says 'objects' came from Israel
News source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-explosions-damascus-israel-state-media-1.5141000

Several explosions were heard in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday night as the country's air defences opened fire on "objects" coming from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state media reported.

News Syria Damascus: Explosions near Syrian capital in apparent Israeli strikes

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019
Explosions near Syrian capital in apparent Israeli strikes
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/explosions-heard-in-syrian-capital-apparent-israeli-strikes/2019/05/17/55a0bc32-78da-11e9-a7bf-c8a43b84ee31_story.html

DAMASCUS, Syria — Several explosions were heard in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday night as the country’s air defenses opened fire on “objects” coming from the direction of the Israeli-occupied ...

News Syria Damascus: Syrian TV Says Damascus Targeted 'From Direction of' Israel

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019
Syrian TV Says Damascus Targeted 'From Direction of' Israel
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/05/17/world/middleeast/17reuters-syria-security.html

Loud blasts echoed across Damascus late on Friday, residents said, as Syrian state media reported "enemy targets" coming from the direction of Israel, which has previously acknowledged conducting repeated strikes inside Syria.