GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-mandated investigators said Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s air force conducted a sarin-gas attack in the spring that killed at least 83 civilians and sparked a retaliatory U.S. strike. The investigators also appealed to the U.S.-led coalition to better protect civilians as it strikes at Islamic State militants in the east. … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded rebel-held districts of Aleppo for the second day Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and damaging two hospitals, a blood bank and several residential buildings in the city’s eastern neighborhoods. Residents rushed for cover and doctors cowered with their patients in a hospital basement amid the … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in Syria’s civil war (all times local): 3:52 p.m. Syrian opposition monitoring groups say an airstrike on a rebel-held village in northern Syria has killed at least 23 people. The activists said the attack on the village of Oweijel in the northern province of Aleppo occurred on … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces advanced to within six miles (10 kilometers) of the Islamic State-occupied Tabqa air base in the northern part of the country on Sunday, June 10, part of a push to try to unseat the extremist group from its de facto capital, Raqqa. Government forces recaptured the nearby Thawra oil … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes on rebel-held districts of Syria’s contested city of Aleppo on Wednesday, June 8, including one that struck near a hospital, killed 15 civilians and wounded many others, as fighting in the country’s largest city intensified once again, opposition activists said. The northern city has seen an uptick in violence in the … Continue reading
MUNICH (AP) — A top Syrian opposition figure criticized Russia on Sunday Feb. 14, for continuing with its bombing in Syria, insisting that people in the country need to see action rather than words. The head of the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, former Prime Minister Riad Hijab, also stopped short of declaring a … Continue reading
DALLAS (AP) — On a sofa in their small apartment, Bashar al Jaddou’s three children climb on his lap and speak in quick, soft Arabic as a photographer takes their picture. They smile and mug for the camera. The 30-year-old al Jaddou decided to leave Syria in 2012 after his family’s home in Homs … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed at least 18 civilians and wounded dozens more on Sunday in a northern Syrian town held by insurgents, Syrian opposition media reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrikes struck the town of Ariha, killing at least 18 … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — A week after the deadliest attacks on France in decades, shell-shocked Parisians honored the 130 victims with candles and songs Friday, knowing that at least one suspect is still at large and fearing that other militants could be slipping through Europe’s porous borders. Having established how the attacks against a soccer stadium, … Continue reading
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Russian proposal to end Syria’s conflict that would include early presidential elections faced opposition from both sides on Wednesday, as deep divisions remained over the fate of President Bashar Assad. Syrian legislator Sharif Shehadeh, a member of the ruling Baath party, told The Associated Press there will be no presidential … Continue reading
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and the U.S. have agreed in “principle” to provide air protection to Syrian rebels being trained and equipped to fight Islamic State militants, once they enter Syrian territory for battle, Turkey’s foreign minister said. The two countries agreed in February to train and equip up to 15,000 Syrians under the … Continue reading
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