Earlier On Thursday, coalition raids killed another seven civilians in the nearby village of Al-Shaafa. Both Hajin and Al-Shaafa are in a last pocket under IS control in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor near the border with Iraq. Bhupendra Singh ChundawatBhupendra Singh Chundawat is a seasoned technology journalist with over 22 years of … Read more
The death toll is likely to rise due to the number of seriously wounded.Strikes on the area intensified following an attempted jihadist attack on a coalition base in the nearby village of Al-Bahra. Meanwhile , a UN aid convoy has reached a camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border. The convoy was meant to … Read more
Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council the situation in Idlib, one of the opposition’s last remaining footholds in Syria, is “alarming” with airstrikes, clashes between armed groups, overcrowding and severely stretched basic services. Idlib has suffered deteriorating security in recent months as rebel and jihadist factions battle with the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee for … Read more
Pro-Syrian government forces have been battling for weeks to recover al-Hajar al-Aswad district and the adjacent Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp since driving rebels from eastern Ghouta in April. A state television presenter said the recovery of al-Hajar al-Aswad meant the area south of Damascus had been completely cleared of insurgents. The ultra-hardline jihadist group now … Read more
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used a combination of military pressure and evacuation deals in recent months to recapture territory around the capital from his armed opponents. Last month, troops and allied Palestinian militia launched a fierce offensive to oust IS from a cluster of districts in southern Damascus, including the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk. … Read more
