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Syria, Russia attack rebels training camps in Idlib
Damascus: Syrian missiles and Russian warplanes hit positions of ultra-radical rebel groups in the war-torn country’s northwestern province of Idlib, state media reported. A number of rebels, including their foreign coaches, were…
- Middle East
Russian strikes on Syria’s Idlib province kill 120 rebels
Damascus: Russian airstrikes on positions of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in northwestern Syria has reportedly killed 120 rebels. The Russian warplanes attacked a Nusra Front training camp in the Sheikh Youssef area…
- Middle East
Syrian forces foil rebel attack in Idlib
Damascus: The Syrian forces repelled a rebel group attack in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, state news agency SANA reported. The army forces foiled an attempt of a “terrorist group comprising fighters…
- Middle East
United States operation kills 13 in Syria’s Idlib: War monitor
Damascus: At least 13 people were killed during a US security operation in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. Four children and three women were among those killed during…
- Syria
Turkey rejects Russian explanation over Idlib attack
ANKARA: Turkey on Friday rejected Russia’s claim that 33 Turkish troops killed by Syrian regime fire in the province of Idlib were among groups of “terrorists”. “I want to state that during…
- Syria
Ladder to safety: Syrians eye escape over Turkey border
KAFR LUSIN: Abu Jabber has a plan to escape the Syrian regime’s advance: he has built a ladder from rusty metal for him and his 11 children to climb over the Turkish…
- Syria
EU calls for end to Syria bombing, humanitarian access to Idlib
BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday called for an end to the bombings in northwest Syria and the opening of a humanitarian corridor as Syrian forces push into the last rebel bastion of…
- Syria
Deadly strikes hit Syria rebel bastion as army advances
ARIHA: Air strikes killed 10 civilians near a bakery and a medical clinic in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region on Thursday, as government forces kept up a ground offensive. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for…
- Syria
Turkey building homes in Syria for people fleeing Idlib
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that work was underway to construct homes inside Syria for people fleeing the war-torn country’s last rebel-held stronghold. “In an area 30-40 kilometres deep…
- Syria
Intense fighting in Syria’s Idlib kills 39: monitor
Beirut: Intense fighting between pro-government forces and jihadist-led fighters in Syria’s Idlib province killed at least 39 fighters overnight, a war monitor said Thursday. The violence, which saw air strikes, shelling and…
- Syria
Syria regime fire kills nine in school turned shelter
SARMEEN: Land-to-land missiles fired by Syrian regime forces killed nine civilians including five children in a school in northwestern Syria on Wednesday, a war monitor said. Part of the building in the…
- Syria
Turkey says will not withdraw from army posts in Syria’s Idlib
ISTANBUL: Turkey will not withdraw from its observation posts in the Syrian rebel bastion province of Idlib which has seen an increase in violence carried out by regime forces supported by Russian…
- Syria
Strikes kill 8 in Idlib as Turkey, France urge de-escalation
MAREET-AL-NUMAAN: At least eight people including five children were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes on northwest Syria, as France and Turkey appealed for an end to violence that has forced tens of thousands…