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7 civilians killed in air strikes in Syria's Idlib: monitor

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

At least seven civilians, including five children, were killed Tuesday by air strikes in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the last outside government control, a monitor said. Government and allied forces backed by Russian warplanes have been battling jihadist fighters and rebels for over a week in an area straddling the border between Idlib and Hama provinces. The air strikes targeted the townRead more

Clashes erupted in Syria’s Hama in coincidence with ISIS attempt

Hama - Noura Khowam

Syrian Arab Army backed by the National Defense Forces reportedly captured Hardana and Qasr Ali from the rebel forces, in the northeastern Hama. On a different front, SAA recaptured Sarha Shamali from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Ibaa News Agency reported destruction of SAA‘s tank on Tallat Sarha with an anti-tank guided missile. Free Syrian Army’s Jaysh al-IzzaRead more

Syria’s Al Bab witnesses increasing tensions

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Clashes took place after the midnight of Wednesday – Thursday, between the rebel and Islamic factions against the “Islamic State” organization, in the area of Da’bul Street in Al-Tadamon neighbourhood, and information about confirmed casualties in the ranks of the both parties. areas in Kafr Zita in the northern countryside of Hama were shelled after the midnight of Wednesday andRead more

Syrian regime forces kill nine civilians in Damascus Ghouta

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Number of people who joined yesterday to the convoy of the Martyrs of the Syrian Revolution has increased as nine civilians were killed during attack from the regime forces. In Daraa province, a fighter of a rebel faction was killed after being shot by unknown gunmen yesterday in Al-Yadudah town in the western countryside of Daraa. While the Syrian ObservatoryRead more

Syrian army resumes liberating Deir Al Zour from ISIS

Deir Al Zour - Noura Khowam

The warplanes don’t almost stop flying over Hama and Idlib, for the 3rd consecutive day, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights observed carrying out hundreds of raids which targeted areas in the northern, the north-eastern and the north-western countryside of Hama, and the southern countryside of Idlib. Sources documented the increase of the number of the raids carriedRead more

21 ISIS militant were killed in suicide attack in Hama

Idlib - Noura Khowam

Russian and Syrian regime warplanes launched on Tuesday a number of airstrikes on several areas in the provinces of Idlib and Hama, as a response to a previous attack waged by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham that includes Fatah al-Sham faction. Last week, Russia, Iran, and Turkey, known as the guarantors of the peace talks in Astana have agreed to establish fourRead more

Syrian regime forces bombarded areas in Hama with air raids

Kafr Zita - Noura Khowam

Syrian regime forces shelled areas in the vicinity of Kafr Zita town, without information about casualties, while violent clashes took place between regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and the Islamic factions on the other, in areas in the south-eastern countryside of Hama. Warplanes also carried out raids which targeted areas in the eastern and theRead more

Syrian governmental forces bombard and violent clashes in Hama

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Less than two thousand militants related ISIS extremist groups are estimated to remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa, as they are fighting for their survival in the face of an offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, said U.S Special Envoy for International Coalition Brett McGurk. He added that the Syrian Democratic Forces had cleared about 45 percent ofRead more

Syrian rebels launch attack on government positions near Hama

Beirut - Arab Today

Syrian rebels including a powerful alliance of militant groups said they launched a new offensive near the city of Hama in the central part of western Syria on Tuesday. The rebels attacked government positions in the town of Soran and the village of Maardas, gaining control over parts of them, a monitor of Syria’s civil war said. Tahrir al-Sham, anRead more