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Syria government to return to Geneva talks Sunday

Damascus - AFP

The Syrian government delegation will return to Geneva on Sunday for peace talks hosted by the United Nations on ending the country's brutal conflict, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. "The Syrian government delegation will arrive in Geneva on Sunday to take part in the eighth round," state news agency SANA reported, citing a foreign ministry source. The government delegationRead more

Damascus condemns Trump's 'dangerous' Jerusalem plan

Damascus - AFP

The Syrian government on Wednesday condemned US President Donald Trump's plan to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. "This is a dangerous initiative by the US administration that clearly exemplifies the United States' contempt for international law," a foreign ministry official quoted by the official SANA news agency saidRead more

Clashes erupted in Damascus Ghouta between Syria’s forces

Damascus - Emirates Voice

Atareb and the countryside around it remain outside the control of the Syrian government, which says it wants to retake all of Syria after six years of civil war that has killed at least 400,000 people and displaced 11 million others - half the country's population. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were three strikes on aRead more

US pushes for extension of Syria gas attack probe

United Nations - AFP

US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the UN Security Council on Friday that it must "act now" to extend an investigation of chemical weapons attacks in Syria, a move that could be vetoed by Russia. The United States has circulated a draft resolution extending the mandate of the joint UN-OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) panel for another yearRead more

International Coalition kills 12 civilians from the same family

Deir Al Zour - Noura Khowam

A local source informed that 12 persons were killed and others were wounded in air strikes carried out by the US-led international coalition, on Tuesday, on the village of Shahabat, in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported. The source revealed that the international coalition has recently escalated its military operations in the area, while Russian warplanes conductedRead more

Syria: Tens of thousands of disappeared must not be forgotten

Damascus - Emirates Voice

The Syrian government and armed groups involved in the country’s conflict must disclose the fate and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been forcibly disappeared or abducted since the onset of the crisis in 2011, said Amnesty International on the International Day of the Disappeared. “Amid the brutality and bloodshed of the Syrian conflict, the plight ofRead more

Syrian forces recapture Daesh's last stronghold

Damascus - Emirates Voice

Syrian government forces retook control of Daesh's last bastion in the central province of Homs late Saturday in the latest setback to the extremist militia, a monitoring group and military sources have said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the recapture of the strategically important town of Al-Sukhna in Homs followed intense bombardment by regime and allied RussianRead more

United States carries out air strike against Syria militia

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

The US military carried out an air strike on Thursday against militia supported by the Syrian government that posed a threat to US and US-backed Syrian fighters in the country's south, US officials told Reuters on Thursday. The militia, who numbered in the dozens and drove a tank and a small number of construction vehicles, ignored warning shots from USRead more

Russian-backed Syria talks derail

Moscow/Astana - Arab Today

Russian-led peace talks on Syria were derailed on Tuesday as fighters backed by Turkey boycotted a third round of meetings in Kazakhstan and the Kremlin indicated there were international divisions over the process. Russia, Bashar Assad’s most powerful ally, said the fighters’ reasons for staying away were unconvincing and their decision came as a surprise. Describing the fighters as TurkishRead more