Warriors in East Ghouta have forced themselves to retreat to regroup. That said a spokesperson for the jihadist Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam), one of the most important forces in the besieged enclave near the capital Damascus.
The Syrian army has attacked positions of the rebels in the East-Ghouta region, east of the capital Damascus. In addition, it claims to have different agricultural land and six villages and towns.
US President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel stressed in a telephone conversation that the recent Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Syria must be implemented immediately. They accuse the Syrian government and the Russian and Iranian allies of the regime in Damascus.
Rebels violate the file in Syria according to the Russian army in five provinces and the East-Ghouta region. They thus block the evacuation of civilians from dangerous places in East Ghouta.
An elderly Pakistani couple were evacuated Wednesday from the besieged East-Ghouta region, east of the Syrian capital. The Syrian Red Cross (or Red Crescent) has announced this, according to the BBC.
Citizens in the region of East Ghouta besieged for years, not far from the Syrian capital Damascus, have 'massively announced that they want to get away from it', but the fighters in the enclave prevent that. This said the Russian general Vladimir Zolotoechin against the media. He speaks on behalf of a Russian authority that inter alia mediates between warring parties in Syria.
The temporary file proposed by the Russian and Syrian leaders on the front east of Damascus seems to be successful. Everywhere in the East-Ghouta region, besieged by the Syrian army, the arms were silent Tuesday morning, the observers from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported.
Russia wants burghers from the Syrian region of Ghouta to be able to leave at agreed times via an agreed route. The Russian Defense Minister Sergey Sjojgoe said that from February 27 there will be a 'humanitarian battle break' from 9 am in the morning until 2 pm in the afternoon, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations called on the warring parties in Syria to observe a cease-fire. 'East Ghouta can not wait. It is high time that this hell on earth comes to an end ', said António Guterres against the Human Rights Council of the UN.
The attacks by the Syrian government army on East Ghouta near Damascus continued on Sunday. This happened despite the resolution for a cease-fire that was adopted on Saturday by the UN Security Council.
The Syrian government army has killed at least five hundred civilians in a week's bombing of East Ghouta, a rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus.
The Kurdish YPG thinks that the support of the Syrian government against the Turkish army is sufficient. That reports a spokesperson for the organization. Damascus sent militias linked to the Syrian army on Tuesday.
Russia wants the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday on the situation in East Ghouta. 'This is necessary because of the concerns we have heard today,' said Russian UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia. He stated that all parties can then share their 'perspective and insights'.
Heavy shelling has cost the lives of dozens of people in East Ghouta, a rebel stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the United Kingdom, said that at least 27 people were killed on Wednesday. Another 200 people would have been injured.
The continuous shelling and bombing of the Syrian rebel enclave East Ghouta took the lives of 106 people on Tuesday. This is reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the United Kingdom, which relies on local sources.
Because of the continuing bombing of the Syrian rebel enclave East Ghouta, thousands of families are in mortal danger. That is what the Save the Children aid organization says, after about a hundred people would have been killed in 24 hours. 'Local emergency workers talk about 4100 families who hide in a network of underground cellars and shelters. \u0026 # X27; \u0026 # x27;
Due to the ongoing bombing and artillery bombardments on insurgents in East Ghouta, 71 people lost their lives in 24 hours. There were also 325 wounded. That is what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on Monday.
The Syrian region of East Ghouta has been through the bloodiest week since 2015. Over the past four days, at least 229 people have been killed by attacks from government forces, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This is based on local sources.
The regime of Bashar al-Assad accuses the United States of war crimes after a bloody confrontation that exposed the many dangers of the current struggle in Syria. Now that Islamic State has fallen away as a common enemy, there is high tension on the whole country, which is currently going through the deadliest week since time.
The United States is 'seriously troubled' \u0026 # x27; about reports that the Syrian government has used chlorine gas in the Idlib province. The ministry of foreign affairs reported this on Monday after emergency services reported earlier on the day that people had died again by poison gas.
Jet fighters attacked a convoy of refugees in the Syrian province of Idlib, which killed at least seven civilians. The victims are mainly elderly and children, according to aid workers.
Researchers have for the first time established a link between the great attack with the poison gas sarin in Ghouta and the chemical weapons stock of Syria. During the attack in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, hundreds of people died in 2013.
Syrian rebels attacked an army post near Damascus and killed at least 13 soldiers. This is a new offensive unleashed against the troops of the Assad government, said a spokesman for the insurgents Sunday. The attack was deployed from East Ghouta, a stronghold near the capital that is in the hands of Islamic resistance movements.
The Syrian government and the opposition reached an agreement on an armistice in East Ghouta during the negotiations in Vienna on Friday. It has been agreed that from midnight no more will be shot and bombed in this rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus. That is what spokesperson Ahmed Ramadan said of the insurgents. The file is mainly due to Russian mediation.
Turkish President Erdogan called his Russian counterpart Putin and said that the Syrian government should stop its attacks in Idlib in the northwest and east of Damascus. Erdogan said that the process by which Russia, Iran and Turkey try to bring peace to Syria together is at risk if these attacks continue.
Israeli warplanes fired targets in the night from Monday to Tuesday in Syria. According to the Syrian army, missiles were fired in an area near the capital Damascus.
The evacuation of the sick and wounded from the besieged Syrian East Ghouta started Wednesday morning, the Red Cross announced.
Turkey wants to evacuate around 500 people together with Russia from the besieged Syrian district of East Ghouta near the capital Damascus. That is what the Turkish president Recep Erdogan said on Sunday.
The Uber driver who is detained in Lebanon for abusing and assassinating the British diplomat Rebecca Dykes has told the police that he liked Dykes. The man would also have spoken in interrogations about the short skirt worn by the victim, according to Daily Mail.
At least nineteen civilians were killed and 25 others were injured by an air attack of Syrian and Russian aircraft on the village of But Shureen.
