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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;

They are gassed, starving and now they are being bombed, in fearful expectation of a more deadly ground offensive by the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The inhabitants of East Ghouta will not be spared anything, while the world will look the other way in a mass slaughter in progress.

The Turkish army attacked the Syrian region Afrin on Tuesday with grenades. This was reported by the Syrian state press agency Sana. The bombing was short after Syrian militias supporting the regime of President Assad entered the region.

Turkey threatens to open the attack on Syrian troops if they decide to help the Kurds in Afrin. A deal about that would be in the making. This is a new, life-threatening confrontation in the Syrian war.

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.

A Russian pilot, whose aircraft was knocked down by Syrian rebels, blew himself up last week before he could be caught by speeded-up fighters. 'This is for our boys,' he yelled out.

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US forces have killed dozens of Russian mercenaries in Syria last week. That means an American official and three Russians who are familiar with the case.

The Syrian government has promised Israel 'more surprises' in possible future air strikes. This announcement follows the collapse of an Israeli fighter jet, which returned on Saturday after bombing targets in Syria.

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.

Dozens of civilians were killed by heavy bombing in the Syrian region of East Ghouta. This is reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the United Kingdom, which relies on local sources.

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.

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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.

The Kurdish authorities in the Afrin region have appealed to the Syrian regime. This should 'protect the borders with Turkey against attacks by the Turkish occupying forces,' the regional board said.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish troops and allied rebels have conquered a village in northwestern Syria after fighting with Kurdish militias.

The Syrian army has made a strategically important conquest in the northwest of the country. Together with allies, it managed to recapture the air base in the province of Idlib on the rebels.

Turkey is about to embark on a risky military adventure in Syria. The planned offensive against the Kurdish enclave Afrin itself is going to be a big blow, but it will also put the tensions elsewhere in the country on sharp.

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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.