For the first time in eight months, Syrian fighter planes have carried out air strikes in the southern province of Deraa. The attacks were just east of the provincial capital Deraa and other attacks about 60 kilometers and southwest of Damascus.
The Syrian civil war took the lives of over half a million people in seven years. This was calculated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the United Kingdom, which receives information from local sources.
The authorities in the rebel town of Douma in East Ghouta are struggling with the influx of refugees. Thousands of displaced families reside in streets and parks due to lack of space in cellars and other shelters, the city council warns, which speaks of a 'catastrophic' situation.
The Syrian army completely surrounded the city of Douma on Sunday. That reports a military news agency from Hezbollah, which is allied with the Syrian government.
After a week of offensive, Turkish soldiers have reached the outskirts of the city of Afrin in the north of Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Turks are advancing on the east side of the city.
The Syrian army has cut Douma and Harasta, the two largest cities of East Ghouta, from the rest of the rebel enclave. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that soldiers have entered areas between the two cities and the rest of the enclave.
The Syrian state television reported Friday that fighters and their families have started with the departure from East Ghouta. In this heavily besieged and bombed enclave east of the capital Damascus insurgents still serve the service.
A convoy of relief goods was in the besieged region of East Ghouta near the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday and all goods were unloaded. This has been announced by the Red Cross. The thirteen trucks have since returned from Douma, the largest place in the area that has been surrounded for years.
On the Syrian rebel enclave East Ghouta bombing was carried out on Friday morning while an auxiliary convoy was just driving in. It is not known whether there have been casualties.
A group of German representatives of the extreme right AfD has visited the Assad regime in Damascus. Making the salonfähig of the bloody mass murderer causes violent reactions to our eastern neighbors.
Since the start of the Syrian army's offensive in mid-February in East Ghouta, more than a thousand deaths have occurred. This was reported by Médecins Sans Frontières on Thursday. More than 4,800 people were injured.
The Syrian army has split the rebel stronghold East Ghouta almost in two. A commander from the government army said that the strip connecting the northern and southern parts of the enclave is only one kilometer wide.
The ground offensive against Islamic State is dwelling in what is a new source of tension between NATO allies America and Turkey.
A Syrian army colonel said that the liberation of besieged East Ghouta is imminent. He said that the enclave, which had been besieged for years, was 'warmly embraced by Syria again.' Observers who read the Internet front reported on Wednesday that the village of Hammuriyah surrendered to the on-going government forces after negotiations. On the northern side, Misraba had already been captured on Wednesday.
The Russian army offered fighters in the area around East Ghouta, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, a way out. The Ministry of Defense announced that transport will be made available for the fighters and their families. They can then leave a safe route and are allowed to use personal weapons \u0026 # x27; take.
A convoy of relief goods has left the city of Douma in Oost-Ghouta for safety reasons. 'They have unloaded as much as possible under the conditions on the spot \u0026 # x27 ;, #,' said a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The fighting in East Ghouta continued unabated on Monday. Air strikes have been carried out on several front lines in the rebellious Syrian region east of the capital Damascus. That is what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has announced. According to the UK-based organization, targets in Harasta, Beit Sawa and Hosh al-Ashari have been bombed and bombarded with mortar grenades.
The Syrian army and its allies have owned more than a third of the rebellious enclave in East Ghouta near Damascus since the beginning of the ground offensive a week ago. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has defended the controversial offensive in East Ghouta. He called the military operation 'a continuation of the fight against terrorism.' The president made it clear that the struggle continues, despite international criticism.
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.
Local employees of the United Nations and international aid organizations have sexually exploited women in Syria in exchange for emergency aid. That reports the British broadcaster BBC Tuesday. Although there would have been warnings about the abuse three years ago, a new report from the UN shows that the misconduct has not yet stopped.
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.
