The Syrian government army fully controls the city of Douma in East Ghouta. That says a Russian army official according to news agency TASS, which reports that the Russian military police are used to keep the order in its place.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres called on the members of the UN Security Council not to let the situation in Syria get out of hand. The UN chief spoke to the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Council and informed them of his concerns about the stalemate in the council, he said on Wednesday evening (local time).
The online research platform Bellingcat considers it plausible that if poison gas is used in East Ghouta, the Syrian army has carried out that attack. It is 'very likely' that on Saturday dozens of people were killed by a poison gas attack with helicopters that came from a support center of the Syrian Air Force in the neighborhood.
The Kremlin has emphasized that it is not doing 'Twitter diplomacy.' The apparent reason was a series of tweets from US President Donald Trump, who warned the Russians through the messaging service that they should consider an American rocket attack on targets in Syria.
The United States seems to be heading for a new attack on the Assad regime in Syria. What does American President Donald Trump hope to achieve in the conflict-torn country? America expert Willem Post from the Clingendael Institute: 'This does not solve the situation in Syria. But it shows that Trump can not be scoffed. '
An estimated five hundred victims of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria are in hospitals with 'signs and symptoms of exposure to toxic chemicals'. This says the World Health Organization (WHO), which condemned the reported attack with chemical weapons in the Syrian Douma last weekend.
The UN Security Council has not been able to reach an agreement to find out whether chemical weapons have been reused in Syria and which team of specialists to investigate. The US with Western allies and Russia did not come together.
The Russian army says that Tuesday approximately 2000 rebels of Jaish al-Islam, both fighters and their relatives, left from the Syrian city of Douma. According to news agency Interfax, 4000 others are ready to leave the besieged enclave in East Ghouta.
US President Donald Trump has canceled a summit in South America this week to focus on the crisis in Syria.
The United Nations issued an alarm on Tuesday about 'a wave of displaced persons' from the Syrian enclave in East Ghouta. It is estimated that more than 133,000 people have fled the area within four weeks, where UN aid organizations still do not have access.
US President Donald Trump once again condemned the possible poison gas attack in Syrian Douma. 'We can not tolerate such atrocities,' the president said. He announced that 'important decisions' are being taken in the next '24 to 48 hours'.
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the possible deployment of blue helmets in Eastern Ukraine. Both were agreed, according to the German government spokesman Steffen Seibert, that the Minsk agreement must be promptly and completely transformed into action to put an end to the conflict in the area.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is trying to find out whether chemical weapons were used in the Syrian rebel enclave Douma this weekend. The organization says it closely monitors the incident and collects additional information 'from all available sources.'
It is wrong and dangerous to draw conclusions about the alleged poison gas attack on the Syrian rebel enclave Douma without confirmed information. That is what the Kremlin says on Monday, pointing out that there is no investigation going on about the circumstances.
All options must be on the table for a reaction to the alleged poison gas attack on the Syrian rebel enclave Douma. That is what the British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and his French colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian agreed in a telephone conversation, prior to the emergency session of the UN Security Council later in the day.
Dozens of rebel fighters have left the Syrian city of Douma in East Ghouta. This happened a few hours after the rebels reached an agreement with the government about their retreat. With buses the fighters and their families left for northern Syria.
A military airfield near the Syrian city of Homs was attacked on Monday morning. Next the state television was the airport target of several missiles and were killed and injured in the attack. The Syrian anti-aircraft drew eight missiles from the air.
The United Nations Security Council is likely to meet on Monday following the recently reported chemical attack in Syria. The meeting is at the request of the United States and several other members, diplomats said Sunday.
Evidence points to the use of chemical weapons by the troops of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against a besieged rebel city in Syria, the European Union said Sunday. The EU calls for an immediate response from the international community.
An agreement has been reached in Syria to release all prisoners who are being held by rebels who control the city of Douma in East Ghouta. In return, the fighters are allowed to leave the city, reported the Syrian state television Sunday, with reference to an official source.
President Donald Trump has fiercely pulled out to Syrian President Assad. 'Beast Assad is going to pay a high price for this deadly attack with chemical weapons.' According to American media, Trump is referring to a retaliatory action.
The Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam accused government troops on Saturday of throwing a bomb with poisonous chemicals on civilians in Douma, the last rebel city in East Ghouta. In addition, more than five hundred people would have been injured.
Heavy bombing of the Syrian city of Douma, where rebels still resist the army of President Assad and his allies, killed 27 people, including five children.
A convoy with almost 7000 members of a rebel group, their relatives and other civilians, left from a besieged part of East Ghouta near Damascus. They travel to the northwest of Syria. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
After an agreement with the Syrian government, radical fighters and their families with buses leave the rebel area of East Ghouta. Bus transportation from the city of Harasta started on Thursday, reported Syrian state press agency Sana.
A convoy of relief goods is trying to reach the Syrian rebel city of Douma in East Ghouta on Thursday. Thousands of displaced families have sought a safe haven in that city, according to local authorities. Refugees are forced to sleep on the street.
Sick and wounded civilians have left the Syrian rebel enclave East Ghouta. An official from the rebel group Jaish al-Islam said that patients could leave Tuesday after an agreement was reached about a medical evacuation. They would be on a UN list with about a thousand people who urgently need medical help.
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.
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.
