by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2016 | World
The Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday that Russian air strikes in Syria have killed 35,000 opposition fighters and have succeeded in halting a series of revolutions in the Middle East. During a meeting in which senior leaders in the Russian army reviewed...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2016 | Middle East
Both the Syrian regime and Russia yesterday expanded their air campaign against areas controlled by the opposition, specifically in the city of Aleppo, the countrysides of Idlib and Homs and Ghouta, east of Damascus. Sources reported the death of dozens of people and...
by Caroline Akoum | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East
Syrian Democratic Forces militias are advancing slowly in the area of Manbij, Aleppo, where heavy fighting with ISIS continues at a time when thousands of blockaded civilians are suffering from a humanitarian disaster caused by the blockade imposed by forces on the...
by Nazeer Rida | Jun 6, 2016 | Middle East
The Russians have not yet publicly announced their involvement in the operations to liberate the city of Raqqa, ISIS’ main stronghold in Syria. However, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdul Rahman told Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday that the...
