by Youssef Diab and Caroline Akoum | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The Syrian regime imposed a new reconciliation on opposition forces in the Barada Valley where fighting stopped on Thursday following a ceasefire reached under the U.N. sponsorship. The truce agreement includes conditions that opposition factions had...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2017 | Middle East
The military campaign led by the Syrian regime and militias loyal to it on the besieged area of Barada Valley enters its third week today. Violent clashes between the regime’s forces and armed opposition groups are taking place on several fronts, and the most violent...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 7, 2017 | Middle East
The Barada Valley area that is close to the Syrian capital Damascus remains the target of aerial bombardment and artillery barrages for the fifteenth day in a row. The Syrian regime has intensified air raids on villages and towns under siege and has been dropping more...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 6, 2017 | Middle East
More than 5.5 million people have minimal access to water supplies in Damascus because of the ongoing battles between the Syrian regime and the opposition. The UN has described this disruption to water supplies as a “war crime”. During a press conference in Geneva,...
