by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2017 | Middle East
Damascus- Syria’s diplomatic cable held a meeting to outline the regime’s foreign policy for the upcoming period, said informed sources. Sources told the German news agency, DPA, that the meeting coincided as regime troops pushed for control over swathes of Syrian...
by Taha Abdelwahed, Youssef Diab | Jul 26, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut- Nine civilians were killed on Tuesday by airstrikes carried out either by Syria’s regime or Russia on Arbin in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus. The strikes came as Moscow opened a new channel of negotiations with opposition factions to expand the truce...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 25, 2017 | Middle East
In its continued violation of a truce that was declared last week, Syrian regime jets shelled late on Monday the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, killing eight civilians. The strike hit the town of Arbin in the Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave at around...
by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Jul 25, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, London- Moscow announced on Monday the deployment of monitors from its military police 13 kilometers from the demarcation line between Israeli and Syrian troops in the Golan Heights. The new step removes “Hezbollah” from the cross-line as part of a deal struck...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 22, 2017 | Middle East
Russia’s defense ministry said Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks in Cairo on how a de-escalation in the East Ghouta zone near the capital Damascus will function. “As a result of talks held in Cairo...
