by Jordan Dakamseh | Dec 14, 2016 | World
An unexpected emergency UN Security Council meeting was held yesterday after there was an increase in violence in Aleppo yesterday that was caused by the Syrian regime’s forces and militias affiliated to them advancing on the eastern neighbourhoods of Aleppo that are...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 11, 2016 | Opinion
There are more than 70,000 Iranian troops in Syria and some estimates are double that figure. These troops include militias that the Iranian regime brought in from throughout the region and whose expenses it pays for. They have been fighting to gain control of Aleppo...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Dec 7, 2016 | World
Turkish diplomatic and security sources denied reports stating that dozens of Syrian refugees including women and children were killed as they tried to cross into Turkish territory in order to escape the fighting in the areas that they inhabited in Syria. The sources...
by Youssef Diab | Dec 6, 2016 | Middle East
Syrian opposition factions yesterday resisted attacks carried out by the Syrian regime’s forces and its allies to expand the area that they control in besieged neighbourhoods in eastern Aleppo. They were able to regain the lead on more than one front by seizing areas...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East
“There are still corpses in the streets, there are wounded people everywhere and hunger is killing those civilians that remain. I do not know if the term “humanitarian disaster” is sufficient to describe the situation of the city, but the reality is worse than...
