Hundreds of Syrian rebels start evacuating Damascus district
Hundreds of Syrian rebels began leaving the besieged Damascus district of Barzeh on Monday as part of an evacuation deal with the government, state media and a war monitor reported. State television...
View ArticleUS offers $10 million reward for Syria rebel leader
The Trump administration is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about the whereabouts of the military leader of Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front. The State Department says the...
View ArticleAssad: De-escalation zones chance for rebels to ‘reconcile’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that de-escalation zones proposed by his ally Russia were a chance for rebels to “reconcile” with Damascus and drive out ISIS militants, but vowed to fight on...
View ArticleHundreds of civilians evacuate rebel-held Damascus district
At least 1,500 civilians and rebels evacuated an opposition district in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital. The...
View ArticleYPG accuses Turkey of intensifying attacks on Kurdish areas north Syria
ARA News The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) said today that the Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels continue to attack YPG positions near Kobane and Afrin. In an official statement, the YPG...
View ArticleSyrian rebels complete evacuation from Damascus district
The last rebels and others who had agreed to leave the besieged Barzeh district of Damascus have done so, the Syrian capital’s governor was quoted as saying on Monday by state television, bringing the...
View ArticleTurkey-backed rebels attack Kurdish town northwest Syria, clash with YPG
ARA News Syrian Islamist fighters of the Ahrar al-Sham group on Wednesday launched an offensive on the Kurdish town of Iska in Afrin district, northwest of Aleppo province, causing casualties among...
View ArticleHundreds of Yezidi Kurds displaced by Turkey-backed rebels northwest Syria:...
ARA News The Kurdish National Council in Syria (KNC) on Monday accused Turkey-backed rebel groups of displacing hundreds of Yezidi civilians from the village of Elî Qîno, in Syria’s northwestern Aleppo...
View ArticleTurkey-backed Syrian rebels attack Kobane
ARA News Turkey-backed rebel groups in Syria launched on Tuesday an offensive on a Kurdish village in Kobane district, in northern Syria. The Islamist rebels based in northern Aleppo shelled the...
View ArticleTurkey sends military reinforcements into Syria amidst intensifying clashes...
ARA News The Turkish authorities on Wednesday sent new military reinforcements into northern Syria, including troops, vehicles and equipment, local sources reported. According to the Syrian Observatory...
View ArticleTurkey-backed rebel group refuses to attack Kurdish towns
ARA News The Descendants of Saladin Brigade has decided not to participate in the coming offensive against Afrin city. The brigade is allied to the Turkish Army and has received support from the US....
View ArticleRussia, Iran and Turkey discuss Syria safe zones
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled Wednesday to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. Moscow and Tehran, which...
View ArticleSyrian army extends ceasefire in the south
The Syrian army said on Thursday it had extended a unilateral suspension of combat operations in southern Syria through the end of Saturday. However, rebels said the ceasefire had already been violated...
View ArticlePYD says Kurds determined to expel Turkish forces from northern Syria
ARA News The Kurdish Democratic Union Party in Syria (PYD) said they will expel the Turkish military and Turkey-backed groups from northern Syria. This comes after Turkey threatened to attack The...
View ArticleUS, Russia reach Syria ceasefire deal
The United States and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria. US officials confirmed that an understanding had been reached, shortly after President Donald Trump held his first meeting...
View ArticleInternal clashes hit rebel ranks in Syria’s Idlib
Clashes have broken out in northwestern Syria between two of the most powerful insurgent groups raising fears of widespread violence in the rebel-held province of Idlib. The ultraconservative Ahrar...
View ArticleSyrian rebels attack Russian embassy in Damascus
ARA News Syrian rebels on Sunday launched a mortar attack against the Russian embassy in the capital Damascus, causing material damage, local sources reported. According to the state news agency SANA,...
View ArticleKurdish forces foil Turkey-led attack north of Aleppo
ARA News Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Monday foiled an attack by Turkey-backed rebel groups in Syria’s northwestern Aleppo province, local sources reported. The Turkish...
View ArticleRussia agrees on safe zone mechanism with Syrian rebels
Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks in Cairo on how a safe zone near Damascus will function. “As a result of talks...
View ArticleKurds call on Syrian rebel families to pick up bodies of killed fighters
ARA News The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Saturday called on the families of Turkey-backed rebels that attacked Kurdish positions in Ain Daqna on 17 July to pick up the bodies of their...
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