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Inspired by World War II photographers, Syrian archives pictures of Damascus homes to preserve them
By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz | Damascus
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2020 02:07 PM IST
35-year-old Rania Kataf creates a digital archive of the buildings of Old Damascus, Syria’s war-torn capital, after being ‘inspired by European photographers who tried to document buildings in their cities during the Second World War so architects could later rebuild part of them’
Russia, Syria under pressure at chemical weapons watchdog
By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Arpan Rai | The Hague
PUBLISHED ON NOV 30, 2020 07:03 PM IST
Moscow was urged by Western nations to “transparently” reveal the circumstances of the Novichok nerve agent poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
In Damascus, war-scarred Syrians weary as conflict enters tenth year
By Agence France-Presse | Damascus
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2020 01:13 PM IST
Syria’s war has killed more than 380,000 people and displaced millions at home and abroad since it started on March 15, 2011 with anti-government protests.
Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria; 11 reported killed
By Associated Press | Jerusalem
PUBLISHED ON NOV 20, 2019 03:40 PM IST
A Britain-based war monitoring group said the Israeli airstrikes killed 11 people, including seven non-Syrians who are most likely Iranians. Syrian state media only reported that two civilians were killed.
Structural shifts in West Asia | HT editorial
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2019 07:47 PM IST
The fate of the Kurds is a reflection of major changes in the region
Explosion in Syrian capital Damascus causes fatalities: Monitor
By Agence France-Presse | Damascus
UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2019 11:54 PM IST
An explosion was heard Sunday in the south of the Syrian capital Damascus, with preliminary reports suggesting it was a “terrorist act”, state television said.
Syria take field in Asian Cup with fans divided by war
By AFP | Damascus
PUBLISHED ON JAN 05, 2019 12:19 PM IST
Maria Barud, 29, who works at a clothes store in Damascus, said she and others were in desperate need of some joy after gruelling years of war.
Suspected Russian air strikes kill at least 44 in Syria’s Idlib: Monitor
By Reuters | Reuters, Beirut
UPDATED ON JUN 08, 2018 03:10 PM IST
The northwestern Idlib region remains the largest populated area of Syria in the hands of insurgents fighting the Damascus government.
Islamic State fighters leave last Damascus enclave: Syrian Observatory
By Reuters | Reuters, Beirut
UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2018 10:59 PM IST
Syrian state media made no mention of a deal to allow the militants to leave the enclave centred around the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp.
Syria rebels exit towns near Damascus
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Beirut, Beirut
PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2018 10:03 AM IST
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said that 15 buses carrying hundreds of fighters and their relatives left the towns and were heading towards opposition territory in northern Syria.
Syria rebels exit towns near Damascus
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Damascus
UPDATED ON MAY 11, 2018 10:04 AM IST
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor told AFP that 15 buses carrying hundreds of fighters and their relatives left the towns and were heading towards opposition territory in northern Syria.
Explosions heard in Damascus, planes overhead
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Damascus
UPDATED ON MAY 10, 2018 03:42 PM IST
Explosions were heard in Damascus early Thursday as planes flew overhead. Earlier today, Syrian anti-aircraft defences intercepted Israeli missiles.
Iran targets Israeli bases across Syrian frontier, Israel pounds Syria
By Reuters | Reuters, Jerusalem/Beirut
UPDATED ON MAY 10, 2018 08:06 PM IST
The scale of Israeli rocket fire appeared to be far higher than in previous incidents and Damascus residents described seeing explosions above the city from air defence systems.
Iran will respond to ‘Israeli aggression’, MP says after Syria attacks
By Reuters | Reuters, Damascus
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2018 09:09 AM IST
A British-based war monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, has said that at least 26 people were killed in Sunday’s strikes and that most of them were Iranians or members of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia.
Islamic State group to give up last pocket in Syrian capital
By Associated Press | Associated Press, Beirut
UPDATED ON APR 20, 2018 11:42 PM IST
The capitulation followed a week of escalations by pro-government forces against the IS-held Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood and Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus.
Syrian rebels hand over arms, leave another town near Douma
By Associated Press | Associated Press, Beirut
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2018 06:53 PM IST
Dumayr, in the Qalamoun mountains, is a minutes’ drive away from the eastern Ghouta region, a former rebel enclave that came under full government control last week after a driving offensive that culminated in a suspected chemical weapons attack.
Russia clashes again with US and allies over Syria attacks
By Associated Press | Associated Press, United Nations
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2018 11:47 AM IST
Russia and close ally Syria deny responsibility for a suspected poison gas attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma on April 7.
Likely that proof of gas attack in Syria disappears before experts arrive: France
By HT Correspondent | Agence France-Presse, Paris
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 06:32 PM IST
French foreign ministry has accused Russia and Syria of denying access to experts dispatched to investigate the alleged chemical attack in Douma on April 7.
Syrian air defences shoot down missiles over two air bases: state TV, Hezbollah
By HT Correspondent | Reuters, Amman
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 10:53 AM IST
Attack comes days after a US, British and French attack on Syrian targets in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack on rebel-held Douma on the outskirts of Damascus.
Investigators allowed to visit Syria chemical attack site: Russia
By Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service, Damascus
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 09:50 AM IST
Syria and its ally Russia deny any chemical attack took place - with Russia calling it a “staged thing”.
After airstrikes, Syrians rally in Damascus in support of Assad’s military
By Associated Press | Associated Press, Damascus
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2018 05:26 PM IST
Protesters waved Syrian flags at the demonstration, dubbed a “salute to the achievements of the Arab Syrian Army,” set off fireworks and unleashed celebratory gunfire.
Syria air strikes: Trump defends ‘Mission Accomplished’ tweet amid backlash
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Washington
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2018 09:27 PM IST
The phrase immediately evoked former president George W. Bush’s premature Iraq victory speech on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003
Before dawn there was a streak of missile across Syrian sky, a photographer recalls US air strikes
By HT Correspondent | AP, Damascus
PUBLISHED ON APR 15, 2018 03:59 PM IST
Straight in front of us was the orange glow from fires on the city outskirts where the airstrikes carried out by the United States, Britain and France had hit, writes a photographer who captured images of the US air strikes in Damascus.
Chemical inspectors to begin work in Syria’s Douma
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Damascus
PUBLISHED ON APR 15, 2018 02:33 PM IST
A delegation of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is tasked with investigating an April 7 attack on Douma,
France warns of humanitarian disaster in Syria’s Idlib
By Reuters | Reuters, Paris
PUBLISHED ON APR 15, 2018 10:01 AM IST
Idlib region remains the largest populated area of Syria in the hands of insurgents fighting the Damascus government.
Syrian army declares full control of Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Damascus
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2018 07:52 AM IST
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, at least 1,700 civilians have been killed in bombardment on the enclave in eight weeks
Putin slams US, allies for ‘exacerbating humanitarian catastrophe in Syria’
By Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service, Moscow,/Washington
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 05:56 PM IST
The latest US air strikes targeted three facilities associated with Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, including a scientific research facility around Damascus
Hours after US air strikes in Syria, OPCW continuing mission into alleged Douma gas attack
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, The Hague
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 05:12 PM IST
The United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of strikes against the Syrian regime on Saturday a week after the suspected deadly gas attack on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma, in which 40 people were said to have been killed.
Syrians defy strikes, gather in Damascus squares holding flags of Iran, Russia
By Associated Press | Associated Press, Damascus
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 06:10 PM IST
US President Donald Trump announced Friday night that the three allies had launched military strikes to punish Syria’s Assad for alleged chemical weapons use and to prevent him from doing it again
How the world reacted to US-led airstrikes on Syria
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Paris
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 03:25 PM IST
Western powers said the strikes were necessary to halt the use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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