Pilot Rescued After Syrian Warplane Crashes in Damascus Countryside
SANA (state news agency)
September 22, 2016
Warplane crashes after conducting combat mission against ISIS militants east of Damascus
Warplane crashes after conducting combat mission against ISIS militants east of Damascus
Armed rebel groups attacked ISIS positions in Damascus countryside with mortars and tanks in the early hours of Wednesday
Key rebel group rejects claims that Tahan was appointed to the post after former commander was killed in suspected coalition air strikes
Coalition says any attempt by the regime to terrorize and psychologically pressure civilians into leaving besieged areas would signal an end to any proposed ceasefire in “a glaring fashion”
“It was apparent that most of the bags were stolen and emptied on top of one another, which led to some of them getting mixed up as if they were going to something that wasn’t human”
Rebels take control over a number of villages including Qasajik, Qarah Ghouz and Tel Shaeer on the western side of the village of Al-Rai on Sunday
Primary and secondary students return to classes as education directorate announces repairs have been finished on dozens of schools throughout the country
Courses include a three-month attachment at a local hospital each year where students helped treat patients and practice first aid on electronic manikins
Locals, scholars and officials come together in town of Maaloula for festival dedicated to preserving the Aramaic language
Around 15 trucks carrying rice, flour and drinking water arrive in the Al-Shadadi southern countryside bordering Deir-ez-Zor
Residents find a way to celebrate the Eid holiday despite ISIS banning games and refusing most food from entering the besieged neighborhood
Kurdish councils conduct sit-in to demonstrate against violations by the Democratic Union Party in areas of Syria’s north
Syrian president celebrates Eid holiday in Damascus suburb after army recaptured the rebel-held district in August following four years of siege
Kurdish units clear villages in southern countryside of Hassakeh due to ‘proximity to frontline’ with Islamic State
Syrian envoy to UN says country’s humanitarian situation has become politicized in a consistent pattern within UN statements and reports
Hussein Ahmad Diab to replace Marwan Olabi as governor of the northern province
Dozens of locals of the Homs neighborhood demonstrate against regime attempts to empty the city of thousands of inhabitants
Capital witnessing an increase in the number of women in work usually undertaken by men, as many have suddenly become the primary breadwinner for their families
Numerous areas targeted by suicide bombers in a number of cities across Syria, killing and injuring scores of civilians
Sources claim the displacement is the result of recent clashes in the areas to the north which rebels have managed to seize
