Main Events in Syria in 2019
2019 was a tumultuous year for Syria, with regime advances, stalling political processes and economic woes. Brocar Press runs through the past year’s biggest events.
2019 was a tumultuous year for Syria, with regime advances, stalling political processes and economic woes. Brocar Press runs through the past year’s biggest events.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has recorded the deaths of eight people, including four children, when surface-to-surface missiles hit a market, kindergarten and school in Idleb.
The northern Syrian town of Kafrnabl has witnessed a horrific bombing campaign by Russia, but one activist is providing food and shelter to hundreds of stray cats writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Syrian Army is continuing its advance in northern Syria, engaging in clashes with terrorists on the outskirts of Jerjnaz, a major stronghold, reports The Syria Times.
Israeli missiles fired from inside Israel, targetted Iranian and Syrian military positions near Damascus reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
An image of a crying women has led to an outpouring on social media and renewed calls for the international community to take action over Idleb reports Al-Modon.
The movable and immovable assets of close friend of the regime Rami Makhlouf have reportedly been frozen by writes Jisr.
Walid al-Muallem and Sergey Lavrov have discussed the continued aggression by the United States, Turkey, and Israel and efforts for a diplomatic solution writes SANA.
Civilians in Idleb flee to the Turkish border, Russia and China uses their veto at UN, Christmas celebrated in Aleppo and Syrian regime push advance. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act will block companies and individuals from taking part in the reconstruction and profiting from the deaths of innocent Syrians.
16 people have been killed in airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib province as the regime trapped civilians in the besieged city of Maaret al-Numan, striking any car attempting to evacuate people writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Opposition and Islamist factions in the National Front have said that they see no other option but to fight the regime and its allies on the battlefield reports Al-Modon.
Over just four days, Idleb witnessed 420 strikes on more than 30 areas in the southern and eastern and western Idleb countrysides reports Baladi News.
The Syrian army to preparing to launch an offensive to recapture and secure the Aleppo-Hama Highway and the surrounding towns writes Al-Watan.
Russia has said that if their resolution on transferring humanitarian aid to Syria is rejected, then the political games of other countries will be exposed writes SANA.
Gangs run by Bashar Talal al-Assad and Hafez Munzer al-Assad are under pressure to give up their heavy weapons and submit to Russian authority writes Al-Modon.
The Islamic State have launched attacks in Deir ez-Zor, killing fighters from Assad’s forces and members of the National Defense militia reports Deir Ezzor 24.
Russia have opened fire on an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle that entered Syrian airspace along the eastern axis of the occupied Golan Heights region reports Al-Marsad.
China’s Special Envoy for Syria has stressed that a political solution to the crisis in Syria can be found with help from Russia reports SANA.
To the delight of the Americans for a Free Syria, the US Senate has passed the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act, which puts sanctions on perpetrators or financiers of the regime’s atrocities.
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