What Happened Over the Weekend
Continued attacks in Idleb, anger over international inaction, Turkish and Russian talks and refugees returning from Lebanon. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Continued attacks in Idleb, anger over international inaction, Turkish and Russian talks and refugees returning from Lebanon. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
During their assault on Idleb, the Assad regime has been using internationally banned weapons, including incendiary and cluster rockets reports Alsouria Net.
As well as displacing hundreds of thousands of people, the Russian and regime assault on northern Syria has killed hundred of civilians reports the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
The continued assault by the Syrian regime and their Russian backers have forced 80 percent of the residents of Hazarin village to flee reports Smart News.
A mother and her six children have died following an explosion at a refugee camp on the Turkish border reports Zaman Al Wasl.
Over the past four weeks, the regime and their Russian backers have destroyed over 20 hospitals in an assault that has killed at least 265 civilians reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Describing their occupation as illegal, Syrian and Russia have called for the US to withdraw and for the people trapped in the al-Rukban camp to return to their homes writes SANA.
Syrians living in opposition held areas have taken to celebrating Israeli strikes against regime targets, just as regime supporters celebrate strikes on civilian areas in Idleb writes Ana Insan.
The Syrian National Coalition has called on international organisations to increase efforts to stop attacks in Ideb and Hama and protect civilians.
Syrian regime war planes deliberately bombed the Deir Lozeh historic site in rebel-held Idleb province, which contains a Byzantine church and palaces, causing widespread damage writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed
Regime forces retake Kafr Nabudah, accusations of chemical weapon preparations, refugees deported from Beirut airport and journalists targeted in Idleb. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The United States has developed a new strategy that aims to curb the influence of Iran in Syria, but makes little mention of political resolutions to the crisis writes Asharq al-Awsat.
A large number of people in Idleb are feeling it necessary to own weapons to protect themselves, but this is causing a rise in injuries and deaths writes Salon Syria.
Fighting in Idleb between government forces and rebel fighters have forced over 200,000 people to flee their homes writes Asharq al-Awsat.
While the regime pushes forward with its assault on Idleb and the Hama countryside, appetite among young men to go and fight is waning writes Al-Modon.
The Free Syrian Army along with other military factions have launched attacks against the regime’s forces, causing a number of casualties and destroying heavy weapons reports Alsouria Net.
Brigadier General Ghassan Bilal has been accused of major violations occurring in Damascus and its countryside reports Al-Modon.
Eight vehicles carrying Turkish soldiers and officers travelled to south of Aleppo city, as the Free Syrian Army prepares to hit the regime reports Smart News.
Israeli missiles shot down, Iraqi Airways flights postponed, fears of a humanitarian crisis in Idleb and China to reconstruct schools in Syria. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
The Turkish regime was granted a short cease-fire to allow its forces to move observation points out of the path of the Syrian army writes Al-Watan.
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