The bombardment came just hours after the Turkish president said his troops ‘will clean up Tel Rifaat and Manbij’…
Syria: U.S. Strikes on Islamic State Headquarters ‘Kills 150 Militants’…
The US-led coalition against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) says it has killed up to 150 militants in air strikes on a headquarters in Syria. A statement said the strikes took place on Saturday near al-Shafah, in the Middle Euphrates river valley in the south-eastern province of Deir al-Zour. A combination of intelligence and […]
Syria Demands Immediate International Action Against U.S.-Led Coalition…
The Foreign and Expatriates Ministry addressed on Thursday new letters to the chiefs of the UN and the international Security Council over the constantly repeated attacks of the US-led coalition against Syrian territory and civilians. The recent crime committed by the coalition, within a series of repeated attacks on civilians and infrastructure in Syria for […]
Lavrov: Deconfliction Zones in Syria Announced Without Damascus’ Consent Illegitimate…
Russia considers the US-led coalition airstrike against pro-Damascus fighters in Syria an act of aggression and rejects the justification for the attack issued by the Pentagon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. The Tuesday airstrike near the town of At Tanf in eastern Syria “was an aggressive act, that violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity […]
U.S. Led-Coalition: ‘Nothing Prepared Us for That Level of Civilian Casualties’…
At least 1,782 civilians were allegedly killed by coalition airstrikes in March alone, according to an analysis by Airwars — numbers the research organization says are comparable to the deadliest period of Russia’s 2016 air campaign in Syria. Of this number, Airwars assesses between 477 and 1,216 civilian casualties to be likely, meaning the organization […]
U.S. Troops ‘in Combat’ in Mosul, Some Have been Wounded…
While nominally operating as military advisors to the Iraqi forces, the US servicemen taking part in the assault on Mosul have been involved in front-line fighting and an undisclosed number have suffered battle injuries, according to military officials. US soldiers “have come under fire at different times, they have returned fire at different times in […]
Syria: Wrath of Euphrates, Phase III…
The US-led international coalition against ISIS provided its allies in Syria with armored vehicles, a spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said and a US colonel confirmed. “The armored vehicles and troop carriers had arrived four or five days ago”…