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Rebels expected to evacuate Syria's Eastern Ghouta
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» HARASTA, Syria: Buses prepared to enter a bombed-out town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Thursday after an agreement to evacuate hundreds of rebels and their families following weeks of regime bombardment.
Syria workers say French firm abandoned them
AFP, Published on 21/03/2018
» AIN ISSA, Syria: Syrian mechanic Yassin Ismail appeared to have an ideal job earning good money as a supervisor for French cement giant Lafarge at the company's remote plant in the deserts of his homeland.
Japan marks sarin attacks anniversary as executions near
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday marked the 23rd anniversary of a deadly sarin attack on the Tokyo metro, as speculation grows that members of the cult behind it could soon be executed.
Fire at Philippine hotel-casino out, death toll reaches 5
Associated Press, Published on 19/03/2018
» MANILA: Firefighters found two more bodies Monday in a hotel-casino gutted by fire that sent thick, heavy smoke into the sky over the Philippine capital, raising the death toll to five, officials said.
Turkey ramps up assault on Kurdish enclave in Syria
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» BEIRUT - Turkey turned up the heat on Syria's Afrin Wednesday, launching deadly strikes on Damascus loyalists deployed around the Kurdish enclave and closing in on its main city.
7 years on, Syria war shifting gears but still deadly
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» BEIRUT - Syria enters its eighth year of war on Thursday, free of the jihadist "caliphate" but torn apart by an international power struggle as the regime presses its blistering reconquest.
Turkish forces 'surround' Syrian Kurdish city
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» BEIRUT - Turkey said Tuesday its army and allied rebels had surrounded the Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, raising the prospect of another devastating siege in the country's long conflict.
Syrian forces advance against Ghouta rebels
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Syrian regime forces advanced against rebels in Eastern Ghouta and pounded two towns with air strikes on Monday, as they moved closer to retaking the opposition enclave on the edge of Damascus.
Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up
AFP, Published on 11/03/2018
» HAMMURIYEH (SYRIA) - New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered the rebel enclave and trapped dozens under collapsed buildings.
Syria army cuts off main town in Ghouta rebel enclave
AFP, Published on 10/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Syrian regime forces on Saturday cut off the largest town in Eastern Ghouta from the rest of the opposition enclave in a blow to rebels defending their last bastion near Damascus.