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Children dead in Syria bombardments

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Ten children were among 24 people killed in strikes on a rebel enclave near the Syrian capital Tuesday, a monitor said as the UN's humanitarian chief paid his first visit to the country. Either regime or Russian aircraft were responsible for the raids, the most deadly of which killed 13 civilians including seven children in the Hammuriyeh district of Eastern Ghouta,Read more

Ten children among 24 dead in attacks on Syria's Ghouta: new toll

Ghouta - Muslimchronicle

Ten children were among at least 24 civilians killed in air strikes and artillery fire Tuesday on a Syrian rebel enclave near Damascus, a monitor said, issuing a new toll. Either regime or Russian aircraft were responsible for the raids, the most deadly of which killed 13 civilians including seven children in the Hammuriyeh district of rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta,Read more

Syria regime takes on two rebel bastions

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Regime forces upped the pressure on two of the last rebel bastions in Syria on Monday, pounding the Eastern Ghouta enclave near Damascus and the northern province of Idlib. Shelling and air strikes on Ghouta, which government forces have besieged for four years, killed at least 20 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The semi-rural area east of the SyrianRead more

Russian airbase in Syria’s Latakia attacked second time this week

Ghouta - Muslimchronicle

The Khmeimim military airport, which hosts the biggest Russian airbase in Syria, was attacked for a second time in a row this week by a drone believed to belong to a faction in the countryside of Latakia, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. They added that forces working in the airport shot down the attacking plane. No information wasRead more

Air strikes kill at least 17 civilians in Syria rebel enclave

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Regime and Russian air strikes on a rebel-held enclave near the Syrian capital killed at least 17 civilians on Saturday, a war monitor said. Eastern Ghouta, one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in the country, is the target of near-daily air raids. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday's deadliest strikes had hit the Hammuriyeh district, killing 12 civilians includingRead more

Report says 23 civilians killed near Damascus, mainly from Russian air strikes

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

At least 23 civilians were killed Wednesday in the Syrian opposition redoubt of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, with the majority of victims perishing in Russian air raids, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP that 18 people were killed by Russian strikes in the town of Misraba, while the remainder died in shelling from governmentRead more

Syrian regime forces kill 19 civilians in Damascus

Damascus - Noura Khowam

At least 19 civilians were killed on Saturday in shelling by forces allied to the Syrian regime against the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta. Syrian activists and a first responder group say shelling and rocket fire targeted the suburb a day after medical evacuations were completed to save the lives of 29 others. The victims were six children and 13Read more

19 killed in shelling, rocket fire near Damascus

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

Syrian activists and a first responder group say shelling and rocket fire in the suburbs of Damascus killed 19 civilians a day after medical evacuations were completed to save the lives of 29 others. The Syrian Civil Defense, volunteer rescuers also known as the White Helmets, says pro-government forces shelled the rebel-held eastern Ghouta suburbs on Saturday, killing 6 childrenRead more

Syrian regime forces targeted areas in Daraa and Idlib

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Areas in the southern countryside of Aleppo witnessed renewed artillery and aerial bombardment, where the Syrian Observatory for Human rights monitored shelling by the regime forces targeted areas in Burj Sabneh village, while the warplanes carried out raids on places in the areas of Siyala and Rmylah, and no information about casualties. However, clashes took place between the Syria DemocraticRead more

12 more patients evacuated

Douma - Muslimchronicle

A second batch of sick Syrian civilians, most of them children, left the besieged rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, aid officials said Thursday, but hundreds of critical patients remained trapped. Four evacuations took place on Tuesday and another group of 12 made it out late Wednesday, but a top humanitarian envoy questioned a deal under which medical emergencies are used asRead more