Human Rights

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

Eight children among 21 killed in Syria strikes

Idlib - Muslimchronicle

Air strikes by regime and Russian aircraft on rebel positions in the northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians, including eight children, a monitor said Monday. The strikes carried out on Sunday were the latest against jihadists and rebels in a week-old regime offensive on Idlib, the last province in Syria to escape government control. The raid leftRead more

Eight children among 21 killed in Syria Idlib strikes

Idlib - Muslimchronicle

Air strikes by regime and Russian aircraft on rebel positions in the northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians, including eight children, a monitor said Monday. The strikes conducted on Sunday on targets near the town of Sinjar in the southeast of the province, the last one to escape government control, killed 11 members of the same family,Read 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

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

Fierce fighting kills dozens in northwest Syria

London - Muslimchronicle

Intense fighting killed dozens of people on the edge of the last Syrian province entirely outside government control as aid workers completed a series of medical evacuations from another rebel-held area on Friday. Government and allied forces backed by Russian warplanes took on mostly jihadist fighters in an area straddling the border between Idlib and Hama provinces. The fighting, which could signalRead more

Peru's ex-president Fujimori asks for forgiveness

Peru - Muslimchronicle

Peru's ailing ex-president Alberto Fujimori on Tuesday asked the public for forgiveness, two days after receiving a controversial pardon from the country's current leader. "I am aware that the results of my government were well received on one side, but I admit that I have let down other compatriots, and I ask them to forgive me with all my heart,"Read more