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500 new trainees join US-backed Syria border force

Hasakeh - Muslimchronicle

Around 500 Syrian fighters graduated on Saturday from a US-led training course aimed at establishing a controversial "border security force" in the country's north. Last week, the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group announced it had begun forming a 30,000-strong security force to patrol territory captured from IS. About half its fighters would hail from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), theRead more

SDF accuses Assad of opening Syria to international terrorism

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The Syrian Democratic Forces accused Assad and his regime of opening the borders to international terrorism, following Assad’s claim that the Kurdish militants are traitors for their cooperation with Washington. In a statement, SDF said that Assad is the last to speak of treason and its manifestations. SDF added that the Syrian regime opened the gateways into the country forRead more

Syrian governmental troops bombarded eastern Ghouta

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Areas in the towns of Sha’afah, Susah and Hajin and other areas in the eastern banks of the Euphrates River were shelled by the regime forces, using rocket and artillery shells, which injured people and caused the displacement of citizens from their homes towards areas far from shelling. However, the regime forces shelled the banks of the eastern Euphrates duringRead more

Syrian regime guilty of crimes against humanity

London - Muslimchronicle

The Syrian regime's sieges of its population ahead of reaching "reconciliation" agreements with the opposition amount to crimes and against humanity and war crimes, Amnesty International said Monday. In a report titled "We leave or we die", Amnesty analysed four local accords which the rights body said were preceded by unlawful sieges and bombardment aimed at forcing civilians to leaveRead more

Syrian regime forces bombarded Damascus southern countryside

Damascus - Noura Khowam

The aerial bombardment of different areas in the Beit Jann farm in the western suburbs of Damascus coincided with repeated rocket attacks by Syrian government forces on the area following air strikes by helicopter and warplanes on the areas controlled by the factions and the liberation of the Sham in the same countryside. The south-west countryside of Damascus is witnessingRead more

75 killed in suicide car bomb attack in Syria's Deir al-Zour

Deir al-Zour - Muslimchronicle

A suicide car bomb attack carried out by the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour killed 75 people and wounded 140 others, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said children were among those killed in the blast that took place Saturday evening on the eastern bank of the EuphratesRead more

Land mine exploded killing 3 persons in Hasaka & Asayish

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Commander of the al-Haydat regiment was killed in clashes between the Syrian forces and the Da'ash organization in Deir al-Zour, official media reported. Abdel Rahman al-Meer, the commander of the al-Haydat regiment, as well as members of the government forces, including a colonel, were killed during the last 24 hours during a military operation in Deir al-Zour. Informed sources informedRead more

In Raqqa, jihadists are gone but they can still kill

Raqqa - Muslimchronicle

Dozens of civilians at a checkpoint into Raqqa were pleading to be let through to inspect their homes when an explosion ripped through the air: one resident had slipped in. The man had managed to reach his nearby neighborhood despite a clear ban on civilian entry into the devastated Syrian city and triggered an explosive device left behind by theRead more

US-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria — SDF

Beiru - Muslimchronicle

US-backed militias said they captured a major oil field in Deir Ezzor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Daesh fighters in eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they gained control of Al-Omar oil field, one of Syria’s largest, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river. With air strikes and special forces from the US-led coalition, theRead more