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Damascus ready for prisoner swap with opposition

Damascus - Arab Today

Syria’s regime is ready to release detainees in exchange for hostages held by opposition fighters, the official SANA news agency reported Monday, ahead of peace talks in the Kazakh capital. “The government is ready... as part of efforts toward the next meeting in Astana to exchange detainees for men, women and children — civilians and soldiers — kidnapped by terrorists,”Read more

4000 opposition fighters, family members to quit east Aleppo

Damascus - Arab Today

At least 4,000 opposition fighters and their families will be evacuated from the last opposition-held districts of Syria’s Aleppo, state television reported on Thursday. “Four thousand opposition fighters with their families will be evacuated from the eastern districts of Aleppo,” the television said in a breaking news alert. “All the procedures for their evacuation are ready,” it added. Buses wereRead more

France calls for deployment of UN observers in Aleppo

Paris - Arab Today

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday that his country would like to see observers of the United Nations on the ground in Syria’s Aleppo to facilitate evacuations of civilians. "What France demands is the presence of observers of the United Nations on the ground to have a guarantee that the evacuation, which is a priority for the civilians, [takesRead more

Casualty evacuation from Aleppo's Eastern districts

Damascus - Arab Today

The evacuation of the first batch of injured civilians from the eastern districts of Aleppo has been delayed by the Syrian government troops and their allied militiamen in the city. Sky News Arabia quoted local sources as saying Wednesday that the evacuation of nearly 150 injured civilians was postponed in the wake of news on the disapproval of the Iranian-backedRead more

17 killed in blast in northern Syria

Damascus - Arab Today

Seventeen people, most of them opposition fighters, were killed on Friday in a car bomb blast at a rebel checkpoint near the Turkish borders, Syrian opposition sources said. The attack took place on the road connecting the rebel-held town of Azaz to the Bab al-Salameh border crossing. It is one of the most important junctions between northern Syria and Turkey,Read more

SOHR: 20 airstrikes launched on Aleppo eastern districts

London - Arab Today

Over 20 airstrikes were launched on the eastern districts of Aleppo Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. The air raids have reportedly left several people killed and wounded. Syrian troops, meanwhile, took control of al Bureij hills in Syria after clashes with opposition fighters. Earlier in the day, the observatory said 82 people were killed in theRead more

Battle lines drawn for Aleppo

Beirut - Arab Today

Syrian regime forces and rebel factions sent hundreds of reinforcements to Aleppo on Monday as opposition fighters announced an all-out offensive to take the country’s second city. The battle for Syria’s former economic powerhouse is intensifying after an opposition advance at the weekend broke through a three-week government siege of the city’s rebel-held east, dealing a major setback to regimeRead more

Syria's Assad pardons opposition fighters who surrender within 3 months

Damascus - Arab Today

Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Thursday offered amnesty to opposition fighters who surrender to the government within three months, state news agency SANA reported. According to a presidential decree issued by Assad, the pardon covers whoever held or possessed weapon for any reason, if they turn themselves in to the authorities within a three-month deadline starting Thursday. The decreeRead more