Tag Archives: SYRIAN OPPOSITION
Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria: sources
Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used during fighting in Syria in August, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters. The chemical – which causes severe delayed burns to the eyes, skin and
Russia gets coordinates from Syrian opposition for 1st time
Russia for the first time received coordinates from the Syrian opposition, and a Russian official said Moscow held joint training exercises in Syria with the U.S. air force. Russian jets bombed 24 targets in Syria Tuesday after “opposition representatives” gave
U.S. announces $100 mln in new aid to Syria opposition
The United States on Saturday announced it is providing nearly $100 million more in aid to the Syrian opposition for tasks like supporting local councils and civil society activists. This brings to nearly $500 million the amount the United States
Russia says flew 71 sorties, carries out 118 strikes in Syria
Russian warplanes have struck 118 “terrorist” targets in Syria over the past 24 hours, its highest daily total yet, the defense ministry said Wednesday, attributing the rise to fresh intelligence. Russian jets hit 118 targets during 71 sorties over the
If the opposition is an illusion, then the Syrian army is a myth
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Statements on the Syrian Arab Army have resurfaced, and there have been recent Russian and Syrian reports on the army’s battles against the opposition in Syria. In reality, the armed group these reports refer to is
Who can replace Bashar al-Assad?
By : Raed Omari The question of who could replace Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been asked throughout the conflict, and has gained urgency amid defections and rebel gains against his regime. The formation of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC),
Syria’s opposition groups agree on ‘roadmap’
Syria’s two main political opposition groups agreed on Thursday on a unified “roadmap” for a political solution to the country’s long-running civil war, representatives of the groups said. In Brussels, where the Syrian opposition groups have been meeting, representatives of
Iran denies troops deployed in Syria
Iran on Wednesday insisted it has not deployed troops in Syria to strengthen regime forces, denying reports that thousands of foreign fighters have been flown in to help defend Damascus. Reports on “the military presence of countries friendly to Syria”
Syrian opposition factions to form new coalition
Syrian opposition factions will gather in the Egyptian capital on Monday for talks aimed at forming a new coalition as an alternative to an exiled Western-back alliance. More than 200 figures from the armed and civilian opposition factions are to
Syrian dissidents to form new coalition at Cairo meet
A number of Syrian opposition factions will gather in Cairo next month to form a new coalition as an alternative to an exiled West-backed alliance, officials said Saturday. More than 200 figures from the armed and civilian opposition factions are
U.N. envoy invites Syria opposition fighters to Geneva talks
U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited the leaders of opposition armed factions to consultations that he launched in Geneva on Tuesday, he told a news conference. “A category of commanders has been invited, and I will not go
Syrian opposition leader meets with Saudi U.N. envoy
Khaled Khoja, the president of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group met with Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.N. Abdullah al-Mouallimi Friday in New York to discuss recent proposals and initiatives attempting to end the four-year conflict. In the meeting,
U.N. invites Syrian parties to peace talks in Geneva in May
United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Syria’s government and opposition groups for separate talks in Geneva next month in the latest bid to end the four-year-old civil war, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday. De Mistura, who
Syria bans domestic activist from attending Moscow talks
A key activist in Syria’s “tolerated” opposition said Saturday he cannot attend peace talks in Moscow next week because Damascus refuses to lift his travel ban. “Neither I nor my movement will take part in the meeting in Moscow because
Opposition in Aleppo rejects U.N. truce plan
Military and political opposition leaders in Syria’s largest city of Aleppo refused on Sunday a temporary truce plan proposed by United Nations Envoy Staffan de Mistura, Agence France-Presse reported. “We refuse to meet with Mr Staffan de Mistura if it
Syrian opposition members agree crisis roadmap
Syria’s main domestic and exiled opposition groups said Friday they had agreed a joint draft roadmap for the first time calling for a transitional governing body and an end to the brutal conflict. The draft document comes after representatives from
Syria opposition demands ‘radical change’
Syria’s opposition factions called Saturday for “radical democratic change” in the war-torn country ahead of April talks aimed at unifying their plan for a political solution to the conflict. In a two-day conference held in Cairo, the regime-tolerated opposition met
Syria air raid kills at least 65 people: monitor
At least 65 people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday by a Syrian air force raid on a cattle market in a village in territory controlled by the hardline Islamic State, a monitoring group and a resident said. The
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