Chief Negotiator of the Syrian Opposition Riyad Hijab wrote in an open letter to Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, that the Assad regime and its supporters have violated the truce 399 times since it took effect on December 30, killing at least 271 people. Hijab called for the UN and its member …
Assad chlorine-laden barrel bomb shuts hospital near Hama
A hospital in Hama countryside was declared out of service after Assad warplanes’ attack on Saturday. Al-Latamneh Surgical Hospital, in al-Latamenh town northwest of Hama, was directly targeted by an Assad helicopter which dropped a chlorine-laden barrel-bomb, Orient News correspondent Firas Karam reported. The barrel bomb fell at the entrance of the hospital, leading to …
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‘Please don’t forget us’: the hellish search for Syria’s lost prisoners
“I still remember their last words to me: ‘Please don’t forget us’. This rings in my ears every day like church bells, like a daily call for prayer.” Mansour al-Omari, a Syrian human rights activist, recalls the moment his name was called by the jailer after spending nine months in detention. He was lucky to …
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Save the Children Report: Syrian children are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war
Syrian children show symptoms of “toxic stress” and are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war, according to a report released Tuesday. Children do not feel safe at school and are developing speech disorders and incontinence, and some are even losing the capacity to speak, it said. The report from Save …
More than 800 Syrians killed in February: Watchdog
At least 876 civilians were killed last month in war-torn Syria, mostly by the Assad regime and its allies, according to a U.K.-based NGO. According to a new report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, 471 people — including 79 children and 55 women — were killed in February attacks by regime forces, allied …
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UN panel says evacuation of Syria’s Aleppo was a war crime
A U.N. panel said Wednesday the evacuation of eastern Aleppo in December, after months of siege and aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian forces, was one of many war crimes committed by those fighting for control of Syria’s largest city. The Commission of Inquiry on Syria unveiled a report looking at violations by all parties …
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Spanish court to investigate Syrian ‘state terrorism’ by Assad regime
A Spanish court is to investigate allegations that nine members of the Syrian regime committed “state terrorism” by kidnapping, torturing and murdering a truck driver who disappeared in Damascus four years ago. The landmark case – the first criminal complaint accepted against President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces by a European court – has been brought …
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Syria war: Sarin used in Khan Sheikhoun attack, OPCW says
“Incontrovertible” test results show sarin gas or a similar substance was used in the chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this month, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says. Samples from 10 victims had been analysed at four laboratories, OPCW head Ahmet Uzumcu said. The attack on rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun killed at …
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Syria’s lost generation
As many as two million children in Syria are out of school as a result of the six-year-long civil war in the country, a report released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. The Syrian conflict began in 2011 after a crackdown on anti-government and pro-democracy protests. The war has claimed over 400,000 lives and …
Assad regime hit Idlib with phosphorus bombs
The Syrian regime and its Russian allies targeted the Idlib and Hama provinces with incendiary bombs days after a deadly chemical attack in the area, activists reported on Monday. Russian warplanes dropped bombs containing an incendiary substance called thermite in attacks on the towns of Saraqeb in Idlib and al-Latamenah in Hama over the weekend, …
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