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March 6, 2017

Ignoring UN, Russia and Assad continue Syrian chemical weapons and bombing attacks labeled war crimes

Ignoring a United Nations report that decried the use in Syria of chemical weapons, targeted air attacks on civilians and forced deportations, Russian and Assad regime air forces are steadily continuing the same illegal tactics while U.N.-sponsored peace talks founder in Geneva.

March 1, 2017

Both sides of Aleppo siege guilty of war crimes: UN report

The forced evacuation of Aleppo, Syria, was nothing short of a war crime and that there are two guilty parties, anti-Assad rebels and their opponents, the Assad regime, Russia and Iran, the U.N. said Wednesday.

March 1, 2017

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.

February 28, 2017

Syrian refugees selling organs for the chance to reach Europe

The illegal trade of human organs in the Middle East has surged recently as Syrian refugees seek money to afford smugglers’ fees for a Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe.

February 25, 2017

Twin attacks on Syrian security buildings kill at least 32, Al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility

Twin attacks on two Syrian security offices in the central city of Homs Saturday killed at least 32 people, including a senior security official who heads the feared Military Intelligence services, state media and officials reported.

February 24, 2017

Attacks near Syria town captured from ISIS kill 60

At least two attacks Friday near a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed more than 60, mostly civilians and including two Turkish soldiers, as the group retreats from one of its last remaining strongholds in northern Syria, Turkey's news agency and Syrian activists said.

February 24, 2017

Car bomb attack near Syrian town captured from ISIS kills 35

Turkey's news agency says a car bomb north of a town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from Islamic State militants has killed at least 35 people.

February 15, 2017

Russia and Assad bombing of civilians continues as UN peace process staggers on

Russian warplanes and the aircraft of dictator Bashar al-Assad are still bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure in opposition areas, attacking U.S.-backed opposition forces to advantage radical jihadists, and consolidating Assad’s grip on major parts of the battered country, even as a United Nations-sponsored effort to produce peace in Syria staggers toward a Geneva meeting on Feb. 23.

February 15, 2017

Pitting Russia against Iran in Syria? Get over it

There are reasons why the Russia-vs-Iran fantasy is attractive.

February 14, 2017

Don't look away... Syria isn't over yet

The bloody scenes of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s scorched-earth campaign in Eastern Aleppo have faded from the news, yet the killing in Syria continues.