The negotiations started between the Damascus government and a rebel armed group active in the city of Douma, the most important pocket of resistance left in the eastern Ghouta region, are in a stalemate. This was reported by Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, according to whom "the negotiations are continuing [...]
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According to reports from the Syrian state agency "Sana, Syrian rebel fighters, together with their families, began this morning to leave the city of Harasta, in the west of eastern Ghouta, as part of the agreement between the Islamist group Ahrar al -Sham and the Damascus regime. At least 810 people, including at least 253 men, 157 women, 218 children and 182 [...]
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The Russian army denied the news released today by the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights that it had blamed the Russian aviation for intervening in Eastern Ghouta where 80 civilians were killed during today's bombing that hit areas besieged by rebels mainly in the localities of Saqba and Kfar Batna. "The statements [...]
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Eight years have passed since the start of the bloody conflict in Syria that began in March 2011 when the first protests against Bashar al-Assad erupted in the Arab country. Syrian troops and their allies continue to advance in eastern Ghouta, which is particularly marked by air raids and artillery. The loyalists, according to the Syrian Observatory for Rights [...]
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The timing of the humanitarian truce in the suburb of Al Ghouta, east of Damascus, depends on the humanitarian actions of "terrorist" groups. This was stated today by the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov. "It depends on how the terrorist groups act, it depends on whether they will shoot, if their provocations continue, it depends mainly on these factors," Peskov explained. Yesterday, [...]
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The bombings in Syria continue despite yesterday the UN Security Council voted to adopt "without delay" a 30-day truce for humanitarian operations in areas severely affected by military operations against anti-Assad rebels. According to what was reported by the rebels, at least one child died and another thirteen people were injured, [...]
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The United Nations has launched an appeal to stop hostilities in the Ghouta suburb, east of Damascus, and to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged population. This was declared today by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. "Eastern Ghouta cannot wait", the UN Secretary General underlined in a note, [...]
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The death toll involved in the Syrian regime's operations against the rebel enclave near Damascus continues to rise. According to reports from the Human Rights Observatory, at least 100 civilians, including 20 children, were killed during the bombing carried out yesterday by the Syrian air forces on eastern Ghouta, adding that [...]
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