The U. S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital next week due to immediate demands of the transition. The State Department’s acting spokesman Mark Toner said U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, George Krol, would attend the Jan. 23 Russian-led talks … Read more
CEO and Founder of Allure Beauty Spa has revealed that she put a stop to a habit of drinking alcohol after a bad experience. Dzibordzi Kwaku Dosoo made the revelation while speaking about her ‘Damascus experience’ on This Is Gospel with Franky 5 on Hitz FM. Mrs Dosoo started life in God’s ministry before she … Read more
The suburb of Mezzeh is situated on the western outskirts of Damascus Syria has accused Israel of bombarding an area west of Damascus, with reports of a military airport being hit. State television quoted the army as saying several rockets landed in the airport compound in Mezzeh, Reuters news agency reports. It remains unclear if … Read more
Health workers in a besieged rebel-held suburb of Damascus said daily attacks by Syrian troops are stretching them to the limit, and many fear that the fall of Aleppo would embolden the government of President Bashar al-Assad to step up the military offensive. The Douma suburb is a flashpoint town and is the largest rebel-held … Read more
Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and Turkey for later this month. A statement, signed by a number of groups, cited “many and large violations” of the ceasefire by the Syrian government as the reason. Turkey and Russia brokered the ceasefire deal last Thursday, … Read more
Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and Turkey for later this month. In a statement, the rebels cited “many and large violations” of the ceasefire by the Syrian government as the reason for their move. Turkey and Russia brokered the ceasefire deal that has … Read more
Fighting between government and rebel forces has been reported in parts of Syria despite a nationwide truce coming into force overnight. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said there had been fierce clashes and air strikes in northern Hama province. It added that rebel-held Wadi Barada near Damascus was also bombarded. … Read more
A new nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups appears to be largely holding. However isolated clashes have been reported since the truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey, went into effect at midnight (22:00 GMT) on Thursday. The deal includes many rebel groups but not jihadists such as so-called Islamic State, or the … Read more
A nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups has come into effect. The truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey, which will act as guarantors, began at midnight (22:00 GMT). The deal includes many rebel groups but not jihadists such as the so-called Islamic State, or the Kurdish YPG. The ceasefire appeared to be … Read more
The Syrian government and rebel groups have agreed to a ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT) across the country, followed by peace talks. The deal was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin and confirmed by the Turkish foreign ministry. Russia and Turkey, which back opposing sides in the bitter conflict, will act as guarantors. Turkey said … Read more
Russia has called a US decision to ease restrictions on arming Syrian opposition groups a “hostile act” that would directly threaten Russian military forces in Syria. Maria Zakharova, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Tuesday the policy change set out in the annual defence policy bill signed into law by US President Barack Obama last … Read more
The unrighteous you know today may become BORN AGAIN tomorrow. God may use him/her mightily to spread the MESSAGE OF THE CROSS and win many souls for Christ Jesus. There are many instances in the bible that teaches us about how God saved those who initially rejected him. For example, Jesus saved a woman who … Read more
The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have driven it back. The governor of Homs province, Talal Barazi, said government forces were now regrouping outside the ancient city, preparing to launch a fresh assault. IS held the city from May 2015 until it … Read more
Islamic State group fighters have re-entered Palmyra, nine months after losing the ancient Syrian desert city, activists say. IS held Palmyra and its nearby ruins for 10 months before it was recaptured by Syrian government forces in March. But the jihadist group launched an offensive earlier this week. Meanwhile, Russian-backed Syrian government forces are closing … Read more
Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo’s old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the evacuation of civilians. Activist monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pull-back in Syria’s second city came after days of heavy fighting. State media confirmed the military had taken over … Read more
The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. Emergency Relief Co-ordinator Stephen O’Brien said the figure had jumped from 486,700 to 974,080 in six months. People were being “isolated, starved, bombed and denied medical attention and humanitarian assistance in order to force them … Read more
Children paying the price in battle for Aleppo A Syrian man carries a girl from a destroyed building after barrel bombs were dropped. A barrel bomb killed a family of six in rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Sunday and rebel shelling took the lives of eight children at a school in the west, as one … Read more
A UN proposal to end heavy fighting in the city of Aleppo has been rejected by the Syrian government. Under the plan, rebel-held eastern Aleppo would remain under opposition control if rebel fighters withdrew. Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, who met the UN envoy to Syria on Sunday, called the idea a violation of “national sovereignty”. … Read more
In early 2011, as the Arab Spring was moving across North Africa and the Middle East, small groups of nonviolent activists in Syria, which has been under martial law since 1963, started protesting against the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and demanding democratic reforms, the release of political prisoners, an increase in freedoms, abolition of … Read more
MOGADISHU — The Somali National Army (SNA), backed by troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Tuesday captured Mir-tugo village in the central Somali region of Middle Shabelle from Al-Shabaab militants. Army official Abdullahi Mohamed told reporters the joint forces captured the area without any resistance from the militants. (Somali-Battle) PARIS — … Read more