Civilians and rebels began evacuating a third opposition-held district of Damascus on Sunday, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital. An AFP correspondent inside Qabun saw around 10 buses carrying out residents and fighters in the morning, after a deal for the neighbourhood was announced late Saturday following heavy fighting. … Read more
More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus on Friday under an agreement that will bring Syria’s government closer to exerting full control over the capital. For more than two years, the government of President Bashar al-Assad has touted such “reconciliation deals” as the best way to end the country’s brutal … Read more
Syrian rebels and their families begin evacuating from a district of the capital Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the city. The deal to evacuate Barzeh district mirrors similar agreements for opposition-held territory elsewhere in the country, allowing fighters safe passage in exchange for surrender. It … Read more
Syrian rebels and their families began leaving a northern district of the capital on Monday, state television said, in the first evacuations from Damascus in the country’s six-year war. “Armed men and some of their families have begun leaving Barzeh on 40 buses heading towards northern Syria,” the channel said in a news alert. It … Read more
Israeli forces have attacked pro-Syrian government groups in the countryside of Quneitra, two days after carrying out similar strikes in the same region. An Al Jazeera correspondent said Sunday’s attacks targeted fighters loyal to the Syrian government in the Naba al-Fawwar area of Quneitra province, which is located in the 30 percent of the Golan … Read more