Concerns grow over cholera epidemic reaching northern Syria
The number of cholera cases in Syria continues to rise daily.
Careless logging deforests northwest Syria
Videos and photos circulating on social media show intensive logging in the forests of Maydanki and Sharan in Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo and Ariha in Idlib as activists accuse members of the opposition-affiliated Sultan Murad Division of cutting down the trees in northwest Syria.
Syria supports Russia’s efforts toward peace in Donbass
Syria supports Russia’s efforts to establish peace in Donbass, Damascus’ position on all international issues is identical to Russia’s, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told TASS on Tuesday.
Russian air defense repels Israeli attack in Syria
Syrian air defense forces repelled a night attack by Israeli fighter jets using Russian-made Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E air defense systems.
Terrorist field commanders killed in Russian aerospace forces’ strike in Syria’s Idlib
Russia’s aerospace forces delivered a strike at a Jabhat al-Nusra (a terrorist group outlawed in Russia) base in Syria’s Idlib governorate, killing field commanders Bilal Saeed and Abu Dujan al-Diri, Oleg Yegorov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (division of the Russian defense ministry).
Syrian forces repel Israel’s nighttime attack using Russian-made air defense systems
Syrian air defense forces repelled a nighttime attack by Israeli fighter jets on Saturday using Russian-made Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E air defense systems.
Five people killed in Israeli attack on environs of Damascus – Reuters
Israel has delivered a missile strike on the outskirts of Damascus killing five people, Reuters reported on Saturday citing the Syrian Defense Ministry.
Syria reports 7 dead in first major cholera outbreak in years
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Syria cholera outbreak at risk of spreading: WHO
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Senior US commander sounds alarm over Syria’s Islamic State prison camps
The commander of all US military forces in the Middle East made an urgent appeal to the international community after visiting the al-Hol camp for Islamic State detainees in northeast Syria on Friday.