On Thursday, Sergey Lavrov reiterated Russia’s criticism of the US presence in the area of At-Tanf, which is located on Syria’s border with Jordan. US troops unilaterally declared it under its protection in April 2017, and, according to the Russian minister, “very strange things are happening there.” These include armed groups getting shelter and a […]
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Thousands of Jaysh Al-Islam Militants Leave Syria’s Douma, Release Pows
More than 3,000 Jaysh al-Islam militants and their family members have been evacuated from Douma in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, as part of Russia-brokered deal which saw the militants’ prisoners being released. The Russian Defense Ministry has been broadcasting live footage from the Muhayam al-Wafideen checkpoint in Eastern Ghouta on Monday, where the […]
Thousands of Jaysh Al-Islam Militants Leave Syria’s Douma, Release Pows
More than 3,000 Jaysh al-Islam militants and their family members have been evacuated from Douma in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, as part of Russia-brokered deal which saw the militants’ prisoners being released. The Russian Defense Ministry has been broadcasting live footage from the Muhayam al-Wafideen checkpoint in Eastern Ghouta on Monday, where the […]
Militants leaving Syria’s Douma under deal with government
SYRIAN WAR REPORT – APRIL 2, 2018: MILITANTS START THEIR WITHDRAWAL FROM KEY TOWN OF DOUMA South Front On March 31, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies established a full control over the southern part of the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta after units of Faylaq al-Rahman and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat […]
Syrian Journalist Shows How Ghouta Militants Became Victims of Their Own Propaganda
Patrick Henningsen 21st Century Wire The following scene was captured on film by Syrian TV journalist Jaafar Younis, as he boarded one of the buses full of militants and family members bound for the northern province of Idlib, given safe passage by the Syrian government from recently liberated EastGhouta. During this incredible exchange, Younis engaged […]
Suicide vests, grenades seized as nearly 20k militants & families leave E. Ghouta – Russian MoD
Unlike US-led coalition, Russia not hitting civilian homes in Syria with incendiary bombs – MoD The evacuees were moved to Syria’s Idlib province from the besieged enclave, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. Some of the militants attempted to leave the area still carrying weapons and explosives, as Russian and Syrian officers said they seized […]
SYRIAN WAR REPORT – MARCH 23, 2018: MILITANTS TO WITHDRAW FROM MORE AREAS IN EASTERN GHOUTA
South Front On March 22, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the villages of Baay, Basufan, Kafr Nabu and Burj Haydar south of the city of Afrin from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). According to unconfirmed reports, the TAF’s artillery even shelled positions some of the Syrian Arab […]
Turkish military says took full control of Syria’s Afrin from Kurdish militants
“All villages have been cleared from terrorists. Afrin is under full control [of Turkish Armed Forces],” the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces was quoted as saying by the NTV broadcaster. The General Staff said a total of 3,733 “terrorists” had been “neutralized” since the start of the so-called Operation Olive Branch against Afrin, […]
40 tons of chemical weapons left by militants found in Syria – Russian MoD
More than 40 tons of chemical weapons were abandoned by retreating militants in the war-ravaged country, the ministry said on Wednesday. “The Syrian Foreign Ministry pointed out that more than 40 tons of poisonous substances were found on the territories, liberated from terrorists,” Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces, […]
Foreign Backed Militants Open Fire On Families Leaving Syria’s Ghouta
A Russian military commander said that militants fired on a civilian convoy of around 300 families as they were attempting to leave Eastern Ghouta via a humanitarian corridor. Major General Vladimir Zolotukhin, told journalists on Thursday that the foreign backed terrorists attacked a convoy of civilians trying to exit Ghouta, and shelled the area where […]
Syria’s East Ghouta militants hold civilians hostage, plan ‘chemical’ provocations – Russian MoD
The leaders of militant units controlling the East Ghouta suburb of Damascus might be “preparing a provocation that will involve the use of chemical weapons,” Maj. Gen. Yury Yevtushenko said in a briefing on Sunday, citing intelligence obtained by the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria. Just hours after the warning, reports emerged that several […]
EXCLUSIVE: Militants Initiate New Offensive on Syrian Army Positions in Eastern Ghouta
Faylaq al-Rahman cooperating with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham fighters simultaneously carried out all-round attack on the positions of the government forces. This assault was initiated shortly after the terrorists with the use of suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs) had attempted to break the blockade from Harasta district towards al-Qaboun. SVBIEDs were used […]
EXCLUSIVE: US Evacuates ISIS militants from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan
On Sunday, February 4, 2018, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami stated that the U.S. is transferring ISIS to Afghanistan to justify its presence in the Central Asian region. Brigadier General Amir Hatami emphasized that U.S. had created ISIS to dominate Syria and Iraq, but after the ISIS defeat in those […]
Militants attack church in Pakistan, kill 7
Press TV- A militant attack on a church in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta has left seven people dead and more than a dozen others wounded. Local sources said the gun and bomb attack on the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church on Quetta’s Zarghoon Road took place on Sunday afternoon. All casualties were shifted to […]
Philippines Declares Marawi Clear of Militants
The destructive siege began five months ago The Philippines government said it had broken the final stand of Islamic State-linked militants in the southern city of Marawi, killing all remaining combatants exactly five months after the bloody battle began. “We have successfully concluded what has been, so far, the most serious threat of violent extremism and radicalism […]
Video: Syrian Army Pressures ISIS Units in Deir Ezzor City. US Backed Militants Surrender
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Russian airstrikes kill ISIS warlords, dozens of militants in Syria – MoD
Al-Nusra Front leader in coma after Russian airstrike in Syria – MOD “During the last day, [a] Russian Air Force task force in Syria [targeted] Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] reinforcements of foreign fighters coming from Iraq to the vicinity of the town of Abu Kamal near [the] Iraq-Syria border,” the Russian Defense Ministry said […]
US-Backed Militants Block Syrian Forces From Crossing Euphrates River
The Euphrates River remains not only a vital lifeline across much of eastern Syria but also an important boundary area, which has become increasingly more important throughout the Syrian War. Early in the war, Turkey warned they would not let any Kurds cross to the west of the Euphrates, and that this amounted to a […]