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Experts fear that the quake in Turkey on Monday was strong and shallow enough to be lethal on a devastating scale.
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Syria and Turkey earthquake: what we know so far
Two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria within 12 hours on Monday, killing at least 2,600 people, with the death toll expected to riseTurkey and Syria earthquake – latest updatesFull report: hundreds killed in Turkey and SyriaDestruction strik…
Iranian aid trucks targeted on Iraqi-Syrian border
A convoy of Iranian trucks carrying aid items, came under drone attacks in eastern Syria Sunday night shortly after it crossed into the country from Iraq. Sources told Al-Mayadeen three Iranian aid trucks loaded with flour and rice were hit in the amb…
Syria rejects OPCW report on 2018 chemical attack in Douma
The Syrian foreign ministry has categorically rejected a report by the international chemical weapons watchdog that claims Damascus carried out a 2018 chemical attack against its own people.
Intergovernmental body says Syria carried out chlorine attack on Douma in 2018, Damascus denies
Syrian forces were the perpetrators of a chlorine attack on the city of Douma in April 2018, a two-year investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog claimed. The Damascus government has denied having used chemical weapons.
Syrian regime found responsible for Douma chemical attack
Watchdog report follows years-long investigation into strike that killed 43 civilians in Damascus suburbInvestigators from the global chemical weapons agency have found the Syrian regime responsible for a poison gas attack that killed 43 people in a su…
Syria’s dissolving line between state and nonstate actors
In Syria’s civil war, now entering its 12th year, the state/nonstate divide has become increasingly blurred. Nowhere is this more evident than in the practices adopted by ruling elites in regime- and opposition-held areas to ensure access to resources. Over time, both state actors and nonstate armed groups have produced parallel, interconnected, and interdependent political…
Syria says US policy of “creative riots” inflaming tensions in ME
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations has slammed the United States’ “destructive policies” towards his country and the wrongful attitude’s repercussions for millions of Syrian civilians.
Kurdish Delegation Engaged In Talks With The Assad Regime Over U.S. Objections
US soldier oversees members of SDF in Syria on 21 September (Reuters/File photo) The Cradle: Kurdish delegation leaves Damascus on ‘positive’ note: Report The US has reportedly warned the SDF several times not to engage in any dialogue with…
Building collapse in Syria leaves 15 dead
A five-story residential building collapsed in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including five children.