Syrian Forces Advance Inside Idlib and Aleppo Provinces
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Syrian military began a wide-scale operation inside the Idlib and Aleppo provinces this week amid collapsed peace talks between the government and opposition. | READ ALSO: | Ceasefire Deal Reached in Syria's Idlib: Russia | The Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, have seized a large portion of the Idlib province after capturing the large city of Maarat Al-Numan and several towns and villages nearby. | In addition to Maarat Al-Numan, the Syrian military is also closing in on the ne…
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Video: Syria Army Advance on Saraqib. Liberated Areas held by Al Qaeda (Hayat Tahir al Sham)
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Idlib militants seem to be in disarray amid the developing advance of the Syrian Army. Since the liberation of Maarat al-Numan, government forces have achieved several important breakthroughs on the frontline in southeastern Idlib and southwestern Aleppo. | The army has …
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Video: Syria Army Develops Momentum in Idlib and Aleppo. Turkish Military Convoy Enters Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
On January 28, units of the Syrian Army, led by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, liberated the town of Maarat al-Numan, the Wadi Al-Deif military base and nearby villages from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other al-Qaeda-linked groups. | Earlier on …
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Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
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Russian Delegation Reminds US that Occupied Golan Heights Is Syrian Territory
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, mentioned to the authors of the "Deal of the Century" that the occupied Golan Heights is Syrian territory. | "Yesterday, Washington's vision of a settlement in the Middle East was | …
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Russian military transports wounded RT correspondent Shabrouney from Hama to Hmeimim airbase
rt.com | 2020-01-30
RT Arabic correspondent Wafa Shabrouney, who was seriously injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria, has been transported by the Russian military from Hama National Hospital to the Hmeimim airbase. | On orders from Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, military doctors working with Russian forces in Syria earlier immediately arrived at the city hospital in Hama, where Shabrouney was taken, to help their Syrian colleagues. | On Wednesday evening, a Russian transport helicopter with a special medical module for transporting the wounded…
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Russia's UN Envoy Blasts 'Deal of the Century' Map Which Shows Golan Heights as Part of Israel
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-30
Israel took over part of Syria's Golan Heights during the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing the area in 1981. The UN denounced Tel Aviv's decision as "null and void and without international legal effect." Last March, Washington formally recognised the occupied area as Israeli territory. Damascus blasted the move and vowed to regain its lands someday.
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Moscow Refutes Foreign Media Claims About Russia's Strikes on Idlib's Hospital, Bakery
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-30
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Defence Ministry has refuted foreign media reports about Russia's strikes on a hospital and a bakery on the outskirts of Syria's Idlib.
sputniknews.com/world/202001301078179807-moscow-refutes-foreign-media-claims-about-russias-strikes-on-idlibs-hospital-bakery/
Russian Military Doctors Save Life of RT Correspondent Injured in Syria – Defence Ministry
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-30
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian military medical workers have saved the life of Wafa Shabrouney, a female journalist of RT Arabic who has been injured in the Syrian province of Idlib, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
sputniknews.com/world/202001301078179225-russian-military-doctors-save-life-of-rt-correspondent-injured-in-syria—defence-ministry/
Two civilians killed, 4 injured in bomb attack in northern Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
At least two civilians were killed and four others injured Thursday in a bomb attack in northern Syria, an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground reported.According to initial reports, a bomb-laden truck targeted the northern Tel Abyad district.The bomb detonated in the customs area.Tel Abyad was cleared of terrorists in October by Turkey's anti-terror Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria, launched to eliminate YPG/PKK terrorists from east of the Euphrates River to secure Turkey's borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure Syria's territorial integrity.Since then, Turkey reached agreem…
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US envoy: 700,000 Syrians fleeing to Turkey will cause international crisis
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
Two hundred air strikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes have hit Syria's Idlib region in the last three days, the U.S. special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday.Jeffrey told a press briefing that some 700,000 displaced people in northwest Syria were "on the move towards the Turkish border, which would then create an international crisis."
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Peter Hitchens stresses the 'vital importance' of whistleblowing about chemical weapons in Syria
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Journalist Peter Hitchens has been closely following developments from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW) regarding the alleged chemical-weapons attack in Douma, Syria back in April 2018. And he recently talked to me in detail about the c…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/01/29/peter-hitchens-stresses-the-vital-importance-of-whistleblowing-about-chemical-weapons-in-syria/
End Syria fighting to avoid 'even greater humanitarian catastrophe'
news.un.org | 2020-01-29
The "dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation" affecting women and children in northwest Syria was the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator's top concern on Wednesday morning as he briefed the Security Council in New York.
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In impeachment crisis, Trump continues fascistic appeals, Democrats promote warmonger John Bolton
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
An architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bolton has advocated wars for regime change in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen and North Korea.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/impe-j29.html
'Green economy' pioneer Pavan Sukhdev wins 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
news.un.org | 2020-01-27
Renowned environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev was awarded on Monday the 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, recognizing his groundbreaking 'green economy' work.
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"The New Colossus": In New Play, Tim Robbins Tackles Immigration & Xenophobia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-23
President Trump said Wednesday that he would expand his highly controversial travel ban, which already bars citizens from seven countries, most of which have Muslim-majority populations
US Troops Blocking Russians From Syrian Oilfields in Series of Dangerous Standoffs
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-23
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