Source: The Independent By Mary Dejevsky There will be claims, in the aftermath, that the anti-Assad opposition was betrayed by its Western backers, and accusations of ‘appeasement’ – but the […]
Reuters International DEC 19, 2016 – A woman sits with her child reading the Koran while waiting to be evacuated with others from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (reuters_tickers) By Lisa Barrington and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Armed men burned five […]
By AFP – Dec 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Smoke rises as Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government take cover during a battle with Daesh militants in Sirte on October 2 (Reuters photo) BAGHDAD — Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Daesh terror […]
There was a period in 2011 and 2012 when there were genuinely independent opposition activists operating inside Syria, but as the jihadis took over these brave people were forced to flee abroad, fell silent or were dead Patrick Cockburn @indyworld It has just become more dangerous to be a foreign […]
There’s nothing of their city left to go home to – but even if there was, those who fled the conflict still have reason to fear for their lives in Syria Isabel Hunter 8 hours ago 4 comments 16 The fight for Aleppo is all but over, and already voices are […]
Our political masters are in league with the Syrian rebels, and for the same reason as the rebels kidnap their victims – money Robert Fisk @indyvoices Western politicians, “experts” and journalists are going to have to reboot their stories over the next few days now that Bashar al-Assad’s army has […]
We refer to them as ‘rebels’ – as if they were the Maquis fighting in the French resistance or Partisans freeing Yugoslavia from the Nazis or, indeed, the insurgents of Warsaw struggling for freedom from the German SS. Which they clearly are not Robert Fisk Warsaw I’ve just spent hours […]
AGENCIES | Published — Thursday 8 December 2016 Destruction in the Al-Shaar neighborhood after regime forces took control of the area in the eastern part of the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday. (AFP) ALEPPO: Opposition fighters in Aleppo called for a five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians […]
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – The sun rises while smoke is pictured near Aleppo’s historic citadel, as seen from a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) By John Davison and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria’s army and allies pushed into rebel-held parts […]
Bana is tragic symbol of thousands of young lives torn apart by Syria’s war By AFP – Dec 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian Bana Al Abed, who with the help of her mother had been posting heart-rending tweets in English on life in the besieged eastern districts of Syria’s […]
By AFP – Dec 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian pro-government troops walk on a street in Aleppo’s eastern Karm Al Jabal neighbourhood as they advance towards Al Shaar neighbourhood on Monday during their offensive to retake Syria’s second city (AFP photo) ALEPPO — Russia said Monday it would […]
Damascus says it will not allow Turkish interference By AFP – Nov 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian man cries near a dead body of a girl after warplanes reportedly belonging to the Assad regime forces carried out air strikes over residential areas at the Jub Al Quba neighbourhood […]
Regime gains prompt exodus of thousands of desperate civilians By AFP – Nov 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian men carrying babies make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on September 11 […]
COMMENTARY (The Hill) November 14, 2016 What the Battles of Mosul and Aleppo Tell Us About Their Countries’ Futures A Peshmerga soldier talks with a boy who is fleeing the fighting between Islamic State and the Iraqi army in Mosul, Iraq, November 14, 2016 Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters by Brian […]
In the village of Soran, near Hama, and the surrounding area, civilians speak of their loss as part of one battle in Syria’s larger civil war, writes Robert Fisk Robert Fisk Soran, near Hama, Syria @indyvoices Thursday 3 November 2016 The Hamdo family collect what is left of their home Nelofer Pazira […]
By Reuters – Nov 02,2016 -JORDAN TIMES People walk past a damaged site after an air strike in the besieged rebel-held town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria’s Aleppo to leave […]
In the village of Soran, near Hama, and the surrounding area, civilians speak of their loss as part of one battle in Syria’s larger civil war, writes Robert Fisk Robert Fisk Soran, near Hama, Syria @indyvoices The Hamdo family collect what is left of their home Nelofer Pazira We arrived so soon […]
Family describes civilains being shot by militia as they seek to escape medical shortages, starvation, and the barrage of air strikes from overhead Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Kahled Kadoura, his wife Samira and 8-year old son Almuatazbilah in Aleppo shortly after they fled the east of the city Nelofer Pazira Khaled […]
As passages to western Aleppo are said to be being kept open for civilians to flee across the city, one general in the Syrian army talks of a decision to ‘enter battle’ against forces in eastern areas Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Syrians carry their belongings as they leave Aleppo’s southwestern frontline […]
Was it sent in by NGOS from Britain? Was it brought in by one of those selfless men who tried to help the people of Syria and who then fell into the fatal hands of Isis murderers? Robert Fisk in Aleppo @indyvoices Saturday 29 October 2016 A Scottish ambulance found […]