Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, Russia conducts strikes in support of Assad
Amman, Jordan Reuters The Syrian army said on Saturday dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack led by Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo, forcing the army to redeploy in the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years. Russia’s Defence Ministry said its air […]
Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs system to defend against Russia’s guided bombs
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a fresh plea on Wednesday for upgraded defence systems to protect Ukraine’s cities against guided bombs, which he described as the “the main instrument” now used by Moscow in its attacks. Zelenskiy has long called for improved air defences as Russia intensifies its assaults on energy and other infrastructure. Russia […]
Death toll rises to 10 in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk, Ukraine Reuters The death toll rose to 10 on Wednesday from a Russian missile strike on a crowded restaurant in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kramatorsk the previous evening, with two more bodies including a fourth child pulled out of the wreckage. Police said at least 61 people were wounded in Tuesday’s missile strike, which […]
Russian jets said to step up strikes on Syrian rebel enclave
Amman, Jordan Reuters Russian jets bombed villages and towns near the north-western Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding dozens in a major flare-up of violence in the country’s last opposition stronghold, witnesses and rescuers said. War planes flying at high altitude, which tracking centres said were Russian Sukhoi […]
At least nine dead after Russian jets hit Syria’s rebel-held Idlib, rescuers say
Amman, JordanReuters Russian jets bombed camps near Syria’s north-western city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians in a flare-up of attacks on the last opposition-held bastion, witnesses and rescuers said. War planes flying at high altitude, aided by Syrian army artillery, also dropped bombs on forests near the makeshift camps west of […]