Damascus News

Israel launched its military campaign in Syria to protect the Druze — a minority group facing extremist violence. But why is this community so important to Israel? To understand that, let’s first look at what’s been happening on the ground in Syria.

Ancient cities like Jericho, Damascus, Aleppo, Byblos, Argos, Athens, and Susa are considered one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities. They have seen the rise and fall of civilizations and are considered to preserve the rich culture heritage, ancient architecture and trade histories. It also tells about humanity deep rooted past and evolution over a thousand years. 

As the opposition rebels reached the suburbs of the capital, the whereabouts of Bashar Assad, who has been ruling the country for 24 years, were unknown.

Criticising the previous policies of former President Barack Obama, Trump further said that there is the possibility of Assad himself being forced out, which can actually be the "best thing" to happen to Syria.

 According to a statement from the ministry, the Syrian army remained fully deployed in rural Damascus and was ready to confront any "terrorist aggression."

People in the capital Damascus heard the sound of powerful explosions as a result of the firing of air defenses triggered by the missile attack. One of the missiles fell in the town of Akraba in Damascus countryside. 

The United Nations wants to convene the committee as a next step in efforts to find a political solution to end the war in Syria, but there has been no agreement so far on who should be on it.

Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded another 21, Syrian state media said.

Inspectors have concluded that a "toxic chemical" containing chlorine was used in an attack last April in the Syrian town of Douma, at the time held by rebels but besieged by pro-government forces, the global chemical weapons agency said on Friday.

The Syrian state news agency SANA as stating that one of the airport warehouses was hit during the attack.

The embassy has been shut since the early months of the Syrian conflict which erupted in 2011.

Syria's army on Monday was in complete control of the capital and its outskirts for the first time since 2012.

A wave of Syrian air strikes on Sunday killed at least 19 civilians and wounded dozens across the besieged rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, a monitor said.

Israeli missiles struck a military position near Damascus overnight and Syria`s air defence system thwarted them, Syrian state television said on Saturday.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that government jets and artillery launched a wave of attacks in the Eastern Ghouta area today. The observatory says that by midday, 19 people were killed.

The United Nations on Sunday called on Syria's warring sides to stop targeting civilians in the capital Damascus and nearby neighbourhoods, where escalating bombardment has killed dozens in recent days.

The Syrian army and its allies have taken full control of Deir al-Zor city from Islamic State, the largest and most important city in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.

Syria`s 300,000-strong pre-war army has been halved by deaths, defections and draft-dodging.

Three suicide bombers blew themselves up near the main police headquarters in Syria's capital Damascus today, killing at least two people, the interior ministry said.

Three suicide bombers blew themselves up near the main police headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday.