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A convoy of thirty armoured vehicles left the Turkish coastal city of Iskenderun in the province of Hatay and headed towards the Syrian border. These vehicles will be deployed along the border According to an official news agency based in Anatolia, several armoured vehicles are en route to military facilities in Sanliurfa near the Syrian […]
After Syria shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane without prior warning, Turkey and Syria are at loggerheads which may well give the current Syrian conflict a regional shape that does not bode well for the region On Friday, June 22, a Turkish reconnaissance plane, Phantom F-4 was shot down by the Syrian air defence. Prior […]
Heavy fighting between Syrian army and rebels forces broke out this Tuesday, 8 km from the centre of the capital according to Observatoire Syrien de le droits humaines According to the NGO, one person was killed during the fighting but it has not been clarified whether the victim was a soldier, a civilian or a […]
Eight Syrian army officers including a general fled to Turkey overnight to join the swelling ranks of rebels based near the border, a Turkish diplomat said Monday as tensions escalated between the two neighbours. One general, two colonels and five other army officers including two majors, accompanied by their 24 family members, crossed into Turkey […]
A general and several army officers have deserted the Syrian army to seek refuge in Turkey One general, two colonels, several officers and thirty three soldiers have deserted the Syrian army and have arrived in Turkey according to CNN-Turk. These defections add to the thirteen Syrian army generals who arrived on Turkish soil just a […]
More than 100 people were reported killed Saturday in violence across Syria, as Turkey downplayed the Syrian shooting down of a Turkish plane while President Bashar al-Assad formed a new cabinet with key posts unchanged. NATO member Ankara acknowledged that one of its warplanes may have violated Syrian airspace after Damascus confirmed shooting down the […]
Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu claims that the Turkish airliner that was shot down this Friday by the Syrian Army was conducting tests on a system of national radar and had no connection with the Syrian crisis “The jet was on a solo flight and was not armed. It was not on a secret mission […]
The Arab League has asked Russia to stop supplying weapons to Bashar Al-Assad’s forces who are using arms against civilians While talking to Russian news agency Interfax, Ahmed Ben Helli, the number 2 of the League has asked Russians to stop helping the current Syrian regime. “Any aid to violence must stop, because when you […]
More than 1,000 families were trapped on Saturday in several neighbourhoods of the central city of Homs and under bombardment by regime forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “More than 1,000 families, including women and children,” are trapped in the Khalidiyeh, Jourat al-Shiah, Qarabees, old Homs and Qusour areas. “They have no food […]
Despite US Secretary Hillary Clinton’s accusations that Russia has been supplying attack helicopters to Syria, Russians have declined to comment on it On Wednesday, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s arm export agency claimed that the deliveries it made to Syria were in line with United Nations’ regulations but declined to specifically comment on US claims that it was […]
Hillary Clinton calls Najib Mikati to discuss the Syrian violence The United States of America’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton spoke with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on June 14 by phone. They discussed regional developments, including the violence in Syria and its effects on Lebanon. The Secretary voiced concern over recent incidents in Lebanon […]
After playing a role of a mere observer for most part of the ongoing crisis in Syria, Amnesty International has blasted Bashar Al-Assad’s regime for committing crimes against humanity In Syria, everyday, crimes are being committed against humanity in the name of reaction of the government to avenge communities suspected for supporting insurgents. In a […]
