Shortly after, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad imposed a siege on the area, home to some 400,000 people... READ MORE›
The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday's crash of the An-26 military cargo plane occurred just 500 meters 1,600 feet from the runway of Syria's Hemeimeem military base... READ MORE›
Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of the capital, Damascus, has been under siege by government forces since 2013, as they attempt to drain the armed opposition operating there... READ MORE›
In one incident last month, Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane... READ MORE›
A man walks on the rubble of damaged buildings at the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria... READ MORE›
A Russian military transport plane has crashed in Syria killing more than 30 people, the defence ministry says... READ MORE›
The US says the YPG is separate from the Kurdish fighters inside the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but Turkey disagrees... READ MORE›
In December 2016, a plane carrying a Russian military orchestra to Syria crashed in the Black Sea, killing all 92 people on board... READ MORE›
But aid workers said the Syrian army confiscated many of the supplies on board... READ MORE›
Syria war Aid convoy leaves Eastern Ghouta amid shelling... READ MORE›
At least 68 civilians were killed Monday, a monitor said, while the United Nations reported dozens of trucks carrying aid had reached the main town of Douma... READ MORE›
BEIRUT - There have been many goodbyes in eastern Ghouta -- more than 600 in the past two weeks... READ MORE›
US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May said Russia and Syria were responsible for heart-breaking human suffering in Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May said Russia and Syria were responsible for heart-breaking human suffering in Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
On Saturday, 18 civilians, including three children, were killed in regime bombardment of eastern Ghouta, according to the Observatory... READ MORE›
'Scorched earth' policy by Syrian troops forces rebels to regroup as civilians run for their lives in Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
Turkey's military operation has displaced tens of thousands from Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, UN official says... READ MORE›
The Observatory said the territory captured so far by the Syrian army was mostly farmland, with the big towns of eastern Ghouta still in rebel hands... READ MORE›
Syrians flee government advances in eastern Ghouta Douma convoy..... READ MORE›
Syria 'Families flee' as pro-Assad forces advance in Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
I am happy that my children started attending school and are now getting accustomed to the life in Belgium and intend on staying in the country... READ MORE›
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says shelling and air strikes have killed 659 people there since Feb. 18, while rebel shelling of Damascus has killed 27... READ MORE›
Speaking from Beirut, Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr said that rebels described the gains made by the pro-government alliance as not significant ... READ MORE›
Syria's heroic medics are doing all they can to keep people alive... READ MORE›
Ground forces including the army's elite Tiger Force have been attacking from the eastern edge of the besieged enclave, where the United Nations says 400,000 people live... READ MORE›
Hussein said civilians were being pounded into submission or death in the Syrian government offensive and that aid was being prevented from entering the area... READ MORE›
Meet the Syrian refugees abandoning Europe for Trump's America... READ MORE›
Eastern Ghouta, home to nearly 400,000 people, has been besieged by President Bashar al-Assad's forces since opposition groups took control of the area in mid-2013... READ MORE›
Syrian govt. seizes ground in Ghouta advance commander, monitor... READ MORE›
Syrian government forces have begun the ground offensive in Eastern Ghouta, which has endured 12 days of bombardment, and government troops have made gains around... READ MORE›
Women Are Free, and Armed, in Kurdish-Controlled Northern Syria... READ MORE›
An unreleased report says North Korea has evaded United Nations sanctions, providing Syria with materials for chemical weapons... READ MORE›
Syrian government forces have killed more than 500 civilians during a week of intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Damascus, activists say... READ MORE›
Reports of chlorine gas attack emerge as Syrian government forces continue offensive against rebel-held Damascus suburb... READ MORE›
A dozen foreign women who joined ISIL husbands while fighting in Iraq sentenced by a court in Baghdad... READ MORE›
Eastern Ghouta, home to nearly 400,000 people, has been besieged by the Syrian government since opposition groups took control of the area in the mid-2013... READ MORE›
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria... READ MORE›
Meanwhile Iran, another Syrian government ally, says it is in close contact with Syria, Russia and Turkey to try to reduce tension in the Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
Syria's war Eastern Ghouta ceasefire violations kill four... READ MORE›
Vote on Syria 01 45 Bayan Rehan is head of the Women's Office at the Local Coordination Committee in the Eastern Ghouta city of Douma... READ MORE›
A five-hour truce comes into effect in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, after intense government bombardment kills more than 550... READ MORE›
The Syrian government says its attempts to recapture Eastern Ghouta are directly due to the HTS presence there... READ MORE›
A video published on the Facebook group 'Syrian Military Capabilities' purports to show the brand new Russian aircraft in the skies over Syria... READ MORE›
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, said on Monday his military would hit back if pro-Syrian forces intervened in Afrin to help the YPG... READ MORE›
Europe has not designated the Syrian Kurdish organizations as terrorist groups, and it has previously rejected such extradition requests by Turkey... READ MORE›
Kurdish fighters in Syria who have been key in the American-led campaign against the Islamic State are peeling off to respond to Turkish attacks... READ MORE›
Turkey's deputy prime minister has dismissed as false media reports that Syrian government forces were poised to enter a Kurdish enclave in Syria's Afrin... READ MORE›
Pro-government forces have carried out repeated air raids, rocket strikes and shelling on Eastern Ghouta since Sunday, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said... READ MORE›
Sonia Khush, the Syria director for Save the Children, is based in Amman, Jordan, but has been working with local groups in eastern Ghouta for years... READ MORE›
It is the worst violence in the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus since 2013, according to activists... READ MORE›
The Syrian government says its attempts to recapture the Eastern Ghouta are directly due to the HTS presence there... READ MORE›
Top UN officials demanded an immediate cessation of aerial attacks on Syria's devastated Eastern Ghouta with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling the rebel-held enclave hell on Earth ... READ MORE›
At least five civilians were killed on Thursday in attacks on several towns in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
We know that many Syrian refugees in Turkey want to return home if a secure environment is established in their region of origin... READ MORE›
Eastern Ghouta has been under continuous aerial bombardment since February 18, when Russian-backed Syrian warplanes stepped up their campaign against opposition fighters in the area... READ MORE›
A young man rides bicycle near damaged houses in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 20, 2018... READ MORE›
Lebanon's al-Manar television, which is aligned with Assad's ally Hezbollah, reported on Monday that the Syrian army was sending reinforcements towards eastern Ghouta after rebel assaults... READ MORE›
According to the United Nations, nearly 3 million Syrian children have lived their entire lives gripped by civil war... READ MORE›
The United Nations says it has not received Syrian government permission to deliver humanitarian aid to rebel-held Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
A wounded girl is seen in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018... READ MORE›
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