'Scorched earth' policy by Syrian troops forces rebels to regroup as civilians run for their lives in Eastern Ghouta... 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›
In one district, 93 percent of buildings had been damaged or destroyed by December, according to UN satellite imagery analysis... READ MORE›
The United Nations says it has not received Syrian government permission to deliver humanitarian aid to rebel-held Eastern Ghouta... 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›
According to the United Nations, three quarters of all private housing in Eastern Ghouta have been damaged and hundreds of civilian need life-saving medical evacuations... READ MORE›
Russia and its allies in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime have blamed the humanitarian deadlock on the armed groups controlling Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
The United States has accused Russia and the Syrian government of violating the Eastern Ghouta ceasefire at a United Nations Security Council meeting... 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›
As attacks in the Syrian enclave continued during first truce attempt, a second try to evacuate the injured begins... READ MORE›
The Syrian government lost control of Eastern Ghouta in 2012 and has besieged it almost ever since... READ MORE›
A humanitarian pause announced by Russia in Syria's deadly bombardment of eastern Ghouta failed to end violence Tuesday, with fresh bloodshed and no sign... READ MORE›
Syria's war Eastern Ghouta ceasefire violations kill four... READ MORE›
The Syrian government lost control of Eastern Ghouta in 2012 and has besieged it almost ever since... READ MORE›
The Syrian government lost control of Eastern Ghouta in 2012 and has besieged it almost ever since... READ MORE›
The Syrian government lost control of Eastern Ghouta in 2012 and has besieged it almost ever since... READ MORE›
The Syrian government lost control of Eastern Ghouta in 2012 and has besieged it almost ever since... READ MORE›
Use of chlorine as a chemical weapons is prohibited under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention... READ MORE›
A statement by Russia's Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria said the decision to enforce a humanitarian pause was made jointly with Damascus... 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 United Nations said 76 percent of private housing in Eastern Ghouta has been damaged... READ MORE›
Russia's defence ministry warned the situation in Eastern Ghouta was continuing to escalate ... READ MORE›
Journalists in Eastern Ghouta 'No one likes to die silently'... READ MORE›
'Chlorine gas' used in attack in Eastern Ghouta as slaughter continues despite ceasefire, say medics... READ MORE›
The UN said in a statement Monday that a staggering 76 percent of private housing in Eastern Ghouta was damaged... READ MORE›
Reports of chlorine gas attack emerge as Syrian government forces continue offensive against rebel-held Damascus suburb... READ MORE›
Control of Eastern Ghouta is shared between two main Islamist factions, while Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate is also present... READ MORE›
The Syrian government says its attempts to recapture Eastern Ghouta are directly due to the HTS presence there... READ MORE›
After the council vote, Syrian warplanes backed by Russian air power launched new raids on Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said... READ MORE›
Syria At least 500 civilians have been killed during a week of bombing raids in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
Pro-government forces carried out air raids on Eastern Ghouta overnight on Monday and early on Tuesday, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said... 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›
Even if the government retakes Idlib and Eastern Ghouta, that will not end the war... READ MORE›
Fadel Abdul Ghany, head of the Syrian Network for Human Rights, said Eastern Ghouta was the main target for the Syrian government now... READ MORE›
But in Eastern Ghouta, like many areas across Syria, civilians have borne the brunt of the fighting... READ MORE›
The US said they had responded to an unprovoked attack against the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, but did not give any details on casualties... READ MORE›
A missile has crashed near civilians in Syria's Idlib province at a makeshift camp for displaced people from the nearby Hama province... 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›
Eastern Ghouta is the last remaining rebel-held area east of Damascus and has been under siege by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces since 2013... READ MORE›
Attacks on Eastern Ghouta over the past two weeks have killed more than 100 people, the Syrian Observatory said... READ MORE›
According to the United Nations, nearly 3 million Syrian children have lived their entire lives gripped by civil war... READ MORE›
Death toll continues to rise in Eastern Ghouta and Idlib as Syrian government and Russian forces intensify air attacks... READ MORE›
The United States has accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against its people... READ MORE›
Speaking after Friday prayers in Ankara, Binali Yildirim, the prime minister, said radical groups have taken over control in Syria's Idlib province... READ MORE›
The SOHR said 70 people have been killed in Eastern Ghouta since December 31... READ MORE›
Autopsy results have revealed that chemical weapons were used in an attack which killed more than 80 people in Syria's Idlib province, according to Turkey's justice minister... READ MORE›
Buoyed by a feeling that momentum is on their side, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have pushed to recapture those areas from the opposition... READ MORE›
Eastern Ghouta, the last remaining rebel-held area near Damascus, has been under siege by government forces since 2013... READ MORE›
Syrian regime forces have been pounding Eastern Ghouta with shells, mortars and bombs... READ MORE›
Aid agencies are evacuating critically ill Syrians from Eastern Ghouta, an area home to around 400,000 people that has been under government siege since 2013... READ MORE›
In addition to that, activists believe Jaish al-Islam wants to eject all former al-Nusra Front fighters from eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
In Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta, medicine is being rationed and people are dying due to a lack of medical care... READ MORE›
According to the Syrian Civil Defence, four children and two women were among those killed in the raid on Hammuriyeh... READ MORE›
Delegations from the Syrian government and some opposition groups are arriving in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, for talks spearheaded by Russia, Turkey, and Iran... READ MORE›
Smoke billows after air strikes by regime forces on the town of Douma in the eastern Ghouta region, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus... READ MORE›
We listened to many guarantees concerning commitment, but none of them were delivered somehow, said Ahya al-Aridi, Syrian opposition spokesman, following the announcement... READ MORE›
Syrian activists have accused Bashar al-Assad's regime of violating a fragile ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta, the last remaining rebel stronghold near the capital, Damascus... READ MORE›
Children comprise about half of the population in Eastern Ghouta, which is one of the last Syrian rebel strongholds... READ MORE›
The vote came as bombs continued to be dropped on Eastern Ghouta, the rebel-held suburb outside the capital of Damascus... READ MORE›
Eastern Ghouta has been besieged by President Bashar al-Assad's troops since 2013 in an attempt to force the rebel enclave into submission... READ MORE›
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