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Syria's Assad makes first visit to Aleppo since recapture

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Saturday in Aleppo, his first visit to the northern city since his forces recaptured it in 2016 with help from Russia and other allied forces.

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Syria: Assad Attends Eid Prayers in Aleppo

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Saturday took part in Eid al-Adha prayers on the second day of his first visit to the former opposition-stronghold Aleppo in over a decade, state media reported. Assad began the highly symbolic visit on Friday to Syria's second city, formerly held by opposition fighters and militants…

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Assad Makes Rare Visit to Syria’s North

President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the northern province of Aleppo on Friday to inaugurate a power station that was once held by insurgents and suffered wide damages during the war, state media reported. Regime-held parts of Syria endure more than 12 hours of power cuts a day…

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Reports: Syria's Assad makes rare visit to country's north

Syrian state media say that President Bashar Assad has made a rare visit to the northern province of Aleppo to inaugurate a power station that was once held by insurgents and suffered wide damages during the war

The Independent UK

Syrian Regime Forces Deploy Quality Weapons in SDF Areas

The Syrian regime forces reinforced their military units in the countryside of Raqqa and Aleppo governorates after coordinating with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and receiving a guarantee from the Russian forces deployed in the vicinity. Syrian convoys moved under the protection of Russian warplanes and brought in heavy reinforcements,…

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Crimes Terrorize Al-Hol Camp in Syria

The refugees and displaced in Syria’s al-Hol camp woke up on Thursday to a new crime, raising the tally this week to five. Security forces found the bodies of two women, who were apparently killed by a silenced weapon. One of the victims was a Syrian from Homs city and…

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Syrian Regime, Opposition Exchange Prisoners

The Ankara-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and Damascus exchanged a number of prisoners on Monday under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross and guarantees from Turkey and Russia. Activists in the city of Al-Bab, which is nestled 40 km northeast of Aleppo, confirmed that the SNA…

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Syrian Opposition Tasks Local Military Councils with Liberating Manbij, Tal Rifaat

Opposition factions affiliated with the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) have assigned recently formed military councils in the Aleppo countryside cities of Tel Rifaat and Manbij to lead military operations, in cooperation with Turkish forces, to liberate the two cities from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). “In line with important…

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Turkey Continues to Amass Forces ahead of Incursion in Northern Syria

Turkey and its allied Syrian National Army continued to amass forces in northern Syria on Thursday ahead of the imminent launch of a Turkish offensive against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in Tal Rifaat and Manbij west of the Euphrates River. Turkey continued to send reinforcements to the frontlines in…

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American Sanctions Waivers: Syrian Pitfalls and Regional Questions

If someone were to carry out an investment project in Qamishli, which is held by Washington's allies in northeastern Syria, and employed people from the "security square" affiliated with Damascus, would that be a violation of American sanctions? If someone were to carry out an investment project in Azaz in…

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Rocket Attack in Syria Kills 10 Soldiers, State Media Says

A rocket attack on a military bus killed 10 soldiers and wounded nine more in northwest Syria on Friday, state news agency SANA reported, in a deadly flare-up near the frontier with opposition-held territory close to the Turkish border. The bus was hit in the Anjara area west of Aleppo…

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Rocket attack in Syria kills 10 soldiers, state media says

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Erdogan Threatens to Expand Operations Against Kurds in Northern Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expand military operations against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after a Turkish policeman was killed in the northern countryside of Syria’s Aleppo governorate. The development took place in wake of the killing and injury of several SDF members in a Turkish raid…

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Russia Mediates to End Siege on Kurdish Neighborhoods in Aleppo

Russia is mediating in the crisis between the Autonomous Administration and the Syrian government, aiming to lift the siege on Kurdish neighborhoods in the northern province of Aleppo and Qamishli, according to Kurdish sources. An official said that the government is now in control of the departments operated by the…

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Regime, Opposition Raise Combat Readiness in N. Syria amid Russia's Preoccupation in Ukraine

Syrian armed opposition factions are stepping up military training on various types of weapons and combat with the aim of raising their level of offensive and defensive combat readiness, opposition military sources revealed. Opposition fighters are training at bootcamps in the Idlib region and the countryside of Aleppo in northwest…

Al Jazeera

Who is the general leading Russia’s new war strategy in Ukraine?

Dubbed the ‘butcher’ of Aleppo and Grozny, Aleksandr Dvornikov, was honoured with a Hero of Russia medal in 2016.

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Fighting Between Pro-Turkey Factions Escalates in Syria

Fighting between pro-Turkey factions in Syria's Aleppo countryside has escalated with assassinations and bombings being reported in regions under Ankara's control in the north. Syrian sources said on Sunday that several people were wounded in a car bombing at the entrance of the al-Bab city in Aleppo's eastern countryside, amid…

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Russia Raids Central, Northwestern Syria

Russian and Syrian regime warplanes targeted ISIS sites in the Syrian desert, within the administrative regions east of Homs, Raqqa, and Deir Ez-Zor, coinciding with Russian raids in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib. Regime forces and affiliated militias also targeted the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, northwest Syria. A source…

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‘Trying to survive’: Syrian fuel smugglers defy deadly crackdown

Smugglers say they have no other option but to engage in the illegal trade to feed their families.

Evening Standard

Hunt for the ‘Butchers of Bucha’

So this is what denazification looks like. Bodies littered across the street, victims filling mass graves, destruction and grief congealing in a way only war can replicate. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: These atrocities in Bucha are how Putin wages war

Bodies strewn across the street. Victims lying in mass graves. Widespread hunger. Scenes of total destruction. To Grozny, Chechnya and Aleppo, Syria, we can now add Bucha, Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Who is the Butcher of Mariupol? Sanctioned Russian colonel accused of Ukraine hospital bombing

UK sanctions Mikhail Mizintsev who is accused of ordering bombing of children’s hospital and theatre where civilians were sheltering

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow, Damascus Target Turkish Positions in Aleppo Countryside

Russian warplanes renewed on Monday their raids on de-escalation areas in northwestern Syria as Syrian regime forces targeted Turkish military positions in the countryside of the northern Aleppo governorate for the second day in a row, causing casualties among their troops. “On the morning of Monday, March 28, Russian warplanes…

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Evacuate Homes Near Nairab Airport in Syria’s Aleppo

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders and Syrian regime officers informed locals living in neighborhoods close to the Nairab military airport in Aleppo governorate to evacuate their homes for “security reasons.” The clearing of civilians coincided with military measures and activities carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and its loyalist militias…

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Saudi FM: Dialogue Central to Ending Ukraine Conflict

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah stressed on Saturday that "dialogue was central to resolving the conflict in Ukraine." Speaking at the Doha Forum, he said the world must work together to confront challengers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, appearing by video-link the Forum, compared the destruction of…

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