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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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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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.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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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‘Butcher of Mariupol’ accused of ordering maternity hospital bombing six years after destroying Aleppo

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

The Independent UK

‘The same enemy’: Syrians endured Russian bombing for years. Now they tell Ukrainians to expect the worst

Inside the rebel-controlled Idlib province, Syrians speak of their hopes and fears for the Ukraine war. Borzou Daragahi reports from near Saraqib

The Independent UK

How Russia is using tactics from the Syrian playbook in Ukraine

Entire settlements reduced to rubble, attacks on civilian targets and the bombing of refugee exit routes were all part of Moscow’s brutal Syria campaign

The Guardian - UK

Syrian refugees in the UK say Russian 'war crimes' repeat Aleppo horrors

Russian air forces offered brutal support to the Assad regime in Syria

Daily Mirror

Officials Impose Security Measures In Northern Syria During Nowruz

Kurds in Afrin and other areas in northwestern Syria celebrated Nowruz on Monday amid strict security measures imposed by the Syrian National Army (SNA) factions. SNA spokesman Major Youssef Hamoud said security forces took extra security measures at the entrances of Afrin and Jarablus and nearby towns north of Aleppo.…

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Turkey to Pull Out Hundreds of Soldiers from Syria to Fight PKK in Iraq

Some 400 Turkish forces deployed in the de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria would likely redeploy in northern Iraq to fight the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday. “Four hundred Turkish troops have packed up and finished their preparations to withdraw from…

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Russian Warplanes Fly over Idlib on Syrian Revolution’s Anniversary

For the second day in a row, Russian warplanes cruised the skies of de-escalation zones in northern Syria. They flew over areas run by Syrian factions loyal to Turkey in northern Aleppo, stirring civilian fears of Russian raids returning as cities in northwestern Syria celebrate the 11th anniversary of the…

The Independent UK

Ukraine war recalls trauma for survivors of Aleppo siege

Survivors of the Russian-backed siege of the Syrian city of Aleppo are watching in shock as Ukrainians face familiar horrors

France 24

From Aleppo to Paris, photographer Ameer al Halbi tells his story

On March 15, 2011, the Syrian revolution began. Ameer al Halbi covered the ensuing conflict as a photographer for several years, before fleeing his hometown of Aleppo and finding refuge in France. Once there, he continued to work as a photographer, driven by the same commitment and passion. Halbi was…

The Independent UK

Russians pounding Ukraine, but Mariupol's no Grozny — yet

Russia's airstrike on a children's and maternity hospital in Ukraine is stirring memories of the Kremlin's past aerial campaigns waged in Chechnya and Syria

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Truce Holds in Syria's Idlib as Turkey Bolsters its Military Posts

Saturday marked two years since the signing of the truce agreement between Turkey and Russia over Syria's northwestern Idlib province and some regions of the Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces. The agreement allowed Turkey to bolster its military positions along over 78 posts. It has also deployed hundreds of heavy…

Salon

War 101: What it means to "take" a city

Russia's attack on Ukraine is stupid, pointless, destructive and remarkably vicious. That's what happens in war

Al Jazeera

Syrians recount horror under Russian air attacks

Al Jazeera talks to Syrians who endured Russian air strikes as Moscow tries to advance its invasion of Ukraine.

LiveScience

14 of the deadliest natural disasters in history

The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trudy Rubin: Putin must be stopped from turning Kyiv into Aleppo

Vladimir Putin is reverting to full brutalist form after his military got off to a slow start in its effort to conquer Ukraine.

Reuters

Snow storms, cold and fire threaten displaced Syrians in northern camps

Five-year-old Intissar and her younger sister Lin were sheltering from northern Syria's bitter winter cold when fuel from a heater ignited their tent, killing them and seriously injuring their mother.

Asharq Al-Awsat

SDF Accuses Turkey of Violating De-Escalation Agreements

The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces revealed on Monday the outcome of the attacks of the Turkish army and its pro-Syrian armed factions on its areas during the first half of January 2022. According to the released data, one civilian was killed and dozens were injured in 225 different attacks, while…

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