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‘There is nothing left’: earthquake adds to suffering in war-torn Syria

Hundreds of deaths already reported and hospitals overwhelmed after quake hits country’s north-west

The Guardian - UK

Türkiye Establishes Presence in Syria with 10,000 Soldiers, Dozens of Military Bases

For the past months, Turkish armed forces in northwestern Syria de-escalation zones have carried out redeployment and mergers at military points that were established under a Turkish-Russian agreement in 2017. According to an agreement within the framework of the Astana talks, Türkiye gained the opportunity to expand its deployment of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Massive Military Reinforcements Deployed to Contact Lines in Northwest Syria

The Syrian regime and opposition factions have deployed substantial military reinforcements to contact lines in Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo amid speculations of military operations restarting in the area, opposition military sources reported. Opposition factions at the Operation Fath al-Mobin’s command center have recently started sending sizable military backup…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN Security Council extends critical aid to northern Syria

Highest UN decision-making body votes unanimously to keep aid flowing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region.

Al Jazeera

UN Extends Critical Aid from Türkiye to Syria’s Opposition North

The UN Security Council voted unanimously Monday to keep a key border crossing from Türkiye to Syria’s opposition-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months. Syria's ally Russia — in a surprise move — supporting the resolution. All eyes had been on Russia, which in the past…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid Convoy Enters Syrian Opposition Area Ahead of Key UN Vote

A humanitarian convoy on Sunday delivered urgently needed supplies to Syria's last opposition stronghold, a day before the UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution that would determine whether aid deliveries to the war-stricken territory can continue. Syria’s conflict has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half…

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Syrians in Opposition Enclave Protest Türkiye-Syria Contacts

Thousands of Syrians held protests Friday in different parts of the opposition-held northwest against recent moves by the governments in Damascus and Ankara to improve ties. The protests in villages and towns in Idlib and Aleppo provinces came a week after the Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers held previously…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Aid Workers in Syria Fear Cholera Spread If Cross-Border Support Halted

Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Türkiye. The area's 4 million people live in dire conditions and rely heavily on the food…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid workers in Syria fear cholera spread if cross-border support halted

Reuters

‘Idlib Security’ Thwarts ‘Terrorist’ Plot by Syrian Regime

Security forces in Syria’s opposition-held northwestern Idlib province announced that they thwarted "terrorist operations and plans" of a "terrorist cell linked to the Syrian regime and Russia." Suspects involved in the plot were arrested on Saturday. Spokesperson for the General Security Service in Idlib Diaa al-Omar said the eight-member cell…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Humanitarian Disaster Imminent in NW. Syria if Int’l Aid Stops

The Directorate of Health in Idlib and other opposition-held Syrian region warned on Saturday that the failure to renew a United Nations resolution that allows the continued provision of humanitarian and medical assistance from Türkiye into northwest Syria will lead to a humanitarian disaster. Local and international humanitarian organizations called…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Suicide rates in war-torn Syria triple as the hopeless turn to deadly gas pills

WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: Suicide cases in north-west Syria more than tripled in the first half of 2022 as the deadly use of “gas pills” becomes more widespread and youths see no hope for the future

Daily Mirror

Friday essay: how the West betrayed Syria

“Assad, or we burn the country,” Syrian government loyalists chanted in 2011. It was a statement of intent that proved to be prophetic.

The Conversation

Children in Syria's Idlib hold their own World Cup

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) - More than 300 children in rebel-held northwest Syria kicked off their own football World Cup on Saturday, with organisers hoping to shine a light on communities battered by 11 years of war.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Replaces Forces in Idlib’s De-escalation Zone

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Turkish forces have replaced a large number of their troops stationed in the de-escalation zone in Idlib. Meanwhile, the regime forces continue to escalate measures on the Jabal Al-Zawiya area in the southern part of Idlib province. According to SOHR…

Daily Mirror

Russia accused of killing 10 people as 30 rockets launched on displacement camps in Syria

Syrian forces backed by Russian warplanes attacked a camp for internally Displaced People in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib yesterday

AFP

Ten killed in Syria regime rocket strikes: monitor

Kafr Jales (Syria) (AFP) - Syrian regime rocket fire on Sunday killed 10 people including three children at makeshift camps for displaced people in the country's last major rebel-held bastion, a war monitor said.

Reuters

At least 9 dead after Russian jets hit Syria's rebel-held Idlib, rescuers say

Russian jets bombed camps near Syria's northwestern city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians in a flare-up of attacks on the last opposition-held bastion, witnesses and rescuers said.

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The Independent UK

Monitors say 6 killed in Syria's shelling of tent settlement

First responders and opposition war monitors say Syrian government forces have shelled a tent settlement housing families displaced by the country’s conflict in the rebel-held northwest, killing at least six people and wounding dozens

Asharq Al-Awsat

Monitors Say 9 Killed in Syria's Shelling of Tent Settlement

Syrian government forces shelled tent settlements housing families displaced by the country’s conflict in the rebel-held northwest early Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, opposition war monitors and first responders said. The shelling was the latest violation of a truce reached between Russia and Türkiye in March…

The Independent UK

Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots

Thousands of cholera cases have swept across Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq in recent weeks

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Redeploys its Troops to Confront Syrian Regime in Idlib

Turkish forces in northern Syria are redeploying in the Idlib and Aleppo countryside to counter any advances by the regime forces and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group. The forces established a new military post in a building in the eastern neighborhood of al-Bara on the Sirgla road in Jabal al-Zawiya,…

AFP

Former Qaeda affiliate's Syria advance: what we know

Beirut (AFP) - Al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate is gaining ground from rival rebels in Syria's Turkish-held north, on the heels of some of the deadliest inter-rebel fighting in the region in years.

Reuters

In Syria, mounting cholera cases pose threat across frontlines

A cholera outbreak that has claimed 29 lives in Syria is posing a danger across the frontlines of the country's 11-year-long war, stirring fears in crowded camps for the displaced who lack running water or sewage systems.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Will Not Withdraw Forces from Syria

There is no plan for the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria’s Idlib governorate and Aleppo countryside, a Turkish military source told a meeting of opposition factions in northwestern Syria. According to the source, Turkish forces present in those areas are “purely combative” and are deployed in compliance with an…

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