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Turkey aid lifeline to war-torn Syria hangs by a thread

Cilvegözü (Turkey) (AFP) - Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid queue bumper-to-bumper amid the olive groves at the Turkish-Syrian border, waiting to be allowed across into war-torn Syria.

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VIDEO: Victory V: Syrian Troops Paint Night Sky With ‘V’ For Russia

The Syrian military’s gesture was made in support of the government’s alliance with Russia.

Zenger

Syrians in desperate need of aid hit hard by Ukraine fallout

Fallout from the 2-month-old war in Ukraine is worsening long-term humanitarian crises elsewhere, including in Syria

The Independent UK

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Meet Abou Cocktail, Idlib’s juice king

A juice purist with his own twist starts again for a third time, bringing colour and flavour to northwestern Syria.

Al Jazeera

Families fearful as UN reduces food aid to northwest Syria

Funding constraints and skyrocketing food prices exacerbated by the war in Ukraine have forced the WFP to reduce aid.

Al Jazeera

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Rescuers Film Tutorial to Aid Ukraine's First Responders

In a bombed-out building in northwest Syria, rescue workers who for years have braved Russia's war strategies film a tutorial video for Ukrainian volunteers crammed with tips gained from first-hand experience of treating casualties. Using a dummy, members of Syria's "White Helmets" civil defense force demonstrate how to apply bandages…

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria gas attack victims, awaiting justice, say impunity fuels war crimes

Abdel Hamid al-Youssef said 25 members of his family, including his wife and infant twins, were killed when poison gas was dropped on their town in Syria in 2017, in an attack a U.N.-backed inquiry concluded was launched by the Syrian state.

Reuters

Despite hardships, Idlib residents give back during Ramadan

Over half of Idlib province’s four million residents have been displaced by Syria’s civil war.

Al Jazeera

‘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

Shelling of Village in Northern Syria Kills 4 Students

Syrian government forces on Monday shelled a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria, the country’s last major opposition stronghold, killing four students on their way to school, opposition activists said. The shelling targeted the village of Maaret al-Naasan in Idlib province.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘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

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…

Al Jazeera

For Syrian survivors, Russia’s tactics in Ukraine eerily similar

After years of propping up President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, experts say Russia is using the same playbook in Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Enclave Marks Uprising with Message for Ukraine

Thousands of protesters in war-torn Syria's opposition enclave of Idlib on Tuesday marked 11 years since the start of an anti-government uprising, buoyed by the global outcry over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Gathered on the main square in the northwestern city of Idlib, more than 5,000 people took part in…

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Syria enclave marks uprising with message for Ukraine

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) - Thousands of protesters in war-torn Syria's rebel enclave of Idlib on Tuesday marked 11 years since the start of an anti-government uprising, buoyed by the global outcry over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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U.S. designates al Qaeda-affiliated group as 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist'

The U.S. Department of State said on Monday it was designating an al Qaeda-affiliated group which operates primarily in the Idlib, Syria as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist."

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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…

The Guardian - UK

Putin has a history of atrocities. Just how far will Russian forces go in Ukraine?

We have already seen indiscriminate use of cluster munitions, and the firing of ballistic missiles and rocket artillery, says Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch

The Guardian - UK

‘Our fates are united’: Syrians rally behind Ukraine after years of Russian torment

Bombed and menaced by an unchecked Putin since 2015, Syrians hope the tide might be finally turning

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lessons Should Be Learned in Ukraine from Situation in Syria

The Syria crisis continues unnoticed, said Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, the chemical weapons expert and an adviser to the Union of Syrian Medical Charities.

Al Jazeera

Syrians in Idlib stand by Ukraine after Russia attack

Many Syrians empathise with Ukrainians given their experience of surviving Russian shelling and air raids.

The Guardian - UK

The west stood back and watched in Syria – it must not do the same in Ukraine

It’s time for the US and its allies to show their steel in the face of Putin’s aggression, says chemical weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

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