Tag: Syrian
Ten years of terrible suffering as Syria’s civil war grinds on – BBC News
Ten years after Syria descended into civil war the bloodshed and suffering is still continuing. The BBC has been hearing harrowing testimony from one community in Aleppo, where the conflict began. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in 2011 calling for change. The government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. The United Nations estimates that more…
The Syrian uprising, 10 years on
Syria is entering a second decade of a relentless conflict that has devastated the country. There is still no political settlement and while a ceasefire is largely holding, many fear further military assaults. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Syria…
Syria's War at 10: Does anyone care?
Assad and ISIL; the FSA and Al-Nusra Front; SNA, AANES and CJTF-OIR; refugees and resolutions – in 10 years the Syrian war has become a complex and often confusing alphabet soup of death and destruction. More than half a million people have been killed, millions have been forced from their homes and Syria will likely take generations to heal. And, yet, it rarely makes international…
Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli missiles over Damascus – state media
Syrian air defense systems intercepted Israeli missiles over Damascus, the country’s state news agency SANA reports. While the systems succeeded in intercepting most of the missiles, some projectiles reportedly reached the ground. Follow us on Telegram https://t.me/rtintl / https://t.me/rtvisual
Ship’s crew stranded in Kenya port for more than a year
Syrian crew members have been living on a ship with no basic supplies for more than a year in a port in Kenya. They have not been paid and are relying on well-wishers for food, clothes, water and medicines. The cargo ship was travelling from Russia when it stopped at Mombasa port. It has been there since, awaiting instructions from the ship’s Lebanese owners. Al…