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A truck drives as a plume of smoke rises from a building during a reported Russian airstrike on Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province, on June 25, 2023. (Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 5:51 pm
Russian airstrikes kill at least 11 people in rebel-held Syria
The explosions, including one allegedly at a food market, are said to be in retaliation for deadly drone attacks last week attributed to rebels
By AFP
A fighter from the Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group under the banner of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an IS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
December 1, 2022, 10:16 pm
Syrian rebels didn’t know jihadist they killed was Islamic State leader
‘We were taken by surprise,’ opposition activist says of revelation that Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during operation in October
By Bassam Mroue
Syrian rescuers use a bulldozer to remove rubble of a destroyed building that covers a street after airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, January 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
March 2, 2020, 5:02 pm
Report finds evidence of war crimes by nearly all sides in Syria conflict
Investigators for Human Rights Council attribute alleged rights abuses to Assad regime, Russian forces, al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Turkish-backed rebels
By AP
A picture taken with a drone on June 9, 2019 shows Syrians attending the funeral of late rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout, in al-Dana in Syria's jihadist-controlled Idlib region, near the border with Turkey. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
June 9, 2019, 11:00 pm
Hundreds attend funeral of Syrian soccer goalkeeper who became rebel icon
Abdel-Basset al-Sarout dies of wounds sustained in battle; sport star had become a popular singer of protest songs against Assad regime before taking up arms
By AFP
A rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on April 8, 2018. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)
March 2, 2019, 6:41 am
Watchdog confirms chlorine used in 2018 attack on Syrian rebel town of Douma
In long-awaited final report, OPCW investigators say ‘toxic chemical’ was utilized in deadly attack blamed on Assad regime
By Mike Corder
Syrian rebel fighters from the Quneitra province walk with their rifles as they wait at the Morek crossing point to be transfered in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo on July 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Aaref Watad)
January 14, 2019, 11:06 pm
IDF chief finally acknowledges that Israel supplied weapons to Syrian rebels
In interview with UK’s Sunday Times, outgoing army commander Gadi Eisenkot says Israel gave opposition groups light arms ‘for self-defense’
By Judah Ari Gross
A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter recites a prayer in the town of Qirata, near the rebel-held border town of Jarabulus, on December 24, 2018. (Nazeer AL-KHATIB / AFP)
January 2, 2019, 6:21 am
‘Orphaned’ Syrian opposition despairs as Assad cements comeback
Rebels and refugees say international community has turned its back on them while welcoming Syrian dictator back into the fold after almost eight years of fighting
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Rouba El Husseini
A Syrian woman receives treatment at a hospital in the regime controlled Aleppo on November 24, 2018. (George OURFALIAN / AFP)
November 25, 2018, 6:39 pm
Russia strikes Syrian rebel targets after alleged gas attack
Moscow pounds ‘terrorists’ in northern Syria in retaliation for Aleppo assault; rebel groups accuse regime of trying to undermine ceasefire
By Albert Aji and Bassam Mroue
This undated photo released by the Syrian anti-government activist group Kafranbl News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a portrait of the anti-Syrian government activist Hammoud al-Juneid,(R) and Raed Fares (L). (Kafranbl News via AP)
November 24, 2018, 3:46 am
Leading activist among two gunned down in northwest Syria
War monitor says prominent anti-government journalist who was also a vocal critic of jihadist extremism shot dead along with colleague in rebel-held Idlib
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, have their picture taken in front of a convoy of buses getting ready to enter the towns of Fuaa and Kefraya, in Syria, to evacuate their residents on July 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Omar Haj Kadour)
November 12, 2018, 1:24 pm
Would-be Arab Israeli jihadist’s Syria trip foiled by his mother taking passport
Ahmad Sarsour allegedly aimed to join anti-regime fighters, tried to arrange killing of Dutch activist who organized Prophet Mohammed art contest, and wanted to stab Jews
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on September 27, 2018, Syrian men ride a motorcycle past heavily-damaged buildings in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan, in the north of Idlib province. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
October 14, 2018, 2:40 pm
No jihadists seen exiting Syria buffer zone on eve of deadline — monitor
After groups abide by first phase of demilitarization of area around Idlib by withdrawing heavy arms, second stage doesn’t appear to be implemented
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their joint press conference following the talks, in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Sochi on September 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
September 17, 2018, 10:08 pm
Moscow says there will be no offensive in Idlib province
Leaders of Russia, Turkey announce deep demilitarized zone around last rebel-held region, where fears of a devastating assault by regime forces were running high
By Maria Panina
Illustrative: US military forces in Syria in April 2018 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 13, 2018, 11:53 pm
Syrian rebel commander claims US may go on offensive to push Iran out of country
Opposition forces complete week-long drill with US marines, in apparent message to Moscow and Tehran
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Syrian rebel fighters sit behind deployed machine guns during a military parade near the southern city of Daraa on June 7, 2018. (Mohamad Abazeed/AFP)
September 6, 2018, 8:58 pm
Report: Israel armed rebels in south Syria for years, in effort to block Iran
Fighters tell Foreign Policy the Jewish state provided them with funding and weapons from 2013, but pulled support as Assad’s troops regained control of border area
By ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani (L) pose for a photo ahead of the Turkey-Russia-Iran Tripartite summit in Ankara, Turkey on April 04, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / TOLGA BOZOGLU)
September 6, 2018, 2:19 pm
Iran summit seeks to avert a bloodbath in northwestern Syria
Key powers backing both sides of messy civil war working to contain a potentially catastrophic regime assault on last major rebel stronghold
By Zeina Karam
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