An airstrike attributed to Israel hit a building in a neighborhood in the western part of the Syrian capital, Damascus. This was reported by the official Syrian agency according to which “there was an attack on a residential building in the Mezzeh neighborhood”, in what is considered an Israeli attack”. The number of victims of […]
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Firefight between Syria and Israel
The Syrian army reported that Israel shelled the outskirts of Damascus. It was not specified which specific objects were damaged by the impact. The government news agency SANA reported on Tuesday about the airstrike by Israeli forces on facilities in Syria. However, it was indicated that the attack caused material losses. Targets fired on in […]
Massacre in Syria. A decade after Daraya, people are still missing
© Atef Safadi/EPA (file) Author: Marguerite Serra Between 24 and 26 August, at least 700 civilians were summarily executed in Daraya, a city south-west of Damascus. Ten years later, the British Syrian Consortium, created to help establish a free and democratic Syria, announces the results of a two-year investigation. The consortium interviewed 25 people, mostly […]