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Topic: Syria

US admits killing 12 civilians worldwide in 2021

US admits killing 12 civilians worldwide in 2021

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 12:01 PM

The US military killed 12 civilians in 2021, all in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday. Read more »

IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

Maher Al Mounes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 02:44 PM

A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie. Read more »

Iran commander warns Israel of swift revenge for any soldiers killed

Iran commander warns Israel of swift revenge for any soldiers killed

Reuters
Posted at Mar 24 09:06 AM

The Guards claimed responsibility for a March 13 attack on what they called "Israeli strategic centers" in Erbil, northern Iraq. Read more »

Islamic State group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor

Islamic State group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor

Hashem Osseiran with Didier Lauras in Paris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:33 AM

The Islamic State group Thursday confirmed the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, more than a month after his demise. Read more »

Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says

Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 07:52 AM

Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon said Monday. Read more »

Inside US raid on ISIS leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast

Inside US raid on ISIS leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast

Phil Stewart and Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 10:48 AM

President Joe Biden, who monitored the raid from the White House's Situation Room, called Quraishi's suicide a "final act of desperate cowardice." Read more »

Islamic State leader killed in Syria: Biden

Islamic State leader killed in Syria: Biden

Sebastian Smith with Aaref Watad, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 09:11 AM

The leader of the Islamic State was killed in a U.S. military counterterrorism operation in Syria, President Joe Biden said Thursday. Read more »

US special forces kill 13 in Syria raid

US special forces kill 13 in Syria raid

Aaref Watad and Layal Abou Rahal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 05:34 PM

US special forces hunted down high-ranking jihadists in a rare airborne raid in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing 13 people in an operation the Pentagon described as "successful". Read more »

South Korea reach 10th straight World Cup finals

South Korea reach 10th straight World Cup finals

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 10:17 AM

South Korea beat Syria 2-0 in Dubai on Tuesday to reach their 10th straight World Cup finals. Read more »

Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike

Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 08:52 AM

A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. Read more »

At least 13 dead in Damascus army bus bombing

At least 13 dead in Damascus army bus bombing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 02:57 PM

A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus, Syria killed at least 13 people Wednesday in the bloodiest such attack in years. Read more »

DFA repatriates 8 human-trafficking victims from Syria

DFA repatriates 8 human-trafficking victims from Syria

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 09:55 PM

The repatriates will undergo facility-based quarantine supervised by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, in conformity with health protocols. Read more »

DFA mum on Syrian officials allegedly pressuring trafficked OFWs to retract statements in Washington Post report

DFA mum on Syrian officials allegedly pressuring trafficked OFWs to retract statements in Washington Post report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:12 PM

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs has declined to give a reaction on Syrian embassy officials allegedly pressuring abused or trafficked domestic workers, including OFWs, to retract their statement from a Washington Post story that detailed their plight. Read more »

PH embassy shelter in Syria now empty, last batch of trafficked OFWs repatriated

PH embassy shelter in Syria now empty, last batch of trafficked OFWs repatriated

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 12:14 PM

DAMASCUS, Syria— For the first time in history, the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) Shelter in Syria was fully emptied out of all its wards on June 24 after the repatriation of the last group of survivors of human trafficking and illegal recruitment in line with an intense Philippine Embassy campaign. Read more »

Israeli strikes kill 8 fighters in Syria: monitor

Israeli strikes kill 8 fighters in Syria: monitor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 02:32 PM

Israeli air strikes in central Syria killed at least 8 pro-government fighters late Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Read more »

Football: AFC moves World Cup qualifying group out of China

Football: AFC moves World Cup qualifying group out of China

Michael Church, Reuters
Posted at May 31 06:14 PM

Matches in Group A of Asia's 2022 World Cup preliminaries will be played in an as-yet undetermined neutral venue.  Read more »

Syria's Assad wins 4th term as president with 95.1% of votes

Syria's Assad wins 4th term as president with 95.1% of votes

Reuters
Posted at May 28 07:38 AM

Assad's years as president are defined by the conflict that began in 2011 with peaceful protests before spiraling into a multi-sided conflict. Read more »

Human trafficking ng mga menor de edad na Pinay sa Syria iniimbestigahan

Human trafficking ng mga menor de edad na Pinay sa Syria iniimbestigahan

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 09:04 PM

Tiniyak ng Department of Justice (DOJ) na mayroong gumugulong na imbestigasyon sa umano’y human trafficking ng mga Pinay patungong Syria gamit ang tinaguriang "baklas passport" scheme.    Read more »

Oil tanker off Syria suspected attacked by drone, fire extinguished

Oil tanker off Syria suspected attacked by drone, fire extinguished

Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 01:46 AM

CAIRO - Syria's oil ministry said on Saturday that firefighting teams managed to extinguish a fire in one of the tanks of an oil tanker off the oil terminal of Baniyas after a suspected drone attack from the direction of Lebanese territorial waters, state media reported. Read more »

Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26

Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 18 09:03 PM

Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 likely to keep in power President Bashar al-Assad, in a country devastated by a decade of war. Read more »

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