Aid reaches Ghouta but retreats after shelling; Syria presses assault Aid trucks reached Syria’s eastern Ghouta region on Monday for the first time since the start of one of the war’s deadliest assaults, but the government stripped some medical supplies from the convoy and pressed on with its air and […]
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Pentagon blocks release of key data on Afghan war The Pentagon has restricted the release of critical information on the progress being made in the war in Afghanistan, a move that will limit transparency, the U.S. government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan said on Monday. For years, the Special Inspector General […]
Turkey says U.S. denial of Syrian border force plan ‘important’ Turkey said on Thursday Washington’s denial that it intended to build a border force in Syria was “important”, but added Ankara would not remain silent in the face of any force that threatened its borders. Turkey reacted angrily after the […]
Syrian army preparing assault to end rebel siege of base east of capital The Syrian army backed by Russian jets escalated bombing of the last rebel bastion on the eastern outskirts of Damascus as they prepared to break a siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces, residents and […]
