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DR Congo says 773 dead in weeklong fighting as military tries to repel rebels
DR Congo says 773 dead in weeklong fighting as military tries to repel rebels
At least 773 people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong conflict, Congolese ...

Sat, 01 Feb, 2025

Rwanda-backed rebels plan to take fight to Democratic Republic of Congo capital
Rwanda-backed rebels plan to take fight to Democratic Republic of Congo capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city said they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa.

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

M23 rebels expand control in east Congo as Rwandan leader urges ceasefire
M23 rebels expand control in east Congo as Rwandan leader urges ceasefire
Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday, as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2025

Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian president Assad named interim president
Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian president Assad named interim president
The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim president, following a meeting of the former insurgent factions.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2025

Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s capital as security forces slow rebels
Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s capital as security forces slow rebels
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city, as UN officials reported an unspecified number of bodies on the ...

Tue, 28 Jan, 2025

Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of eastern Congo’s largest city
Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of eastern Congo’s largest city
Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, woke up on Monday morning afraid and uncertain about who is in control of the area after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured it, amid an escalation of their fight with Congolese security ...

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim control of key DR Congo city of Goma
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim control of key DR Congo city of Goma
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations reported “mass panic” with the government dubbing the insurgency a “declaration of war.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

DR of Congo governor ‘killed by rebels’ as fighting intensifies
DR of Congo governor ‘killed by rebels’ as fighting intensifies
The governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

DR Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies
DR Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies
Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, an army spokesman said.

Mon, 13 Jan, 2025

Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs
Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs
A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory”.

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025

Syria’s new rulers crack down on alleged Assad loyalist militias
Syria’s new rulers crack down on alleged Assad loyalist militias
Syria’s new government said it deployed dozens of soldiers in the Damascus suburb of Adra on Monday in search of alleged militiamen loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad, with military police vehicles seen transporting detainees.

Mon, 30 Dec, 2024

Syrian rebel force deploys to village near Damascus to stop looters
Syrian rebel force deploys to village near Damascus to stop looters
A rebel force deployed to a village in south-eastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex and set some apartments on fire.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Russian presence in Syria remains, but for how long is unclear
Russian presence in Syria remains, but for how long is unclear
Planes periodically landed and took off from Russia’s Hmeimim air base in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia, while smoke rose from inside the base

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Assad says he had no plans to leave Syria but was evacuated by Russians
Assad says he had no plans to leave Syria but was evacuated by Russians
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

American released from Syrian prison flown out of country, US official says
American released from Syrian prison flown out of country, US official says
The US military has transported out of Syria an American who disappeared seven months ago into former president Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system and was among the thousands released this week by rebels, an official has said.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Thousands gather in Damascus to celebrate the toppling of Assad regime
Thousands gather in Damascus to celebrate the toppling of Assad regime
Thousands of Syrians gathered on Friday at Umayyad Square, the largest in Damascus, to celebrate after the first Muslim Friday prayers following the downfall of former president Bashar Assad.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

American ‘who crossed into Syria on foot’ freed after seven months in detention
American ‘who crossed into Syria on foot’ freed after seven months in detention
Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

US says it will support new Syria leaders who protect women and reject terrorism
US says it will support new Syria leaders who protect women and reject terrorism
The Biden administration said on Tuesday it will recognise and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

Syrian government services come to ‘complete halt’ as workers stay at home
Syrian government services come to ‘complete halt’ as workers stay at home
Syria’s prime minister said that most cabinet ministers were back at work on Monday after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossing awaiting return home
Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossing awaiting return home
Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of president Bashar Assad’s government.

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Syrian premier says government still functioning but challenges loom
Syrian premier says government still functioning but challenges loom
Syria’s prime minister has said that most cabinet ministers are still working from offices in Damascus after rebels entered the capital over the weekend and overthrew president Bashar Assad.

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Timeline of key events in Syrian rebels’ 13-year fight to take down Assad
Timeline of key events in Syrian rebels’ 13-year fight to take down Assad
President Bashar Assad and other top officials vanished, their whereabouts unknown, as joyful crowds gathered in central squares to celebrate their downfall.

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate end of Assad’s rule
Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate end of Assad’s rule
Joyful crowds gathered in central squares in Damascus, waving the Syrian revolutionary flag in scenes that recalled the early days of the Arab Spring uprising

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Israeli forces seize Golan Heights buffer zone after Syrian regime falls
Israeli forces seize Golan Heights buffer zone after Syrian regime falls
It came after a lightning rebel advance early on Sunday ended Syrian President Bashar Assad’s rule

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Syrian President Bashar Assad flees with instructions of 'peaceful transfer of power'
Syrian President Bashar Assad flees with instructions of 'peaceful transfer of power'
Taoiseach Simon Harris said that this is the moment when the world must act to "prevent chaos and tyranny from filling the vacuum".

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Syrian government falls to lightning rebel offensive as Assad flees
Syrian government falls to lightning rebel offensive as Assad flees
Syrian state television aired a video statement early on Sunday by a group of men saying President Bashar Assad had been overthrown and all detainees in jails had been set free

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Rebel offensive ends Bashar Assad’s 14-year struggle to maintain power
Rebel offensive ends Bashar Assad’s 14-year struggle to maintain power
Mr Assad’s downfall came as a stark contrast to his first months as Syria’s unlikely president in 2000, when many hoped he would be a young reformer after three decades of his father’s iron grip

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Syrian state TV airs statement saying Assad has been overthrown
Syrian state TV airs statement saying Assad has been overthrown
The man who read the statement said the Operations Room to Conquer Damascus, an opposition group, is calling on all opposition fighters and citizens to preserve state institutions of “the free Syrian state”

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Syrian government appears to have fallen as 50-year rule of Assad family ends
Syrian government appears to have fallen as 50-year rule of Assad family ends
The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said president Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus after a stunning advance across the country

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Syrian prime minister says he is ready to hand over government to the opposition
Syrian prime minister says he is ready to hand over government to the opposition
“I am in my house and I have not left, and this is because of my belonging to this country,” Mr Jalili said in a video statement

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

War monitor says Assad has fled Syria after rebels enter capital
War monitor says Assad has fled Syria after rebels enter capital
Rami Abdurrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told The Associated Press that Mr Assad took a flight from Damascus early on Sunday

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

UN special envoy calls for orderly transition as insurgents reach Damascus
UN special envoy calls for orderly transition as insurgents reach Damascus
The UN’s special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has called for urgent talks in Geneva to ensure an “orderly political transition” in Syria.

Sat, 07 Dec, 2024

Insurgents have reached suburbs of Damascus, Syrian opposition says
Insurgents have reached suburbs of Damascus, Syrian opposition says
Syrian insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that has seen them take over some of Syria’s largest cities, opposition activists and a rebel commander said.

Sat, 07 Dec, 2024

Syrian insurgents enter two central towns close to city of Homs
Syrian insurgents enter two central towns close to city of Homs
Syrian insurgents entered two central towns early on Friday just north of the central city of Homs, bringing them closer to Syria’s third largest city, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media both reported.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

Syrian army pulls out of Hama after insurgents break through defences
Syrian army pulls out of Hama after insurgents break through defences
The Syrian army says it has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defences, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

Syrian insurgents say they have entered the city of Hama after fierce fighting
Syrian insurgents say they have entered the city of Hama after fierce fighting
Syrian insurgents said on Thursday that they have entered parts of the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an ongoing offensive in which they seized Syria’s largest city of Aleppo.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

Syrian forces battling insurgents north of strategic city of Hama
Syrian forces battling insurgents north of strategic city of Hama
Syrian officials say a counter-offensive has pushed back insurgents attempting to advance to the strategic central city of Hama, while the insurgency says it has captured more Syrian troops and Iranian-backed militants during fierce battles.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

Syrian insurgents capture four towns as government forces reclaim some territory
Syrian insurgents capture four towns as government forces reclaim some territory
Syrian insurgents captured four new towns early on Tuesday, taking them closer to the central city of Hama, opposition activists said, while government forces retook some territory they lost last week.

Tue, 03 Dec, 2024

Iraqi militias back Syrian government’s counter-offensive against insurgents
Iraqi militias back Syrian government’s counter-offensive against insurgents
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to back the government’s counter-offensive against a surprise advance by insurgents who seized the largest city of Aleppo last week, officials said.

Mon, 02 Dec, 2024

Syria launches counter-attacks in bid to halt insurgents’ surprise advance
Syria launches counter-attacks in bid to halt insurgents’ surprise advance
The Syrian military rushed in reinforcements and struck Idlib city on Sunday in an attempt to stop insurgents from advancing further after they seized Aleppo and surrounding strategic locations in an adjacent province in a surprise offensive.

Sun, 01 Dec, 2024

Syria sends in reinforcements to stop insurgents advancing after seizing Aleppo
Syria sends in reinforcements to stop insurgents advancing after seizing Aleppo
The Syrian military rushed in reinforcements on Sunday to stop insurgents advancing further into the northern Hama countryside after they seized Aleppo and surrounding strategic locations in an adjacent province in a surprise offensive.

Sun, 01 Dec, 2024

Insurgents leave Assad red-faced as they take most of Aleppo in surprise attack
Insurgents leave Assad red-faced as they take most of Aleppo in surprise attack
Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a nearby province.

Sat, 30 Nov, 2024

Syrian insurgents fan out inside Aleppo in major setback for Assad
Syrian insurgents fan out inside Aleppo in major setback for Assad
Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armour and pickup trucks, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they entered Syria’s largest city facing little resistance from ...

Sat, 30 Nov, 2024

Advance by insurgents in Syria reaches country’s second largest city
Advance by insurgents in Syria reaches country’s second largest city
Syrian insurgents have breached the country’s second largest city, Aleppo, after blowing up two car bombs, and were clashing with government forces on the city’s western edge, according to a war monitor and fighters.

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

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