Second bombing rocks Syria's Afrin after first kills 40

Apr 29, 2020, at 01:12 pm

Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: An explosive device tore through a vehicle in Syria's northern city of Afrin, after 40 died in the first explosion that rocked the city earlier in the day, a war monitor reported.

Displacement surges as twin military offensives drive thousands from Afrin and east Ghouta – UN

Mar 21, 2018, at 02:18 pm

New York, Mar 21 (JEN): The humanitarian crisis in Syria is reaching new peaks as hundreds of thousands of people flee the escalating fighting in Eastern Ghouta and Afrin, the latest flashpoints in the long-running conflict, United Nations relief agencies said Tuesday.

Thousands suffering amid harrowing conditions in east Ghouta and Afrin – UN

Mar 20, 2018, at 02:34 pm

New York, Mar 20 (JEN): The United Nations in Syria is appealing urgently for help to ease the catastrophic situation for tens for thousands of people impacted by fighting in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, and the northern town of Afrin.

Syria: Children, families killed by airstrikes, shelling in Afrin – UN

Mar 17, 2018, at 02:06 pm

New York, Mar 17 (JEN): Dozens of children have been killed since fighting began in the north-western Syrian town of Afrin, where people are under bombardment, hospitals have been shut down and water supplies cut off, the United Nations has reported.

Kurdish militias ambush Turkish Army Tank, at least seven troopers dead

Feb 04, 2018, at 04:53 pm

Damascus, Feb 4 (IBNS): Turkish military suffered a heavy loss as seven soldiers were killed during an offensive against Kurdish militias.