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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Daraya

Damaged buildings in Daraya, a Damascus suburb, on August 26, 2016 (AP Photo)
August 26, 2022, 9:17 am
New report shares shocking details of 2012 massacre of 700 Syrians by Assad regime
Witness testimonies of atrocities in Daraya tell of ‘systematic attack against the civilian population,’ in which entire families were executed, hospitals and schools were bombed
By ToI Staff
Syrian President Bashar Assad (fourth from right) taking part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in Homs on July 6, 2016. (SANA)
September 12, 2016, 3:00 pm
Hours before truce, Assad vows to retake all of Syria
During rare public appearance, president says ‘state is determined to recover every area from the terrorists’
By AFP
A poster of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and reading in Arabic: " Assad is with you forever" hangs above Syrians shopping at the Hamidiyeh popular market in the old part of the capital Damascus as they prepare for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on September 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)/
September 12, 2016, 1:30 pm
Syria’s Assad marks Eid in town surrendered by rebels
Ahead of ceasefire, embattled leader attends service in former rebel stronghold of Daraya, outside Damascus
By AFP
Syrians wait to board buses as they leave the Moadamiyeh suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. (AP Photo)
September 4, 2016, 4:32 am
Syrian government sees siege tactics pay off
Measures like burning farmland and denying entry to medical aid have led to surrender of key holdout areas of Daraya and Moadamiyeh
By PHILIP ISSA
This photo provided by the Syria Press Center (SPC), an anti-government media group, shows civilians leaving the town of Suran, in Hama province, Syria, Thursday Sept. 1, 2016. (Syria Press Center via AP)
September 2, 2016, 9:22 am
Syria strikes kill 25 as another Damascus suburb surrenders
UN envoy warns of Syrian government’s use of siege tactics to force evacuations of residents in many areas
By PHILIP ISSA
A Syrian family, who has been evacuated from the town of Daraya, share a breakfast upon their arrival at a government reception center in the government-held town of Hrajela in Western Ghouta, outside Damascus, August 27, 2016. (AFP/Youssef KARWASHAN)
August 28, 2016, 2:59 pm
Children of Syria’s besieged Daraya discover joy of candies
Thousands of civilians evacuated from town and taken to aid centers in government-run villages elsewhere
By Rim Haddad
A Turkish boy waves to Turkish tank convoy driving into Syria from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 26, 2016. AFP / BULENT KILIC)
August 28, 2016, 4:44 am
Turkish soldier killed as troops face off against Kurds in Syria
Four days into Syria intervention, Ankara increasingly targeting local Kurdish fighters, who warn ‘aggression‘ will being ‘new conflict period‘
By AFP
Syrian army soldiers sit on furniture placed in the street in the government-controlled part of the besieged town of Daraya on August 26, 2016, as thousands of rebel fighters and civilians prepared to evacuate. (AFP PHOTO/Youssef KARWASHAN)
August 26, 2016, 7:16 pm
Sorrow as Syrian rebel town evacuates after 4-year siege
Daraya’s 8,000 residents leave under deal between Damascus, opposition forces; community among first to rise up against Assad
By Rim Haddad
Members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent deliver aid to the besieged rebel bastion of Douma, a flashpoint near the Syrian capital Damascus on May 26, 2016. (AFP/Abd Doumany)
June 5, 2016, 3:38 am
UN, France slam Syria for refusing aid to besieged areas
Humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien looks to air drops to help 350,000 people in areas blockaded by regime
By Edith M. Lederer
In this May 23, 2016 image, Syrians gather at the site of multiple bombings that left tens dead in the northern coastal city of Jableh, between Latakia and Tartus. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
May 24, 2016, 2:42 pm
US envoy calls on Syria rebels to respect truce
29 rebel groups call on peace brokers to ensure ceasefire is upheld, prevent Assad offensive near Damascus
By AFP
Illustrative photo of smoke billowing amid buildings in Daraya, near Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network via AP Video)
May 12, 2016, 9:56 pm
Aid convoy to Syria’s besieged Daraya refused entry
Authorities turn back food and medicine direly needed by population besieged by government forces since 2012, Red Cross says
By AFP
In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 file photo, US President Barack Obama, right, talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to a session of the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. (Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency via AP, Pool)
March 15, 2016, 1:13 am
Obama, Putin discuss Russia’s ‘partial withdrawal’ from Syria
Leaders contemplate ‘next steps’ as negotiators push ahead on fragile peace talks in five-year-old civil war
By AFP
United States Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters in the Ministry of Foreign Afairs palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, September 7, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)
September 9, 2013, 12:48 am
Kerry: Evidence of Syria chemical weapons use ‘speaks for itself’
Secretary of state dismisses Assad’s claims that there is no proof he used WMDs against his own people
By ToI Staff and AP
Syrian President Bashar Assad tours the neighborhoods of Daraya, August 1, 2013. (photo credit: Syrian Presidency/Instagram)
September 8, 2013, 7:34 pm
Assad denies connection to sarin gas attack
Hinting opposition forces might have used chemical weapons, Syrian president warns that US-led attack will elicit retaliation
By Aaron Kalman
An explosion in the central Syrian city of Homs, August 1, 2013 (photo credit: YouTube screen cap, Baynetna News)
August 1, 2013, 6:00 pm
Explosions rock regime districts in Syrian city
Blasts in central Homs may have been caused by a rocket that struck an army weapons depot
By Albert Aji and Bassam Mroue
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