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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, back to a camera, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (Alexei DruzhininSputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
April 11, 2018, 8:25 pm
Putin says he hopes ‘common sense’ will prevail after Trump threatens Syria
Russian president comments on 'chaotic world' after US counterpart says he'll send 'nice, new, smart missiles' in response to suspected gas attack
By Agencies and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad at the Dabaa military air base, in Homs province (AP/SANA/File)
April 11, 2018, 5:45 pm
Syria braces for US attack, said to evacuate airports and military bases
Trump threatens to send 'nice, new, smart missiles' in response to suspected gas attack; Russia vows to shoot them down
By Agencies and TOI staff
This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 10, 2018, 1:00 am
Israel: Alleged Syrian chemical attack a ‘crime against humanity’
Jerusalem accuses Assad regime of 'mass murder' in rebel-held towns, says Damascus violating international disarmament agreements
By TOI staff and Agencies
Syrian children ride their bike past destroyed buildings in the former rebel-held town of Zamalka, in Eastern Ghouta on April 5, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 7, 2018, 6:02 am
Airstrikes return to Syria’s Ghouta, killing 40 civilians as talks sputter
Russian-backed regime forces advance on last rebel-held town near capital after truce with Islamist fighters collapses
By Maya Gebeily
Regime forces walk along a destroyed street in the former rebel-held town of Jobar in Eastern Ghouta on April 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Louai Beshara)
April 2, 2018, 4:28 pm
Largest Syrian rebel group starts leaving Damascus enclave
First Army of Islam fighters evacuate from town of Douma as part of deal that will hand zone to government
By AP
In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit to the front line in the newly captured areas of eastern Ghouta, near the capital Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (Syrian Presidency Facebook Page via AP)
April 2, 2018, 1:22 am
‘Deal reached’ for Syria rebels to quit last Ghouta holdout
Agreement brokered by Moscow would see fighters with the Jaish al-Islam faction leave district's main town of Douma for opposition territory in north
By Hasan Mohammed and Rouba El Husseini
Syrian regime forces drive motorbikes past buses waiting at the entrance of Harasta in Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, on March 22, 2018, after a deal was struck with the rebels in the area to evacuate the town. (AFP PHOTO / Louai Beshara)
March 22, 2018, 2:02 pm
Syrian rebels to evacuate Ghouta as 19 civilians killed in fresh strikes
Russian-backed regime forces continue assault on rebel-held Damascus suburb as fighters and their families prepare to leave enclave
By Maher Al Mounes and Rouba El Husseini
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian civilians with their belongings as they flee from fighting between the Syrian government forces and rebels, in Hamouria in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March. 15, 2018. (SANA via AP)
March 17, 2018, 12:21 pm
Air strikes on Syria’s Ghouta kill 30 civilians: monitor
Regime forces have retaken 70 percent of the last rebel bastion on the outskirts of the capital, carving it up into three shrinking pockets
By AFP
Members of Syrian civil defence forces known as White Helmets evacuate a victim of an air strike in the rebel-held enclave of Arbin in the Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on February 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Amer ALMOHIBANY)
March 12, 2018, 2:20 pm
Syria war has killed more than 350,000 in 7 years, monitor says
Among 58,130 regime-allied and militia fighters killed in action are 1,630 from Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group and 7,686 from other foreign Shiite groups
By AFP
A wounded Syrian man is brought into a clinic in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on March 7, 2018, after regime air strikes. (AFP PHOTO / Amer ALMOHIBANY)
March 10, 2018, 4:27 pm
Assad regime said to cut off largest town in rebel-held Ghouta
Keen to secure Damascus, Russia-backed government troops continue to close in on enclave, killing nearly 1,000 civilians in under a month
By Agencies
Wounded Syrians await treatment at a clinic in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 7, 2018, following reported government bombardments. (AFP PHOTO / Abdullah HAMMAM)
March 8, 2018, 3:48 pm
More than 900 killed in Syrian assault – monitor
Aid agencies forced to postpone convoy of food and medicines to Ghouta as victims treated for symptoms of chemical attacks
By Abdulmonam Eassa
Syrians flee their homes with their belongings in the town of Beit Sawa in Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta region on March 4, 2018, following reported regime air strikes. (AFP Photo/Abdulmonam Eassa)
March 5, 2018, 2:08 am
Syria’s Assad says bloody Ghouta campaign must go on
Remarks come as regime air strikes kill 34 civilians including 11 children on Sunday, bringing two-week death toll from strikes and artillery bombardment to over 650 civilians
By AFP
A Syrian civil defense volunteer carries children, as he helps them try to flee their homes in the town of Hamouria in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region on March 4, 2018, following reported airstrikes. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
March 4, 2018, 9:06 pm
Syria regime retakes quarter of rebel enclave as civilians flee
US, UK and France step up pressure on Damascus and Moscow to end devastating bombardment of Eastern Ghouta, which has killed more than 600 civilians in 2 weeks
By AFP
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters are seen in the village of Jamanli, northeast of the Syrian city of Afrin, on March 3, 2018, as smoke billows in the background from a reported Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) location. (AFP PHOTO / Nazeer al-Khatib)
March 3, 2018, 7:07 pm
Turkish airstrikes said to kill 36 pro-regime fighters in Syria’s Afrin
Human rights watchdog says over 140 civilians killed in month of deadly raids targeting Assad-loyalists in Kurdish enclave
By AFP
A Syrian man on crutches walks down a street as smoke billows in the rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, following airstrikes by regime forces on the area on February 23, 2018. (AFP/ HAMZA AL-AJWEH)
February 25, 2018, 11:10 am
Fresh regime strikes in Syria rebel enclave reported after ceasefire call
Residents of Eastern Ghouta doubt Security Council resolution will be implemented, while UN diplomats say it was 'watered down' to avoid Russia veto
By Hasan Mohamed
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