Eastern Ghouta

Crimes of the Assad dynasty: Forty years of international impunity

Decades after the bloody Hama massacre, Syrian regime head Bashar al Assad has managed to cling to power, like his father, under the averted gaze of world powers.

Chemical watchdog confirms chlorine used as weapon in Syria

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says toxic chemical contained 'reactive chlorine' used in Douma in 2018.

Syrian regime committed war crimes in Syria's Ghouta - UN

A 23-page report released by the UN Commission of Inquiry said that through the widespread and systematic" bombardment of Eastern Ghouta and the continued denial of food and medicine, pro-regimeforces perpetrated a "crime against humanity."

Deal reached for rebels to quit Syria's Douma enclave - regime media

Under the deal, all Jaish al Islam fighters will shift from the eastern Ghouta pocket to Jarablus "within 48 hours", regime-run SANA news agency reports, a day after an alleged chemical attack blamed on Assad regime killed over 40 people in Douma.

Syrian children evacuated to Turkey recount horrors of war

Of Syria's estimated 10 million children, 8.6 million are now in dire need of assistance, up from about half a million after the first year of war.

Russia says evacuation from Syria's eastern Ghouta to end within days

The Russian General Staff says the rebel fighters are still leaving the town of Douma for the opposition-controlled north and the evacuation will wrap up in the coming days.

Assad gives ultimatum to opposition fighters northeast of Damascus

Syrian regime leader Assad and Russia deliver an ultimatum to rebels saying they must accept regime rule or leave the besieged area northeast of Damascus.

'Final evacuation deal' reached for Syria's eastern Ghouta

Jaish al Islam opposition group will put down heavy weapons and leave Douma town of the besieged enclave for northern Syria, according to regime media reports.

Syrian regime forces say they have regained most of eastern Ghouta

Russia-backed regime forces have recaptured the vast majority of the enclave through the combination of a deadly air and ground assault and evacuation deals.

Syria opposition group upbeat on Douma talks but denies deal

Jaish al Islam, a militant group which controls the town of Douma, denies Russian claims that it agreed to evacuate the last pocket of eastern Ghouta.

Eastern Ghouta civilians bid farewell to their homes

Residents of eastern Ghouta were trapped for five years, but now they’re forced to leave. This is what they had to say before leaving their homes.

'Russian deal in eastern Ghouta doesn't guarantee safety for medics'

As a mass evacuation continues from eastern Ghouta to Idlib under a Russian-brokered deal also guaranteed safety for remaining civilians, medics who have been systematically attacked in hospitals have no option but to leave.