Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces responded “immediately” by using radar to shell the sources of the Syrian mortar fire. Mr. Erdogan said […]
Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortars Kill 5 Civilians in Turkish Town
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortar Kills 5 Civilians in Turkish Town
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces in the border region immediately shelled Syrian targets spotted by radar Wednesday, in response to what it […]
At Least 48 Killed as Car Bombs Strike Syria
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Four coordinated explosions on Wednesday ripped through a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, killing dozens of people and wounding nearly 100 others. The blasts gutted a military officers’ club and a nearby hotel. Opposition groups say at least 48 people died, mostly from the security services, while Syrian state media put the death […]
At Least 48 Killed as Car Bombs Strike Syria
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Four coordinated explosions on Wednesday ripped through a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, killing dozens of people and wounding nearly 100 others. The blasts gutted a military officers’ club and a nearby hotel. Opposition groups say at least 48 people died, mostly from the security services, while Syrian state media put the death […]
At Least 40 Killed as Car Bombs Strike Syria
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Four massive explosions ripped through a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, killing at least 40 people and wounding nearly 100 others. The Syrian government and its opponents said Wednesday three of the blasts were car bombs that targeted Saadallah Jabri Square, near a hotel that residents said housed pro-government militiamen. An officers’ club […]
Bombs Hit Main Square in Syria’s Aleppo
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Three bombings in a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, have killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 70 others. The blasts Wednesday hit a main square near a military officers’ club in the city, which has seen increased fighting in recent days between government forces and rebels opposed to President Bashar […]
Bombs Hit Main Square in Syria’s Aleppo
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
Three bombs have exploded in a government-controlled section of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo. The blasts Wednesday hit a main square in the city, which has seen increased fighting in recent days between government forces and rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombings happened near a military officers’ […]
Syrian Conflict Draws in Assad Ally Hezbollah, Widens His Rift with Hamas
Posted October 2nd, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Syria’s civil war appears to be drawing in Lebanese Hezbollah militants allied to President Bashar al-Assad while at the same time widening a rift between the Syrian leader and his former Palestinian militant allies Hamas. In reports published Tuesday, Western news agencies quote Lebanese sources and Syrian activists as saying that a senior Hezbollah commander […]
Activists Say Explosions Kill 20 in Syria’s South
Posted October 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian opposition group says explosions in the province of Daraa killed 20 people Tuesday, as shelling and heavy fighting was reported throughout the country. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA by phone that there were “clashes and bombardments in almost every province,” from Daraa in the south to Aleppo in the […]
Activists Report Continued Syria Shelling Amid UN Concerns
Posted October 2nd, 2012 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Syrian activists are reporting continued deadly shelling by government forces, a day after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern about the ongoing aerial and artillery attacks. Activists said shelling in the Damascus suburb Douma killed two people Tuesday, and that government forces blasted other rebel strongholds outside the capital. The Local Coordination Committees said attacks […]
