Foreign-backed militants and their families begin evacuating from a district of the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the city. The deal to evacuate Barzeh district mirrors similar agreements for armed opposition-held territory elsewhere in the country, allowing fighters ...
Russian Mission to the United Nations introduced to the UN Security Council a draft resolution on de-escalation zones in Syria in support of the agreements reached in Astana last week. A source in the Russian mission to the United Nations told Sputnik that the document welcomed the Memorandum signed on May 4 and called on all parties to respect the ...