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Why the Kremlin Rolled the Dice on Ukraine

“We saw this in Syria, the Russians starting that talk when they or their proxies were about to use those weapons there.”

Analysis: Putin used the same false justification for brutal bombings in Syria, in the glare of western media

Syria's war has escalated in the last months, marked by intensified shelling and aerial bombing by Syrian and Russian forces on opposition-held areas, UN war crimes investigators said on Wednesday. Families in Syria, where rampant inflation hit 140% at the start of 2022, would be hard-hit by any disruption of…

U.N. war crimes investigators urged the United States on Wednesday to carry out thorough probes into civilian casualties caused by the U.S. air strikes in Syria to ensure that those responsible for any violations are held to account.

Using trench and tunnel warfare, Syrian rebel fighter Abu Ahmad said he and his group held out for years against government forces in eastern Ghouta until Russian air power came to President Bashar al-Assad's aid in 2015, to devastating effect.

The Ukraine crisis has exacerbated the suffering of Syrians as price hikes and shortages of essential commodities sweep markets in the country.

Maghaweir al-Thowra (NSA), a Syrian opposition group which controls territory near the Syrian-Jordanian border and is backed by the US-led international coalition, announced arresting a 14-member ring that smuggled drugs between Syria and Jordan. The group released a picture of those detained alongside its official statement.

Iran has condemned Israel's recent attack on the Syrian capital of Damascus, its semi-official ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, quoting foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh. Israel fired several missiles toward Syrian military positions near Damascus Monday, killing two civilians and causing material damage, Syria's defense ministry said.

Iran said on Wednesday that an Israeli air strike in Syria that killed four people including two Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers would be avenged.

This illegal invasion of a sovereign nation is already an immense tragedy, and it will only get worse, especially for women and girls.