The dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime forced healthcare workers to give false testimony after the deadly chlorine gas attack in Douma 2018, two doctors and a nurse tell the news agency AFP.
WorldAlmost 50,000 people have recently been displaced in Idlib and northern Aleppo in Syria, announces the UN's disaster relief organization, Ocha. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres is concerned about the situation.
WorldRussian and Syrian fighter jets have launched a counterattack in northwestern Syria, where Islamist-led rebel forces are advancing. A total of more than 500 people have now been killed since the offensive began.
ConflictsThe death toll is rising in Syria, where jihadists have seized the country's second-largest city. In three provinces in the northern parts of the country, Russia claims to be helping to push back against the rebels.
ConflictsArmed groups have taken themselves into the Syrian metropolis Aleppo and taken control over five districts, reports SOHR. Hundreds of people have been killed since jihadists and other rebel groups have moved towards the war-torn and government-controlled city in recent days.
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