Syrian government forces used widely banned cluster munitions in an attack on Termanin, a town in northern Idlib, on October 6, 2023, killing two civilians and injuring nine others, Human Rights Watch said in a [ More … ]
Ties with Damascus are being normalised, as the bloc hopes for an ‘Arab-led political path’ to solve the Syrian crisis. The Arab League readmitted Syria on Sunday after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating [ More … ]
Washington’s insistence on staying in Syria under the pretext of “containing ISIS” is rather weak, says Fulbright scholar Ali Demirdas. The Iranian drone strike against the American military base in northern Syria that killed one [ More … ]
It’s time to recognize that sanctions against the Assad regime have failed and that a more realistic policy could yield real benefits and reduce escalatory risks, states Responsible Statecraft. “Most Middle East countries are now [ More … ]
Syrian foreign minister has paid first visit to Egypt in more than decade amid reports that Egypt’s Sisi is likely to meet his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad at the end of April, according to Wall [ More … ]
Egypt’s Sisi on Tuesday held a phone call with Turkey’s Erdogan and Syria’s Assad to offer condolences and sympathy to the victims of the destructive earthquake that hit the two countries early Monday. Egyptian presidential [ More … ]
The Bashar Al-Assad Syrian regime has once again renewed its accusation of “stealing oil” from fields in the north-east of the country by the United States, state-run SANA news agency reports. “The American forces brought [ More … ]
Turkiye-Syria ties could develop in the future in a similar manner to how Turkiye developed ties with Egypt, Turkish President said Sunday. “Just as Turkiye-Egypt relations started to normalize, in the next period it can [ More … ]
Lebanon buses refugees back to Syria as repatriation plan continued. However, some refugees were reportedly ‘shocked’ to be notified at the border that they cannot cross because their names had not been cleared by Syria [ More … ]
Despite the widespread condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine across the world, yet some Arab countries supported Moscow in its recent moves, a report by The Independent has monitored. As Russia’s invasion unfolds, several [ More … ]
Lebanon has maintained diplomatic ties with Syria since 2011, but adopted a so-called policy of dissociation from the civil war Lebanese officials visited Damascus on Saturday to discuss plans to import gas through war-torn Syria’s [ More … ]
UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees, said hundreds of Palestinians are facing serious shortages amid renewed fighting between Assad forces and rebels The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Sunday of the humanitarian [ More … ]
Israeli woman freed by Syria while Israel returned two shepherds to the Syria-controlled side of the Golan Heights. Syria released an Israeli woman after Israel returned two shepherds to the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Syria-Russia alliance of committing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in rebel-held Idlib province and called for sanctions against top military officials. In a [ More … ]
Syria’s civil war is in its tenth year with no end in sight. UN-brokered talks in Geneva have failed to emerge with tangible results; the Astana process, led by Russia, Iran, and Turkey, has also [ More … ]
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