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- Assassinations | Unknown gunmen shoot dead two members of the regime’s “15th Division” in eastern Daraa
- IED attack | Explosions hit Turkish military convoy on M4, leaving many injured
- Murder | Child stabbed to death in Al-Raqqah city, triggering widespread popular resentment
- Violent explosion hits rural Jisr Al-Shughur killing and injuring several jihadists
- Russian airstrikes | Jets pound ISIS positions in Syrian desert
- “De-escalation zone” | Russian jets fly over western Aleppo following clashes between rebels and regime forces
- Daraa instability | Unknown gunmen assassinate “collaborator” with Hezbollah, and little girl killed in another attack
- Turkish-backed factions continues repressing people of Jendires and Afrin
- Arsons in Al-Hasakeh | Fires spread to frontlines between SDF and Turkish-backed factions, and fire crews unable to extinguish them
- Afrin | Logging continues with permission of Turkish-backed factions
Opinions and articles
How does authoritarianism survive in Syria?
How did the emergence of a civil-war autocracy in Syria change the way the regime…
Is Assad turning on his cronies?
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The inner circle of Syria's president Bashar Al Assad…
Is Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad turning on his inner circle?
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ISIS Prisoners Threaten U.S. Mission in Northeastern Syria
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Syria’s Assad confronts economic crisis, Russian tensions and family feud
A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs last month on the door of a Damascus butcher…
Link between Lebanon and Syria’s economies spells disaster for both
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By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. Then the Plan Went South.
A short-lived mission uncovered by U.N. investigators offers a glimpse into the world of those who…
Time to pressure Assad and Putin in Syria
It's time to turn up the heat on Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Syria.…
Islamic State is back and this time the west is ill-prepared to take it on
Despite losing its caliphate and its leader, recent attacks show the militant group has begun…
Rami Makhlouk, the billionaire cousin of Bashar al-Assad who fell from grace and…
In a month, Rami Makhlouf has published three videos on the internet in which he…
The Future of Syria
The people of Syria demand that political and socioeconomic changes and fair elections.
The…
Syria’s children ‘go to bed hungry’ as prices soar
Food prices in Syria have risen to their highest levels since conflict erupted nine years ago,…
Recent clashes in Egypt, Syria and Iraq shows fight against ISIS in region is not…
Cairo said Saturday that 21 jihadists were killed in clashes with security forces in the…
Iran and Israel: Already at War in Cyberspace?
An Iranian cyber-attack on Israeli water infrastructure provoked a response from Jerusalem in May.…
It has been a decade since I celebrated Eid in my Syrian home town of Hama
My father taught me a lot about Hama and its sombre past on my last night there…
Rami Makhlouf: The rift at the heart of Syria’s ruling family
Image copyrightAFPImage captionRami Makhlouf has posted three videos online in a month, complaining…
US may try to raise the stakes for Russia in Syria
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New US plans for Syria threaten Turkey’s interests
During an online discussion panel hosted by the Hudson Institute, James Jeffrey, the U.S.…