Breaking News
- 66 months of Russian intervention in Syria | Routine joint patrols with Turks…hundreds of airstrikes on the desert and “de-escalation zone”…and ongoing search for the remains of Israelis south of the capital
- Responsible for killing 21 regime soldiers and loyalists | 4Th Division blows up house of the house of opposition commander in western Daraa for the second time
- Armed attack | Unidentified gunmen open fire on regime checkpoint in eastern Qalamoun, injuring many
- Aleppo | Turkish artillery fire hits Kurdish-held areas in northern countryside, and Kurdish forces respond, shelling positions in Mare’
- Deteriorating security in HTS-held areas | Unidentified person found dead near Syria border with Iskenderun region
- Old ordnance | Landmine explodes in western Al-Raqqah, killing child
- Lack of funds and donor organizations | Several schools in Sahl Al-Rouj in north-west Idlib threatened to be closed
- Eight days after the last attack | Russian jets renew airstrikes on Idlib province
- Arrested eight years and a half ago | Over 35 human rights, media and humanitarian organizations nominate Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Matouk detained in regime prisons for “Front Line Defenders Award”
- Iran’s presence in Syria | Pro-Iranian militias bring in new arms shipment from Iraq, and store it in tunnels on the outskirts of Al-Mayadeen in western Euphrates
Opinions and articles
Syrian uprising 10-year anniversary: A political economy perspective
Bashar al-Assad’s first decade in power saw some positive economic developments and a…
Statement on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. war on Syria
The following slightly edited statement was released on March 12, 2021 by the Syria Solidarity…
How Putin Is Starving Syria — and What Biden Can Do
Charles Lister is a senior fellow and the director of the Syria and Counterterrorism programs at…
Assad is testing Biden. The US president must not fail.
A view shows the damage at a hospital in a rebel-held town of Atareb in northwestern Syria, March…
On The West’s Betrayal Of Syria, History Will Not Be Kind
The 10 years of fighting have left nearly 400,000 dead in Syria
Ten years after the popular…
Syria’s V day
The 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising passed last week without as much comment as it merited.…
Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?
Ten years ago this month, Syrians took to the streets to call for political reform and social…
How can a German court convict for crimes in Syria?
FILE – In this May 3, 2019 file photo, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets,…
Does Biden Really Want to End the Forever Wars?
If he does, he must work with Congress and go well beyond narrowing old permission slips for…
The Biden Administration Doesn’t Know Why Syria Matters
A few days after then-U.S. President Donald Trump announced in October 2019 that he was pulling…
The War of Hunger is Taking Over From the War of Guns…and All Syrians are…
Great dollops of hypocrisy invariably accompany expressions of concern by outside powers for the…
A decade on, Syrian refugees mired in ‘silent war’ for survival
As the Syria crisis reaches the 10-year mark,…
Syria: Bread Crisis Exposes Government Failure
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Syrian authorities distribute food to…
Have the Gates of Hell Been Opened Upon Myanmar?
Two destroyed tanks sit in front of a mosque in Azaz, Syria, following the Battle of…
Will latest push for accountability for Syria torture succeed?
Effort by Canada and Netherlands under UN Convention Against Torture will be slow but sends strong…
The Observer view on bringing Assad to justice after a decade of war in Syria
Syrians demonstrate against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Idlib on 18 March. Photograph:…
How Syria’s war of disinformation reshaped the world
Ten years ago, ordinary Syrians took to the streets. They peacefully and honourably protested…
After a Decade of War, Syria Has More Horrors in Store
'My mother forced me to join IS - then they shot me'
We'd been asked…