15/09/2015

U.S. plans to take in some 10,000 Syrian refugees increases the danger of Islamist militants entering the country as well said a top U.S. lawmaker, who expressed strong reservations about the program. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House…

President Francois Hollande said on Monday French air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria would be necessary. “We are part of the coalition in Iraq ,” Hollande said in a news conference with his…

Russia is using an air corridor over Iraq and Iran to send supplies to Syria, US officials said. After Bulgaria, a NATO member, announced on Sept. 8 its airspace would be closed to Russian military planes traveling to Syria — upon…

Europe has unmistakably softened its posture on Bashar al-Assad recently, with leaders of key countries in the refugee-plagued bloc coyly acknowledging the beginnings of unified policy on Syria. Given the shock of the non-stop influx of…

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been getting weaker over the summer, and we were on the cusp of a profound reorganization of the balance of power in the Levant. The regime had suffered serious losses, both in terms of…

Lebanon is expected to participate on Tuesday in a conference of states hosting Syrian refugees in Brussels, the head of the delegation, MP Michel Moussa, said. Moussa told An Nahar newspaper published on Monday that he will call in his…

Russian diplomacy aims to settle conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and has a roadmap for specific measures to contain terrorism in the region, for which it is seeking international blessing and a mandate from the U.N. Security…

Rif Dimashq Province: A fighter from the Islamic Factions died affected by injury of a shot by a sniper from the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in Zabadani, a girl was also killed by the bombing by warplanes on areas in the…

Deir Ezzor Province: The regime forces areas in al-Jdaydet Ekydat town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor and the area around Jafra oilfield, while the activists of the Syrian Observatory for human rights were informed by reliable…

Homs Province: The Islamic Factions targeted areas controlled by the regime forces in Kafernan at the northern countryside of Homs, no information about casualties, while the regime forces opened fire of heavy machineguns on areas in the…