November 2015

Reef Dimashq province: Regime forces bombarded areas of Duma city, Otaya, and Hosh al-Khayat. Regime forces bombarded Daraya city what caused material damages in the area amid targeting the city with 40 explosive barrels during the last 24…

SOHR activists were able to locate a number of vehicles for IS around al-Rahba castle in al-Miadin city, the vehicles entered the castle, SOHR activists were also able to enter the castle before the vehicles and saw 5 persons who were…

Lattakia province: Clashes continue between regime forces and rebels around Shekh Mohammad in the northern countryside, reports of advances for regime forces, amid bombardment by regime forces on rebels bastions in the nothern countryside,…

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey did not want any escalation after it shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, saying it had simply acted to defend its own security and the “rights of our brothers” in…

During last week’s G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that according to his country’s intelligence, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is financed by private individuals from 40 countries, some of them G20…

There are various similarities between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin. The presidents of Turkey and Russia are strongmen with unlimited political ambitions, who will mark an era in their countries for better or worse. They are both…

Canada announced Tuesday that 10,000 of 25,000 Syrian refugees will arrive by Dec. 31, with the rest coming by the end of February from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The government had originally promised to welcome 25,000 in 2015.…

A report by the Independent suggests that the deadly chemical weapon know as white phosphorous is being used in airstrikes against Daesh in Raqqa. The information comes from activists from the civilian network "Raqqa is Being…

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane bombing "terrorist groups" in Syria was a "planned provocation", saying the groups are openly using Turkish territory. “We have serious doubts that…

Homs Province: The regime forces renewed the shelling on areas for in the city of Talbiseh in the northern countryside of Homs, amid opening heavy machineguns fire on areas in the city, while the clashes are still taking place between…