December 2015

Hama province Clashes took place after midnight between regime forces and rebels around Aqrab town amid aerial bombardment on Kafar Zita farmlands. Regime forces bombarded al-Telol al-Homr, al-Satheiat and areas of the southern eastern…

Homs province: Clashes took place between regime forces and rebels around Ter Ma'la town, reports of losses in both sides. Explosive barrels were dropped on Ter Ma'la and Talaf around al-Hawla what wounded a number of civilians. A woman was…

SOHR was informed that the clashes continued around Teshrin dam housings west of al-Furat river in the northern eastern countryside of Aleppo between SDF and IS in an attempt by SDF to control more areas including the housings after 3 days…

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promises Turkey's support during upcoming UN-backed negotiations ISTANBUL   Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reiterated Turkey’s support for Syrian opposition forces ahead of UN-backed negotiations…

World View: As the conflict enters its fifth year, it is hard to share the optimism of some politicians Patrick Cockburn It was a year of dramatic events in the war in Syria and Iraq, but the political and military stalemate at…

JOSHUA HOLLAND In 2015, black people rioted, thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America turned themselves in at our Southern border, the Obama administration signed a nuclear agreement with Iran and the federal…

By SOMINI SENGUPTA and ANNE BARNARD The United Nations said Saturday that it intended to move ahead with peace talks between the Syrian government and rebel forces in late January, a signal to all parties that a tenuous political…

Some young men and women leave France to start families in Syria, according to those who study the radicalization of French residents   By NOEMIE BISSERBE and STACY MEICHTRY NICE, France—Valérie Aubry-Dumont got the…

Syrian opposition reps want Saudi Arabia ‘disqualified’ from peace process – report Saudi Arabian meddling in a complex Syrian peace process will encourage extremism and raise tensions, said opposition delegates who met in Kazakhstan twice…

Rif Dimashq Province: The helicopters dropped more barrel bombs on the city of Darayya in the Western Ghout. 9 civilians, including a woman, killed and 17 others wounded due to fall of shells on al- Wafidin area near the…