February 2016

Jordan on Thursday secured around $1.7 billion in grants and grant equivalents for its Syrian refugee response plan for this year and the coming two years. According to the Jordan Compact, a statement issued by Jordanian stakeholders…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that Russia's increase in airstrikes is undermining Syria peace talks in Geneva, Reuters reported. "The intense Russia airstrikes, mainly targeting opposition groups in Syria, is…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on Thursday for U.N.-mediated Syrian peace talks to resume after they were suspended on Wednesday and for an immediate ceasefire. “We hope that the pause in the Geneva talks is only…

Turkey is not planning a military incursion into Syria and Russian talk of such action is propaganda, a senior Turkish government official said on Friday. “Turkey does not have any plans or thoughts of staging a military campaign or…

The spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s military said on Thursday the kingdom was ready to join any ground operation in Syria if required by the U.S.-led coalition. "The kingdom is ready to participate in any ground operations that the coalition…

A 7-year-old Syrian girl suffering from a rare form of eye cancer arrived in Italy on Thursday, the first of an estimated 1,000 refugees who are being brought here on humanitarian grounds in a pilot project aimed at dissuading people from…

Aleppo province: Regime forces backed by Iranian officers and Hezbollah were able to take control on Retian town north of Aleppo after violent clashes against rebels and Jabhat al-Nusra in the town, and targeting the area with heavy…

A girl from Soran al-Bab area was killed by gunshot at Ikda area on the Syrian – Turkey border , where intersecting sources confirmed to of activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Turkish border guards opened fire on…

Homs Province: The humanitarian aid convoy entered al-Wa'er neighborhood, it is include about 30 trucks carrying children clothing, food and other materials, as a part al-Wa'er agreement, this aid came after a delegation from the United…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received a copy of a video showing Mohammad Abdelaziz Tabsho the General Sharia Deputy in al-Jabha al-Shamiyyah and the Imam of Tal Qrah mosque wearing the "orange dress", he said in his "confession"…