16/06/2016

Lattakia province: Clashes continue between regime forces and rebels around the Turkman mount and al-Akrad mount near al-Kabana area amid mutual bombardment from both sides, regime forces advanced and took control on al-Hejar mount, Sallor,…

Police in Belgium and France were warned Wednesday of imminent attacks by Daesh-affiliated militants traveling from Syria, a Brussels newspaper said, citing a Belgian counter-terrorism unit. The message from the federal…

The Syrian Arab Coalition (SAC) has completed the first phase of the Manbij operation by securing the territory surrounding the northern Syrian city, US Central Command announced Wednesday. “After clearing Daesh from this area they are…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called on the international community to fulfill its commitment to tackle the refugee crisis in the Middle East. UNHCR director for the Middle East and North Africa Amin Awad on…

I got a chance to look at a rare document written in March 1945 that shows the nature of tense US-Saudi relations. It reminds us of the situation today. Back then, the US government had not appointed an ambassador, depending on what was…

Russia’s defense ministry announced late Wednesday that a 48-hour ceasefire had been introduced, starting from Thursday, to help stabilize the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo. “On Russia’s initiative, a ‘regime of silence’ has been…

Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria and scene of several clashes since unrest erupted in March 2011, sums up the dynamic of the conflict. Once the country’s commercial hub, Aleppo has become a frontline, its eastern districts captured…

Latakia Province: Violent clashes continued until after midnight yesterday between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic Factions in several areas in Jabal al-Turkman in the northern countryside of…

Homs Province: It rose to 28 at least, the number of members from the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who have been killed when their positions were targeted by the "Islamic state" using 2 booby trapped vehicles in the east of…

Aleppo Province: 12 members at least from the gunmen loyal to the regime forces of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities were killed during the fierce clash that took place against Jabhat Al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in Levant) and the rebel and…