December 2018

Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: tension prevails between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the Movement of Nour al-Din al-Zenki of the National Liberation Front in Idlib Province and the outskirts of Aleppo provinces,…

Aleppo province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from several reliable sources that a tense situation prevails Manbij area, mobilization and preparations, and in the details obtained…

The Syrian army said it had deployed forces to Manbij in northern Syria on Friday after the Kurdish YPG militia urged Damascus to protect the town, where U.S. forces operate, from the threat of a major Turkish offensive. The Syrian…

The Syrian army said it entered Kurdish-held town of Manbij on Friday for the first time in years, after the Kurdish YPG militia urged Damascus to protect the town from the threat of Turkish attacks. The announcement was quickly welcomed…

The main Syrian Kurdish militia has invited government troops to take control of the flashpoint northern town of Manbij to prevent a Turkish attack. The People's Protection Units, or YPG, made the appeal on Friday in a tweet. The Syrian…

Thousands of civilians, mostly relatives of jihadist fighters, are fleeing the last stronghold of the militant Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a war monitor said on Thursday. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,…

Syria's military said Friday it had entered the key Kurdish-held town of Manbij in an apparent deal with the Kurds, who are looking for new allies and protection against a threatened Turkish offensive as U.S. troops prepare to leave Syria.…

The Syrian army deployed forces near Manbij in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor and a U.S. official said, after the Kurdish YPG militia urged Damascus to protect the town, where U.S. forces operate, from the threat of a Turkish…

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance led by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), recently handed over control of territory near northern Syria’s Manbij region to the Russian and Iranian-allied regime of Bashar…

The Kurdish administration in northern Syria is looking to Russia to intervene on their behalf and compel Damascus to protect their territory from an imminent Turkish offensive. A delegation from the self-autonomous administration went to…