December 2018

Turkey is massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force, a war monitor said as Turkish media reported Sunday new reinforcement crossing the borders. The Turkish buildup comes even though Turkey…

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta strongly criticized President Trump’s announcement of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Syria – saying the move sends “a terrible message” to the United States allies around the globe and threatens…

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an…

Turkey has dispatched military reinforcements to northern Syria, which is held by US-backed Kurdish militants, as American troops prepare to leave the Arab country. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday…

Turkey on Saturday sent military reinforcements to northern Syria near an area controlled by Kurdish forces as Ankara threatens to carry out a fresh offensive to wipe them out, a war monitor said. The move comes after US President Donald…

Thousands of Syrian government forces have reached the west of the Euphrates River, spreading fear among some parts of the local population, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Other reports suggest the government forces…

Turkish army on Dec.22 sent military reinforcements to northern Syria's Manbij, an area controlled by Kurdish forces, as Ankara threatens to carry out a new offensive to wipe them out, Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…

Daraa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the writings on the walls of Daraa province and countryside continue, recalling the writings in the province from which the Syrian revolution was started in 2011, where the Syrian…

Al-Suwaidaa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: an explosion was heard in the al-Fayha'a Park in al-Suwaidaa city on the afternoon of Sunday, the 23rd of December, it turned out to be caused by a grenade explosion thrown by 2…

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the exit of tens of cars from the outskirts the “Islamic State” organization’s enclave, on the east bank of Euphrates River,…