April 2019

A full-scale assault against militants in Syria's Idlib province "is not expedient now" and civilians' security needs to be taken into account, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 27. Speaking in Beijing, Putin said Russia …

Netanyahu praises Trump for recognising Israel control of Golan Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to name a new settlement in the occupied Golan Heights after US President Donald Trump. Mr…

At least 50 Syrian refugees, including children, have been evicted from an informal settlement along Lebanon's Litani River as part of an anti-pollution drive, bringing the total number of refugees forced out of the area this year to…

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory learned from several reliable sources that militias of the Lebanese Hezbollah abruptly over the past week withdrew from some of their positions in Qara…

The air and missile escalation continues on its 9th consecutive day, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored 4 raids by Russian warplanes on Monday noon, targeted places in Tremla village and its outskirts in Jabal Shashabo…

After being completely terminated as a dominant force within the east Euphrates area, the "Islamic State" Organization continues in the last month, which is the 58th month of its "Caliphate", to operate in the Syrian desert west of…

It was only when his children began to starve that Abdullah al-Amour decided time had come to leave the sanctuary of Rukban camp with his family to face an uncertain fate back under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The cattle trader from…

PRIMED FOR PTSD  The horrors of Syria’s war take the biggest emotional toll on refugee children who are highly sensitive to their environment and encountered few adversities before the war, a study finds.…

The United States and Turkey are negotiating a plan for their troops to jointly patrol a safe zone about 20 miles wide along Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey, according to officials from both countries. The proposed arrangement,…

In August 2011, a hackerspace in Damascus, Syria, was stormed by armed guards. Known as Aikilab, the guards stripped the place; televisions, computers and even couches were now gone. Once home to a thriving art and technology community,…