April 2020

According to the Libyan National Army (LNA) under General Khalifa Haftar, more Turkish-backed mercenaries from Syria have been captured in Libya. The capture of Turkey’s proxies was announced by Brigadier General Halid al-Mahcup in a…

Mapping Coronavirus in Syria An illustration of a coronavirus (the CDC) By Will Christou, Ammar Hamou AMMAN — As Damascus confirmed its forty-second case of the coronavirus…

The head of the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) Rami Abdulrahman said that the Turkish government is not concerned with the international efforts to fight the COVID19 crisis, and continues to send mercenaries into Libya. – In a…

Israel has adopted a policy of warning Hezbollah before it strikes any of their targets, so as to avoid escalating the conflict. According to a number of Middle Eastern officials speaking to the New York Times, Israel has been…

While the Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 180,000 people worldwide and infected more than 2.5 million, Syria has officially reported relatively few cases. If the epidemic were to worsen there, the death toll would be all the higher…

Speaking to a Russian television station on Sunday, the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said that Russia’s newest, and possibly most capable tank ever, has undergone field testing in Syria. “Yes, that’s right. They…

Part of the Russian military's methodology as it seeks to establish belts of influence in Syria is the creation and support of loyalist militia units. But despite superficial efforts to centralize Syrian armed structures, Russia is…

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif came together in a teleconference on April 22 as the three guarantor countries under the Astana Process. A written…

Here's What You Need To Remember: It’s unlikely that the pistols are better than other modern pistols like Glocks, though those carry a prestige premium in the region. For the average SDF fighter or Iraqi militiaman, a Delta Defense Group…