May 2020

As the domestic situation grows bleaker for him and his ruling party, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan is struggling to turn the Turkish public’s attention away from home.In his desperation, Erdogan is laying bare his designs to…

Thousands of displaced people have returned to Syria after negotiations brought about a pause in hostilities following a week-long government offensive aimed at regaining the territory from armed opposition, a UK-based watchdog said on…

Russia’s relationships with its client states have never been easy. Of course, managing client states is always a complicated exercise. The Kremlin’s cupboard is full of skeletons—Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia (1968), Cuba (1962),…

as delivered New York, 19 May 2020 Thank you, Mr. President. I will focus my briefing today on two areas. First: the impact of COVID-19 in Syria and the preparedness and response measures underway. Second: the humanitarian response…

While the U.N. aid chief appealed for renewal of authorization for the delivery of aid through two border crossings from Turkey, Western countries led by the U.S. proposed the reopening of a third gate despite Russia's objection…

The United States of America should demand that the Syrian government stop all attacks against Turkish forces in the Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone and abide by the buffer zone’s agreed-to terms. Syria, Turkey and Russia created this…

Social media users accuse video of promoting 'ugly messages and entrenching social schisms' in war-torn country The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has come under fire for showcasing a “tasteless” campaign video for its…

Libya's UN-recognised government retakes two towns after recapturing strategic al-Watiya airbase on Monday. Forces allied with Libya's…

SOHR sources have monitored growing popular resentment in areas under the control of Autonomous Administration in northern and north-eastern countryside of Syria.   This widespread popular discontent coincides with astronomical prices of…

Rami Makhlouf, former backer of Assad regime, also barred from doing business with state Rami Makhlouf has been airing his grievances against the Syrian government on social media. Photograph: Facebook…