May 2020

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that the security forces along with Russian police, arrested 19 employees of al-Bostan Charity on corruption charges in Latakia, Damascus, and Homs.This brings the total of detained…

Over the past 24 hours, the Islamic State (ISIS) has carried out three attacks in eastern Syria and killed at least 9 people. Local media, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and ground sources reported the news. The…

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has threatened the US forces again, saying that they will be "expelled from Iraq and Syria," adding that "the U.S. government’s long-term performance has led to abhorrence by a major…

Turkish border guards on Sunday allegedly killed a Kurdish farmer, Muheydin Abdullah, 50, in the Deruna Agha village near the town of Girkê Legê (Al-Muabbada in Arabic) on the Syrian-Turkish border. The Syrian Observatory for Human…

The Head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Rami Abdulrahman, said that many former ISIS operatives who had joined the ranks of the pro-Turkey “national army” have now arrived in Libya to support the Government of National…

TRIPOLI--A new contingent of Turkish-dispatched mercenaries have arrived in Libya, said a Syria watch-group on Monday. According the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), “a new batch of 120 fighters of…

The U.N. special envoy for Syria called Monday for talks between Russia and the United States to help end the more than nine-year-old war, saying the two major powers could play "a key role." Geir Pedersen's encouragement to Moscow…

At least two civilians have been killed in seven fires that have broken out in the last three weeks in the refugee camps along the Turkey-Syria border zone, according to a local official.…

Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria, Israel’s outgoing defence minister said on Monday, without offering any evidence to support his assertion. Iran, Israel’s arch-enemy in the Middle East, has been a key supporter, along with…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the ongoing battle against the coronavirus with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call late Monday. The two leaders touched upon…