May 2020

Infighting has erupted among Turkish-backed Takfiri militants in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province following dispute over distribution of stolen objects, a report says. The clashes broke out among the Turkish-backed…

The anti-IS global coalition conducting military training in al-Tanf base in Syria (the Global Coalition for Operation Inherent Resolve Facebook page) The course of events in north-eastern Syria has been accelerating,…

On May 15, ISIS announced that its cells had assassinated an officer of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southern governorate of Daraa. In a statement released by the so-called Amaq news agency, the group said its terrorists shot…

Early on May 15, heavy clashes broke out between Turkish-backed militants and Kurdish forces in the northern Aleppo countryside. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the clashes took place near the town…

Two members of a Turkish-backed militant group in northwestern Aleppo attempted to attack women and children this week while intoxicated on alcohol, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. “Reliable sources have…

The UN is supporting vulnerable communities in Syria during the coronavirus pandemic. As civilian casualties mount across Syria and human rights violations continue unabated, the UN rights chief…

Human Rights Watch released details of a mass grave in Al-Hota gorge in northern Syria, in a report published on May 4. The NGO said that the so-called Islamic State (IS) group was responsible, and called for further investigations into…

Lebanese cabinet orders seizure of all goods illegally entering or leaving Lebanon at country’s border with Syria. Smugglers often sell fuel oil and flour in Syria at hefty mark-up BEIRUT - Lebanon on…

A survey produced by an obscure pro-Kremlin website recently sparked global debate about the Kremlin’s potentially abandoning Syrian President Bashar Assad, a long-time Russian ally in the Middle East. While Moscow is indeed increasingly…

Ever since the civil war began in Syria in early 2011, the left has largely ignored the social and economic circumstances that led to a conflict costing over a half-million deaths and the migration—internal and external—of half…