May 2020

Israeli official tells MEE that shared interests in Syria and gas supplies in the Eastern Mediterranean should bring the two countries together A Turkish flag flutters atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel…

The Syrian president's decision to fleece his long-time rival is about more than money Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf has revealed a family power struggle within the Damascus regime. AFP Last week, Syrians…

Coronavirus daily update: May 14, 2020The latest news and biggest developments to keep you informed about the deadly pandemic. There remains the "high impact risk of a mass breakout" of Islamic State prisoners from detention…

The US military has created a new base at Deir Ez-Zor, an oil-rich region in eastern Syria, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) today in a report on the movement of US troops and Daesh forces in the region. Some…

Scores of Syrians detained after Turkey's Operation Peace Spring began in October have been accused of links to the Kurdistan Workers Party and moved to a prison in Sanliurfa, Turkey. by Amberin Zaman At…

Long hailed as a haven for minority groups, Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdistan region has turned into treacherous territory for many Iranian dissidents and refugees escaping persecution from Iranian authorities, rights activists say.…

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Syrian Observatory activists have monitored intensive rocket attacks by factions of the "National Liberation Front" (NLF), targeting positions of regime forces and loyalists in Hazarin and Kafr Nubl in the southern countryside of Idlib.…

Reliable sources have informed SOHR that two drunk gunmen affiliated to Turkish-backed factions have stormed a house where only women and children live, in Afrin city center in the north-west of Aleppo, in an attempt to assault the women…