June 2020

Just last year, President Bashar al-Assad seemed on the brink of crowning military victories by easing his diplomatic isolation and recovering more of Syria without a bullet being fired. Not only had U.S.-allied Kurds invited government…

“Life under Daesh” has recently been published by Shahid Kazemi Publications in Tehran. The book has been compiled by Iranian scholar Vahid Khazab. This might be a different book written about the crisis in Syria and the…

Between February and March 2016, Australian and French sailors in the Arabian Sea seized small ships — or dhows — smuggling weapons, most likely to militants in Somalia and Yemen. These caches aboard the dhows included examples of one…

BEIRUT - Not long after a Dutch national arrived in Syria to join the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group, he posed next to a crucified body in a photo that later circulated on social media. Two French nationals did the…

Look: Portraits of nine refugee children, one born each year of Syria's war On World Refugee Day (June 20), Reuters photographer Khalil Ashawi captured portraits of nine refugee children, one born each year of Syria's war,…

The University of Idlib’s Administrative Council on Monday announced that it will accept the Turkish lira as an alternative to the US dollar as payment for student fees, when dollars below the value of $50 are unavailable.…

Crowds in Atmeh called for the release of Tauqir Sharif, detained by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham since Monday, and for schools run by his aid organisation to reopen Children carry posters with the image of Tauqir Sharif at a protest in Atmeh…

SOHR activists say that a member of the Self-Defense Forces was killed and another wounded today, as a landmine planted by unidentified persons exploded near their guard outpost on the bank of the Euphrates River in the town of Diban in…

Daraa governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that unidentified gunmen opened fire on a soldier in the groups of 4th Division in the town of Jileen, west of Daraa, killing him instantly. It is worth nothing…

Daraa governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR eyewitnesses say that a popular demonstration took place in the town of Um al-Mayathin in Daraa countryside. The demonstrators demanded the release of detainees in regime…