June 2020

Daraa Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR has monitored a spike in the death toll due to the IED explosion which targeted a bus of the Russian-backed 5th Corps. Observatory activists have documented the killing of at least…

This World Refugee Day (June 20) is crucial for giving attention to the forgotten victims of the coronavirus and hunger pandemic. Refugees today are facing the danger of the coronavirus in addition to hunger and malnutrition. Millions of…

Aleppo Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that the person  killed in today’s drone attack near Al-Bab city was a prominent ISIS commander in Al-Raqqah. According to SOHR sources, an armed…

Russian reactions to the Caesar Act, a US law which came into force on Wednesday imposing new US sanctions on Syria and its allies, continued on Friday as diplomats downplayed its repercussions. Russian diplomatic sources…

Turkey on Saturday said Khalifa Haftar's forces in eastern Libya need to withdraw from the strategic city of Sirte for a lasting ceasefire and accused France of "jeopardising" NATO security by backing him. Ibrahim Kalin, the…

Atmeh Camp, Syria - Four-month-old Abdul Rahman, propped up on pillows on a blue blanket in his family's tent. Two-year-old Walid, striking a boxer's pose in the centre of the mat. Nine-year-old Ranim, who has never known peace, her bare…

The oil-rich African nation is in danger of becoming the next Syria. Welcome to While You Weren’t Looking, Foreign Policy’s weekly newsletter focused on non-coronavirus news. Here’s what we’re watching this week: Turkey and…

Lebanon is currently the home to some 900,000 refugees who have fled Syria’s bloody civil war. But after Lebanon’s economy crashed late last year and the country was hit by the coronavirus crisis, the refugees are struggling even more to…

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has attacked the US in the first official response to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife being placed on the “Caesar Act” sanctions list. On Wednesday, the US issued the first list of…

President Donald Trump wanted a “vicious withdrawal” from Syria. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton thought Turkey was a “potential lifeline.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s diplomats had “no love lost…