June 2020

The two economies are interconnected, to the detriment of ordinary citizens In a recent interview with The National, David Beasley, head of the UN’s World Food Programme, warned that “famine could very well be knocking on the door”…

How will Bashar Assad react when the Caesar Act, a new U.S. legislation imposing new sanctions, takes effect this week? The designers of the new U.S. sanctions claim they are not only going to devastate the already…

The toughest U.S. sanctions yet on Syria take effect this week, increasing the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad as he grapples with a deepening economic crisis after a decade of war. Washington says sanctions will help hold Assad and…

Image copyright SUWAYDA24/AFPImage caption Economic hardship has triggered rare anti-government protests in the southern city of Suweida Protesters are back on the streets in southern Syria, where the uprising against President Bashar…

SOHR activists have documented the killing of the commander of "Jaysh Al-Suqur", a faction operating under the banner of "National Liberation Front", after being shot by unknown gunmen in Sarjeh village in the southern countryside of Idlib.…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that unknown gunmen, believed to be ISIS cells, have stormed the building of "Municipality of The People" in Al-Tayyanah town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The attackers…

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the killing of a civilian from Al-Mayadeen city, after being shot by unknown assailants in his shop in Hawayij town, east of Deir Ezzor.   The gunmen stormed a shop for selling mobile phones…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: very reliable sources have told the Syrian Observatory that ISIS cells burned down the building of SDF "religious affairs" yesterday evening, in Hamar Al-Ali village in the western…