July 2020

Party of President Bashar al-Assad and allies win 177 seats in 250-member Parliament in vote denounced by opposition. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's party and its allies have won an…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to reports Wednesday. It has not been confirmed if the call took place late Tuesday or early Wednesday.…

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkish forces, which have carried out several incursions into northern Syria since 2016, would remain in the country until Syrians can live in freedom and safety. “Nowadays they are holding an…

Four months after COVID-19 was officially declared an international pandemic, the disease has made its way into northwest Syria, with a first case confirmed on 9 July. Since then, 18 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the…

US and Russian military vehicles have repeatedly scuffled in a low-level battle for roadways in northeastern Syria. The US-led military coalition that is fighting ISIS says such encounters have several times a month and have so…

Sunday's parliamentary polls saw the ascension of militiamen and loyalists who made their money during the war, and the rejection of previous stalwarts like Fares Shehabi Assad and candidates on the "national unity" list took 177 of…

Israel is hoping to start a war with Iran before the US elections in November, according to the analysis of Jason Ditz, editor of the news site Antiwar.com. Quoting a Business Insider article from July 16, Ditz observes that recent…

Israel is reported to be behind the strikes which sources say targeted a major Iran-backed ammunition depot on the edge of the Syrian capital and killed five fighters linked with the Islamic republic. Israel has closed the airspace…

A Russian fighter reportedly shadowed an Israeli strike plane attacking Iranian-linked targets. As Israel ramps up airstrikes on Iranian forces and their proxies in Syria, with at least five reported dead, Israeli sources…

The "Asset Management Committee" of the head of the military and security commission in Hama province has announced about an auction for the investment of pistachio farmlands in the cities and towns of Al-Lataminah, Latmin, Kafr Zita and…