July 2020

Russian-Turkish relations in the different areas of control in Syria are in a state of flux, shifting between rapprochement and conflict. Particularly with the complexity of the two countries' interests and concerns regarding the Syrian…

Fierce clashes have been still underway in several areas in the triangle of "Aleppo-Hama-Al-Raqqah" between regime forces and ISIS, in the wake of ISIS attack which comes as a part of its resurgence in the area.   SOHR sources have…

SOHR sources say that Turkish forces, the "National Liberation Front" and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham fired several missiles targeting regime positions in Kafr Nubl and Maarrat Al-Nu'man in the southern countryside of Idlib. The rocket attacks…

SOHR activists have documented the killing of a French mine-expert and two SDF soldiers in a landmine explosion in their car in Al-Muwayleh village of Al-Jarraniyah district in the western countryside of Al-Raqqah. The victims were heading…

Syrian Observatory activists have reported that an armed fight erupted between two families in the Turkish-controlled city of Jarabulus in north-eastern countryside of Aleppo.   According to SOHR sources, the ongoing fierce clashes have…

A Catholic cathedral in Syria, repeatedly struck and gravely damaged during the country’s almost nine-year war, reopened this week, following its restoration. The Maronite Cathedral of St. Elijah in the northern city of Aleppo was…

Syrians headed to polling stations in government-held parts of the country on Sunday to elect a new parliament amid strict health measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Syrians headed to polling stations in…

The Issam Fares Institute held a series of webinars last week on the effects of the Caesar Act on Syria and Lebanon. Russian, American, European and Syrian experts discussed the issue. A large part of the discussion revolved around the…

“We would like to point out that Russia has always advocated the delivery of humanitarian aid to all those in need throughout Syria in strict compliance with the norms of international humanitarian law.”…

The regime has not known (real) elections since it seized power 50 years ago, says senior opposition figure Nasr Al Hariri Syria's exiled opposition has called parliamentary polls on Sunday in government-held areas of the…