July 2020

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that the factions controlling the Afrin area in the north-western Aleppo countryside, issued a decree prohibiting movement from Afrin to Idlib, except under the "travel permit" obtained…

The UK home office was slammed for its “alarming inaction” as it faces accusations it has made no attempt to return British children from war-torn Syria. Save the Children said that nothing has been done in the past eight months to…

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 A.M.) – Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday that his country is not pushing for the escalation of tension in Libya, but it will continue to support the right of the legitimate government in…

A member of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the “White Helmets,” disinfects a room in a physiotherapy center in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on July 11. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images)…

Syria’s war since 2011 has involved a host of regional and international players, forced millions of people from their homes and left more than 380,000 people dead. Here is a summary of the main events in the nine-year conflict: –…

Russian officials are now convinced that implementing a military solution in Syria is not possible, a US official has said. “Russia is convinced that a military solution cannot be imposed in Syria and will lead to a dead end…

On the eve of the Syrian civil war, Muhammad Jarah and Ahmad Bustati’s warehouse in Damascus symbolized China’s emergence as Syria’s largest supplier of industrial and consumer goods. The dilapidated warehouse was stocked with…

Move comes as Libya gov't and Turkey demand an end of foreign intervention in support of commander Khalifa Haftar. Egyptian troops could further destabilise Libya…

Moscow and Beijing are callously restricting humanitarian aid to Syria’s suffering civilians as part of their campaign to prop up Bashar al-Assad. Mr. Risch, an Idaho Republican, chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.…

What are Russia's interests in Syria leading to? Since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011, the Russian leadership has been standing beside the regime in adversity, especially in its war against Islamists and the armed…