August 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was originally intended by the Islamist regime to be an ideologically oriented militia that would compensate for the regular Iranian army’s lack of revolutionary zeal. It has…

Arnous's government will also have to oversee ongoing efforts to combat the country's novel coronavirus outbreak LOUAI BESHARA AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday appointed caretaker prime minister Hussein Arnous to…

Turkish soldiers control and block the supply of water from the Alluk plant. Thirst as a weapon of war, in a period when temperatures reach 40 °. The effects on crops and animals are also of concern. Appeals to the international community…

A US military facility in northeastern Syria, in the eastern part of the Deir ez-Zor region, came under rocket fire Aug. 19, with several shells falling in the vicinity of a US base near the Conoco oil field. On Aug. 17, an armed incident…

The Syrian opposition held two meetings with US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey in the run-up to this week's constitutional committee (CC) session, Hadi Bahra, an opposition co-chair of the body, told reporters…

Discussions were paused after participants tested positive for the coronavirus Hadi Al Bahra, left, co-chairman of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, leaves the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, August …

Pompeo and the UAE’s FM spoke about support for “de-escalation and a lasting cease-fire in Libya” They also spoke about “countering Iran’s malign influence in the region” DUBAI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

Russia, Turkey and Iran – who form the Astana trio – have announced their intention to hold another round of peace talks on Syria, according to a joint statement following the third meeting of the Constitutional Committee of Syria held in…

As SOHR continues documenting the torture fatalities in Syrian regime prisons, a defector from the regime forces from Daraa al-Balad died under torture inside the regime security prisons, a year and eight months after his arrest in Sednaya…

SOHR activists say that the factions operating in the "al-Fath al-Mubin" operations room continue their intensive shelling on the regime-controlled areas in rural Hama and Idlib. Shelling continues on Jurein and Al-Bahasa in the western…