August 2020

U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen gestures during a news conference ahead of a meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland August 21, 2020. (REUTERS) The UN has been…

Yasser Ibrahim is main target of sanctions, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing him of cutting corrupt deals for Syrian president The United States has slapped sanctions on several senior political, military and…

A hospital nurse describes the disastrous impact of the US ‘Caesar Act’ sanctions and the spread of Covid-19 that Syrian authorities have played down, writes Patrick Cockburn Residents around Damascus say they have…

Sir, – Lara Marlowe in reviewing Patrick Cockburn’s latest book writes that he believes if the West wants to help Syria, it should recognise that Bashar al-Assad is going to hold on to power (“War in the Age of Trump: Four years of fighting…

As stocks soar to record highs and inequality deepens during the pandemic, is it time to finally confront capitalism? With more than 22 million coronavirus cases and almost 800,000 deaths worldwide, the health crisis…

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Libya has been riven by violence since Col Muammar Gaddafi was deposed in 2011 Libya's rival authorities have announced an immediate ceasefire. The Tripoli-based and internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) published…

Syrian Observatory activists have reported that gunmen of the Turkish-backed division of "Sultan Murad" stormed a house inhabited by displaced people from Maarrat Al-Nu'man, in Bolbol township in Afrin countryside, north-west of Aleppo. The…

SOHR activists have monitored ongoing Russian airstrikes on ISIS positions in the Syrian desert. According to SOHR sources, regime forces are preparing for launching a large-scale campaign, with Russian support, on ISIS cells in the Syrian…

Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham released the pharmacist arrested three days ago, after a female student in an institute affiliated to the University of Idlib posted her paintings which called for humanity on…