August 2020

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Rafik al-Hariri was assassinated in 2005. Here are some details about him, his death, and its impact ahead of a verdict by a U.N. backed tribunal on Tuesday: WHO WAS RAFIK AL-HARIRI? Hariri served as…

Many Greeks have grown frustrated as tens of thousands of asylum seekers languished on Greek islands. Now, evidence shows, a new conservative government has a new method of keeping them out. Migrants…

U.S. forces clashed with Syrian troops in the northeast on Monday, killing at least one soldier and wounding two others, state media said, while the U.S. military said it responded to small arms fire near a Syrian…

Frequent violations of the weapons ban expose serious monitoring and enforcement flaws. The frigate “Hamburg” leaves for a five-month Mediterranean mission as part of the European Union’s Irini foreign…

Reliable sources have told the Syrian Observatory that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham arrested the Local Council's head in Arab Said village in Idlib countryside, for "calling for the release of detainees in HTS prisons". The man was taken to…

Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the injury of a former opposition fighter in Al-Muzayreb town in the western countryside of Daraa, after being shot by unknown assailants.   Yesterday,…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored tens of people demonstrating at the border crossing with Turkey in Ras Al-Ain city (Sere Kaniye), which is under the control of "Peace Spring" factions in the north countryside of Al-Hasakah.  …

SOHR activists say that Russian forces stationed near the radio tower in the western countryside of Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) shot down a Turkish reconnaissance drone while flying over the area.   Yesterday, Syrian Observatory sources reported…

Aleppo Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: reliable SOHR sources say that the "General Intelligence branch" launched a security campaign, backed by the Turkish forces, against ISIS cells in Mare' city which is under the control…

Reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that a meeting was held today in Al-Omar oil field in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, attended by the "General Commander" of Syria Democratic Forces, the military commander of "Deir Ezzor Military…