September 2020

Iran's regional proxy Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in a shadow war in Syria. Could we be seeing the former retreating from an open conflict? Lebanon has been beset by consecutive crises that have some wondering if the…

Photograph Source: James Gordon from Los Angeles, California, USA – Iraqi refugee children, Damascus, Syria – CC BY 2.0 Desperate refugees crammed into cockle-shell boats landing on the shingle beaches of the south Kent coast are…

PATERSON — When they came to the United States four years ago as refugees from Syria, fleeing a brutal civil war, the three men were penniless and knew no English. Now they are on a different path as …

After years of war and economic deprivation, Syria is poorly equipped to handle COVID-19. But the coronavirus is spreading fast, both in government-controlled Damascus and in the rebel-held northwest region of the country, where it…

The majority of deaths due to COVID-19 in Damascus, Syria are not reported according to a new report by the Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team. The researchers estimate that only 1.25% of deaths (sensitivity range 1%-3%) due…

Coronavirus quarantine centers for Syria, like the detention centers where citizens are persecuted and left to die, remind us of the staying power of a brutal dictator so desperate to hold onto power that he would kill his own people. The…

US president’s claims contradict 2018 denial that moves to ‘assassinate’ Assad were ‘never even discussed’ Donald Trump has claimed that he supported “taking out” Syrian president Bashar al-Assad following chemical…

At the end of August, Syrian President Bashar Assad reshuffled his cabinet, bringing in some new names to try to fix an economy ravaged by almost a decade of civil war and the coronavirus pandemic. But as new research from London makes…

Report says President Bashar al-Assad's government has 'continued to perpetrate crimes against humanity'. Displaced Syrians sit in the back of a truck as they flee…

As America’s most sweeping sanctions against the Syrian regime gain traction, serious doubts are being raised about the efficacy of humanitarian exemptions introduced to ensure that civilians are not…