December 2020

Ten years after Arabs mobilised in their millions, we take a retrospective look at the media’s role and the damage that has been done to journalism since. The wave of revolutions that came to be known as the Arab Spring…

Oman’s growing influence in Syria could make it an increasingly important diplomatic actor there, though the Sultanate must tread carefully. The Sultanate of Oman has long held a strategy of maintaining diplomatic…

Aleppo Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: An old man in his sixties was found dead and dumped near a house in Kafraghan town, which is under the control of Turkish forces and their proxy factions in northern Aleppo.  …

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: As security chaos continues in SDF-held areas in eastern Euphrates, particularly in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, SOHR activists have documented the injury of a young man…

Al-Raqqah Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable sources have informed SOHR that tense calm returned to the eastern and north-eastern frontlines of Ain Issa, as the violent clashes, which erupted between SDF and…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have reported that a landmine exploded in Al-Khur Al-Gharbi area in Al-Mayadeen desert in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The explosion injured two members of…

Aleppo Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Turkish intelligence service still detains the chief of "Jendires Local Council" in Afrin countryside for the fourth consecutive month. The Local Council's chief had been arrested from…

Military operations are still underway in scattered areas of the Syrian desert, as ISIS tries to inflect heavy human and material losses on regime forces through ambushes, explosions and surprise attacks. These military operations are…