UN envoy calls for greater sense of urgency in Syrian peace efforts
Internally displaced Syrian children walk in a mud near tents, in northern Aleppo countryside, Syria, on January 20, 2021. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano)
Geir Pederson wants enhanced…
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23/01/2021
Iran Hawks Begin Effort To Undermine Joe Biden’s Diplomacy
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is leading hard-liners in smearing former White House official Rob Malley. Biden’s response could be a key sign about his foreign policy.
President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy aides have…
Western Daraa | Regime forces impose conditions for avoiding military operation, while…
Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable sources have told SOHR that the regime-backed 4th Division have imposed several conditions on the "Central Committee" of Daraa's western sector in order to avoid storming Tafas…
Tough tests for Joe Biden in ‘new’ Middle East
image captionYemen's Houthi movement denounced the Trump administration's decision to designate it a global terrorist group
"Folks, it's a time of testing." So said America's new president in Wednesday's inauguration speech…
Huge trench dug by Russia’s Wagner Group may derail Libya peace process: Report
Libya entered 2020 in midst of full-blown war between rival GNA and Haftar's National Libyan Army (AFP/File photo)
Russia-backed Wagner Group mercenaries are digging an enormous trench in war-torn Libya, potentially…
US Military Convoy Enters Northeast Syria: Report
DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFPChildren gesture as US troops patrol in their military vehicles on the roads of the Syrian town of al-Jawadiyah and meet the inhabitants, in the northeastern Hasakeh province, near the border with Turkey, on…
Churches in Middle East urge US President Biden to lift sanctions on Syria
Church leaders in the Middle East renew their appeal to the United States to lift economic sanctions imposed on Syria, anticipating an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the war-torn nation, which is grappling with a worsening economic…
Poor weather | Man and woman die in Iskenderun Region, after crossing Al-Asi river from Idlib…
A man and a woman were found dead in Turkish territory a few days after they had crossed Al-Asi river, which is considered the border strip between Turkey's Iskenderun Region and Syria's Azmarin in Salqin countryside in north-western Idlib.…
After Russia’s mediation | Clashes ceased in Al-Qamishli, after injury of six NDF members
SOHR activists have monitored tense calm prevailing in the neighbourhoods of Al-Qamishly city, a few hours after clashes between NDF and Asayish Forces, as the clashes have been ceased after Russia's mediation.
Meanwhile, the clashes…
Ongoing clashes in Al-Qamishli | Asayish Forces bring in military reinforcement to their positions,…
Syrian Observatory activists have monitored ongoing clashes in Al-Qamishli city between the regime-backed "National Defence Forces" (NDF) and that the SDF-backed Internal Security Forces (Asayish). These clashes coincided with displacement…