January 2021

SOHR activists say that the Internal Security Forces "Al-Asayish" continue to prevent food and goods from entering the security zone in Hasakeh city for the third day in a row, and impose a fine on anyone who violates this decision. This…

Civil sources have reported that a defector colonel from Nawa in Daraa countryside, has died under torture in the regime's security prisons after more than 25 months of detention. On January 9, SOHR activists documented the death of a…

The displaced people in Harbanoush camp in Idlib countryside are suffering from a dire humanitarian conditions in the face of poverty and widespread unemployment. The camp is home to nearly 250 families, including 40 elderly people, as…

As with the past eight U.S. presidents, much of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy was dominated by the broader Middle East. Despite talk of ending “forever wars” and pivoting to Asia, core national interests have…

A picture taken during a guided tour with the Russian army shows Syrian elite soldiers taking part in an instruction session with Russian military trainers, on September 24, 2019, at an army base in Yafour, some 30 kilometers west of…

While claims that Russia is playing a large role in reconciliation talks between the Palestinian movement Hamas and the Syrian regime may be overstated, Moscow could benefit in several ways if the two sides restore relations.  …

Militants backed by US and Turkey protest ceasefire in Syria's Idlib province, March 15, 2020. ©  REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi President Donald Trump’s policy in the Middle East delivered “clear results” and Joe Biden shouldn’t change…

Life in government-controlled areas worsens with queues outside bakeries and fuel stations as President al-Assad hangs on to power. Bashar al-Assad has withstood the threat posed by the decade-long war even as Syria faces…

Baghouz, a day after the Islamic State was declared defeated there in March 2019 Though many took Trump's triumphalist hyperbole on his administration's victory over the Islamic State group (IS) last year with a…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that the explosion which hit an ammunition depot affiliated to Iranian-backed militias in Al-Taybah village in Al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor yesterday, was…