January 2021

There are three primary threads involved in Western containment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and preventing it from acquiring nuclear weapons capabilities: diplomacy, economic pressure and what the Israelis call…

An undated handout satellite picture released by the Israeli Ministry of Defence shows an image taken by the new reconnaissance satellite, Ofek (Horizon) 16, of the damaged Roman theatre in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria…

A United Nations report determined that Iran is taking steps to produce uranium metal, a key component of nuclear warheads, in violation of the nuclear agreement with several countries. The International Atomic Energy…

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian commercial plane coming from Lebanon, lands at Aleppo Airport, Syria, early Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP) Syrian Air said…

President Donald Trump has reduced the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan to its lowest level since 2001, but as he prepares to leave the White House, it is clear the latest Forever War is raging here at home. Acing Defense Secretary…

Syrian Observatory activists have reported that the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) have prevented the entry of civilian vehicles and bicycles to the security zone in Al-Hasakah city since yesterday for unknown reasons.   On the other…

Aleppo Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable sources have told SOHR that factions operating under the banner of the Turkish-backed "National Army" agreed, a few days ago, on conducting joint patrols comprising members of…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored artillery fire by opposition factions hitting regime positions nearby Kafrnubl city in the southern countryside of Idlib. Meanwhile, regime forces shelled positions in Kansafra town in the same…

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of two members of the regime-backed "National Defence Forces" (NDF) in the explosion of an old landmine planted earlier by ISIS in Al-Shawla desert in the eastern countryside of Deir…