February 2021

There has been a widespread trade of “narcotics” within the Syrian territory in Lebanese Hezbollah and Syrian militia-run factories, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Wednesday. According to SOHR sources, there has…

The five pillars of a new US foreign policy strategy look great on paper but seem impossible in practice. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's response to the coup in Myanmar in the South Court Auditorium at the…

Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) meeting the new Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Youssef Absi (L) in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP/SANA/File Photo) A Jan. 21 letter claimed “unilateral…

© UNICEF/Masoud Hasen A health worker screens a four-year-old boy for malnutrition at an IDP camp in north-east Syria. Along with an end to the “instrumentalization” of humanitarian aid,…

SOHR sources say that Israel released two civilians who had been arrested previously after they lost their way while they were shepherding sheep near the border strip in Al-Quneitra countryside. The two civilians were released today under a…

Rocket attacks on an American base in Iraq by an Iran-backed militia will require a clear response. Nuclear negotiations, not to mention the safety of U.S. troops, depend on it. Michael Knights is a…

President Joe Biden and his top officials have announced a comprehensive review of the Trump administration's foreign policy decisions since coming to office nearly a month ago, but so far one staple of U.S. statecraft remains in…

A family in Syria receive food assistance from the World Food Programme. The number of Syrians who lack access to sufficient food has reached a record 12.4 million, or nearly 60 per cent of the…

The top U.N. envoy for Syria on Tuesday urged the rival international players in Syria to bridge the divides that have blocked any moves toward peace, but the chasm remained too deep for the Security Council to take any action. Geir…

Turkey was widely criticized when it sent forces into Syria, but today its soldiers stand between millions of Syrians and potential slaughter at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Refugees, who…