February 2021

Tareq Alaows, who is running to become a lawmaker at the German parliament Bundestag speaks on a cell phone, during an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Tareq Alaows fled…

Last week, the minister of justice condemned the killing of Salim. (File/AFP) DUBAI: US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea spoke on Monday with Lebanese Minister of Justice Marie-Claude…

Relatives of victims of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion hold a banner and portraits of their loved ones who died in the explosion, during a sit-in near the Parliament building to demand an expedited investigation, in Beirut, Lebanon,…

Syrians hold placards against President Bashar al-Assad during demonstration in Idlib city on 11 September 2020 (AFP/File photo) As the tenth anniversary of the Syrian conflict grows near, the question of how the international…

image captionIS has claimed hundreds of attacks since it was routed in its last enclave in Syria (Deir al-Zour, above) in 2019 The Islamic State (IS) group has launched more than 100 attacks in north-eastern Syria over the last…

The killing of Luqman Salim — the adamantly anti-Hezbollah Shiite intellectual and activist, who was found dead in the southern region of Zahrani on Thursday — marks a significant change in Lebanon. The country has been sliding into…

Since Turkish forces and their proxy factions captured several areas in Aleppo, now known as “Olive Branch” and “Euphrates Shield” areas, humanitarian crises have been emerging and worsening gradually, with violations, attacks and…

SOHR sources have reported explosions in Aleppo city this evening, on al-Hamdaniya highway, caused by explosions inside military colleges in the area of al-Ramousa, preceded by the sounds of gunfire, but no casualties have been reported so…

  Daraa Governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that unidentified gunmen assassinated a civilian, who was a former member of opposition factions and struck a reconciliation deal, in the area between the…

Al-Hasakeh Governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists say that SDF's counter-terrorism units, backed by helicopters of the International Coalition, raided several houses in the village of Tel Manikh in Al-Shaddadi…