The forces of Libyan general Khalifa Haftar have announced the killing of Muhammad Hindawi, the commander of the second body of Syrian fighters that Turkey has sent to Libya to fight alongside the forces of the Government of Libyan national…

Russian forces continue the process of transferring settled-status fighters to the Syrian desert from various areas of Syria, most notably from the south of Syria as part of their efforts to reduce Iranian influence in that area. Reliable…

Since October 2019, the Syrian pound (SYP) has been in a steep decline, driven primarily by the financial crisis unfolding in Lebanon as well as structural problems in the national economy. Today the Syrian pound (SYP) reached a…

Egypt has amended an emergency law, in force since 2017, giving authorities in the populous country powers to contain the new coronavirus. Health authorities in the country of about 100 million have so far confirmed a total of…

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet highlighted that militant groups are using coronavirus pandemic "as an opportunity to regroup and inflict violence on the population." A member of the Syrian civil defence, also known as the…

Power struggle between Bashar al-Assad and first cousin sparks rare family fissure and leaves public aghast  People walk in front of a billboard of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, in Syria. Photograph: Marko…

Returning from displacement, residents of the town of Atarib eat a defiant iftar amid the ruins of their homes Nearly 100 people attended an iftar, the meal breaking the daytime fast observed by Muslims during the holy…

A defiant tyrant and his ruthless wife square up against the family oligarch, with the spoils of a nation at stake. It could be standard Ramadan television fare, but not this year. Instead, all the intrigue of Syria’s ruling family has been…

Mohammad Abu al-Saar, a mechanic at a car repair shop in Homs, Syria, was detained and tortured by the country’s ruling regime, like thousands of other protesters, in one of its dungeons. (His name is changed in this article at his…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored clashes with machine guns between "Ahrar al-Sham" members and others from "Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyah", in Al-Ashrafieh neighbourhood in Afrin city center. No casualties have been reported.…