The COVID-19 pandemic and government efforts to contain it have sorely strained businesses across Turkey, with Syrian entrepreneurs reporting the worst impact, according to a new assessment by …
The Islamic State Isn’t Behind Syria’s Amphetamine Trade
After a record seizure, Italian police blamed the terror group. It’s more likely the Syrian regime has a hand in production and trafficking.
Israel draws down number of soldiers along borders with Lebanon and Syria
Israel’s military on Monday announced a reduction of forces on its northern border with Syria and Lebanon, after deploying reinforcements in recent weeks in response to a spike in tensions. “Troop …
Lessons Learned in Iraq, Forgotten in Syria
The two nations are a lot more similar in their social and political troubles than some analysts in Washington want you to believe.
How Does the Lebanon Disaster Impact Syria?
An aerial view of ruined structures at the port, damaged by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Getty Images) The impact of the Beirut blast on Damascus will not be …
The Latest: Syria says Beirut blast killed 43 Syrians
BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Syria’s state TV says 43 Syrian citizens were killed in this week’s blast in Beirut.
US Troops Should Withdraw from Syria, Not Protect Oil Companies
The oil deal, Pompeo told the senators, had taken longer to finalize than he expected, but “now we’re in implementation, and it can be very powerful.” He did not offer examples of any “powerful” …
‘They killed us twice’: finding loved ones at last among Syria’s tortured dead
Khalidi, Khalil Ashawi and Joseph Nasr AMMAN/IDLIB/BERLIN (Reuters) – Some families say it is better to know and mourn. Others say finally learning what happened is worse than dying themselves. …
US Firm Secures Oil Deal with US-Backed Forces in Syria
A U.S. company has reportedly reached a deal with Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria to develop and export crude oil in areas under their control in the war-torn country. A senior official at …
First COVID-19 cases reported in Syria’s Al-Hol camp
Three health workers in a displaced persons’ camp in northeastern Syria have contracted the novel coronavirus, the United Nations said Thursday, the first reported infections in the vast tent city.