Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria and those of allied militias, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Earlier in August, the IDF carried out airstrikes against targets belonging to the …
U.S.-Backed Syria Fighters Consider Their Own Cause as Russia and Turkey Deal in Idlib
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been sidelined by all sides dealing over their war-torn country’s future, now the mostly Kurdish group hopes the Damascus government will grant them a leading …
Missing persons in Syria near 100,000: Watchdog
At least 99,479 people in Syria went missing from March 2011 to August 2020, a human rights watchdog said Sunday. In a report released on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced …
Road clash with Russians renews debate over U.S. mission in Syria
U.S. troops’ confrontation with Russian forces in Syria last week has raised fresh questions about the role of U.S. forces in Syria, exactly what the administration hopes to achieve, and what metrics …
Syria’s Assad issues decree on forming new government
Assad has issued a decree on forming the new government, days after confirming Hussein Arnous as the Arab country’s prime minister. In a decree carried by Syria’s official news agency SANA, the Syrian …
‘Assad has ruined everything’: Inside the buffer zone keeping a tenuous hold on stability in northern Syria
There are 3,000 ISIS fighters in the desert of east Syria being supported by Assad’s regime and the separatist PKK (Kurds). “They will only go if we, the opposition, are supported and the regime is …
The civil war is threatening an ancient way of life in Syria
For centuries, Bedouin tribes moved around the vast semi-arid steppe land in Syria, searching for water and pasture for their herds of camels, sheep, and goats. This ecologically sustainable mobility …
Lebanon ‘an open door’ to Syrian arms smugglers
Lebanese soldiers and security officers stand guard in downtown Beirut on August 25, 2020. Short Url https://arab.news/y9b9v BEIRUT: An attack on a Lebanese border patrol by two men trying to enter …
Syria talks ‘respectful’ but no agenda, date for next meet
The U.N.’s special envoy for Syria said Saturday that the latest round of talks between the country’s opposing parties took place in a “respectful” tone and they are keen to meet again, but no agenda …
How Syria’s blasted landmarks are starting to rise from the ruins
From Aleppo to Palmyra, many of the country’s architectural treasures have been reduced to rubble, but restoration has begun …