Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Syria-Russia alliance of committing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in rebel-held Idlib province and called for sanctions against top military officials. In a [ More … ]
A Syrian government helicopter was downed in a rural area west of Aleppo in Syria’s Idlib region, Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Friday. Syrian rebels shot down the government helicopter today, the second in [ More … ]
The Syrian regime is engaging in industrial-scale killing and burning victims’ bodies in a purpose-build crematorium near Damascus, according to the US government. Syria regime is engaging in industrial-scale killing of detainees, while disposing tens [ More … ]
NAGEHAN ALÇI* The discussions on de-escalation zones in Syria show how Turkey’s position, which balances each party, is crucial for regional stability The resolution efforts regarding Syria are ongoing. The Astana agreement entered into force [ More … ]
Russia and Iran called for an urgent “unbiased investigation” into the chemical weapons incident in Syria las week, which led the US to launch a missile attack on a regime ‘s airbase a response. More than [ More … ]
The US strike on the regime’s airbase in Syria resembles a surprising shift from Obama’s policy in having no direct military intervention in Syria. However, this incident seems to be a show of power more [ More … ]
A new military alliance of revolutionary groups in northern Syria has been formed and aims to widen the military operations against Assad regime in various regions, as reports said that the US support has been [ More … ]
Nearly 40,000 people, mostly women and children, have been displaced over the past week by fighting northwest of Syria’s Hama city between the regime and the revolutionaries, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Alliance of revolutionaries [ More … ]
Assad regime forces fought fiercely in Syria’s Hama to reverse the revolutionaries’ latest advancement, as warplanes pounded the rebel-held areas heavily and reports said that signs of chemical attacks were clearly found. Alliance of revolutionaries and [ More … ]
A new incident was added to the wave of explosions in Syria, with a bomb blast that hit a passenger bus in the regime-held city of Homs on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding six, [ More … ]
U.N. Syria envoy has warned not to expect “miracles” from the current round of peace talks, calling on Russia, Turkey, and Iran on Saturday to salvage the ceasefire as fighting raged for more than a [ More … ]
A new round of the UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva resumed on Friday with both sides trading blames, while regime accused opposition delegation of backing terrorists as rebels launched offensives of Damascus and Hama. The [ More … ]
As US-backed Kurdish militias and the international coalition are preparing to start a major offensive on ISIS-stronghold of Raqqa in few days, the regime’s spokesman at Geneva talks said any military operation would be illegitimate [ More … ]
The United Nations said siege and intensive clashes around Syria’s capital have cut off 300,000 people from humanitarian assistance, adding that pauses in the conflict are needed to allow aid convoys to get to the area. Fighting [ More … ]
UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva on Thursday as battles raged in Hama and Damascus after the rebels’ new attacks. To no one’s surprise, the talks started with a little hope of a breakthrough, as both [ More … ]
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