Despite the widespread condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine across the world, yet some Arab countries supported Moscow in its recent moves, a report by The Independent has monitored. As Russia’s invasion unfolds, several [ More … ]
The UAE yesterday sentenced a Syrian human rights activist to ten years in prison on charges of terrorism and insulting the prestige of the state. Abdul Rahman Al-Nahhas, the Syrian activist who founded Insan Watch [ More … ]
Lebanon has maintained diplomatic ties with Syria since 2011, but adopted a so-called policy of dissociation from the civil war Lebanese officials visited Damascus on Saturday to discuss plans to import gas through war-torn Syria’s [ More … ]
UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees, said hundreds of Palestinians are facing serious shortages amid renewed fighting between Assad forces and rebels The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Sunday of the humanitarian [ More … ]
Agreement includes a $1.65bn contract for the establishment and operation of a training center for the Greek air force. Greece and Israel have signed their biggest ever defense procurement deal, which Israel said would strengthen [ More … ]
Israeli woman freed by Syria while Israel returned two shepherds to the Syria-controlled side of the Golan Heights. Syria released an Israeli woman after Israel returned two shepherds to the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan [ More … ]
The forces that unleashed uprisings across the Middle East remain as potent as ever, a lengthy report about the Arab Spring in The Washington Post stated. Ten years ago, much of the Arab world erupted [ More … ]
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 … ]
After weeks of tension, Turkey and Russia agreed on Thursday to continue their cooperation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, declaring a cease-fire while expressing an intention to provide a new status quo for [ More … ]
“Turkey is a NATO ally. Much of the military uses American equipment. We will make sure that equipment is ready and usable,” says James Jeffrey The United States is willing to provide ammunition alongside humanitarian [ More … ]
Over 100,000 migrants have left Turkish borders through Edirne for Europe since Friday, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Sunday. In a statement on his official Twitter account, Soylu updated the figure to 100,577 as of [ More … ]
Despite severe casualties, regime forces backed by Russia take control of villages in Aleppo countryside Hundreds of forces of the Syrian Bashar al-Assad regime have been neutralized amid operations over the last two weeks in [ 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 … ]
Around 90,000 more civilians headed toward the Turkish border in the past four days, the Syria Response Coordination Group said Friday. The civilians are fleeing as a result of attacks by the Bashar Assad regime [ More … ]
Idlib has turned into the last frontier between Syrian pro-regime forces and opposition forces, as well as their respective international allies. US special envoy for Syria engagement and the fight against the Islamic State group, [ More … ]
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