As the date approaches for Syria’s first parliamentary elections since President Ahmad Al-Sharaa came to power following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime late last year, the Supreme Electoral Committee’s decision to postpone voting in three key Syrian governorates has...
Quneitra, southwest Syria - Israeli forces carried out raids in the Quneitra countryside of southwestern Syria early Wednesday, detaining multiple young men, according to our correspondent. A team of Israeli troops reportedly entered the town of Jibata al-Khashab in northern...
Aleppo, north Syria - Security forces affiliated with Syria’s Defense Ministry detained three Kurdish men in the Afrin region of northern Aleppo province on Tuesday, according to local sources. Members of the “Samarkand Brigade,” a militia operating under the ministry,...
Recently, convoys of trucks carrying light armoured vehicles entered Syrian territory through the Nasib border crossing with Jordan. These vehicles, manufactured locally by a Jordanian company, are designed specifically for military and security purposes, enabling the safe transport of personnel...
Damascus, Syria – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that its inspectors had detected traces of undeclared uranium at a former Syrian military site in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria. According to a confidential report seen by Reuters, the findings...
By Malik al-Hafez In recent months, Syria has become a testing ground for unprecedented political formulations. The West, which has witnessed the rise of political Islam in the region since the 1970s, no longer treats the Islamic phenomenon as an...
Since the emergence of Islamist movements with their varying ideologies and references, from the Muslim Brotherhood to al-Qaeda to ISIS, these organizations have been accompanied by recurring internal splits. These have taken the form of both individual defections and group...
Last Wednesday, Iraq’s ruling coalition, the Coordination Framework, decided to suspend the vote on the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Authority Law and postpone a decision on the future of these forces, whose ranks exceed 200,000 fighters. It is widely believed...
Damascus, Syria - Syrian Deputy Energy Minister Osama Abu Zaid accused Turkey today of failing to release Syria and Iraq’s agreed share of the Euphrates River in recent years, worsening water shortages across the region. In an interview with Syria’s...
By Noha Sweid Amid Syria’s political transformations following the fall of the Assad regime, women’s representation in the new authority has become a critical indicator of whether the ruling body Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is genuinely committed to inclusive governance....