Syria

Damascus, Syria - Syrian and Israeli officials are holding talks today, Thursday, in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, aimed at containing the ongoing escalation in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda. According to the U.S.-based outlet The National, the meetings...

Washington - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced legislation to amend and extend the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act sanctions for an additional two years, reversing earlier efforts by some lawmakers to repeal the law altogether. The bill,...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will not hesitate to intervene if Syria moves toward partitioning, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday, calling such a scenario a “direct threat” to Turkish national security. Fidan accused Israel of obstructing efforts to stabilize...

Damascus, Syria – A Syrian government-backed investigative committee said Tuesday that 1,426 people were killed during violent unrest in the country’s coastal region in March, with nearly 300 individuals suspected of committing rights violations during the clashes. The findings, based...

Hasaka, northeast Syria - A senior official in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday denied claims that the group had been given a deadline to integrate into the Syrian government, contradicting a report published earlier by Middle East Eye....

Damascus, Syria - The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced Monday that at least 1,341 people have been documented killed or injured in southern Syria’s Suwayda province, amid a sharp escalation in violence since July 13. In a preliminary...

Paris - France’s Foreign Ministry on Monday called for an immediate halt to fighting in Syria’s southern Suwayda province and welcomed the recently announced ceasefire agreement reportedly reached between Syria and Israel. In a statement carried by Syria’s state-run news...

Suwayda, southwest Syria - Government buses evacuated dozens of Bedouin families from Syria’s Suwayda province to rural Daraa on Monday, under a fragile ceasefire agreement brokered after a week of deadly clashes in the country’s south. According to Syria’s state...

Beirut, Lebanon - U.S. Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, said on Monday that the Syrian government must “be held accountable” for the violence that erupted in Suwayda earlier this month. Speaking at a press conference in Beirut following his...

Suwayda, southwest Syria – A captured fighter from the EU-sanctioned Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade has revealed disturbing details about the recent armed assault on Suwayda, alleging orders to carry out sectarian killings and the involvement of hundreds of foreign fighters,...