Syria

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,...

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...

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...

Hasaka, Northeast Syria – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday the conclusion of a major security operation in the city of Hasakah and its surrounding areas in northeastern Syria. In a statement published on its official website,...

Damascus, Syria - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Saturday that more than 37,000 people have been reported missing in Syria over the past 14 years, stressing that the “families’ right to know remains a fundamental...

Deir ez-Zor, east Syria – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday that they had dismantled an ISIS cell in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, arresting two of its members during a security operation in the town...

In a landmark move signaling a major shift in the regional political and economic landscape, Google has officially announced the removal of Syria from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list. The decision clears the...

The central countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria is witnessing a new humanitarian disaster, affecting the residents of Al-Hamidiyah village, who suddenly found themselves without homes or land after being forcibly removed, as their village was turned into a closed...

Al-Hasaka, northeast Syria - More than 230 Iraqi families left al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Thursday, returning to Iraqi territory as part of the ongoing repatriation plan.  According to our correspondent in Al-Hasakah, 232 families, amounting to roughly 850...

Damascus, Syria - Israeli forces carried out multiple airstrikes followed by an airborne raid on a Syrian military position in the southern outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday, according to our correspondent. Heavy bombardments targeted positions of the Syrian Army’s 44th...