Members of the US Congress have urged the Biden administration to implement all provisions of the Caesar Act to increase pressure on the Syrian regime and its allies. During a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed on Thursday that the Syrian regime has dropped nearly 82,000 barrel bombs in nine years, killing 11,087 civilians, including 1,821 children.   The 35-page report describes barrel bombs as a primitive, barbaric weapon, adding that...

Syria devalued the official price of its local currency on Thursday two days after the central bank governor was sacked, state media reported. The decision came after the Syrian pound crashed over the recent months in the war-torn country, hitting records low and throwing more Syrians...

Four people were killed and another 17 wounded in a car bomb attack on Thursday in the sprawling Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraqi police and medical sources said. The car was parked at a busy second-hand equipment market in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim district, police said. An...