Mounting concerns that the implementation of the U.S. Caesar  sanctions will negatively affect civilians are somewhat justified.  Loyalists and opposition alike have attacked Caesar sanctions for contributing to the deepening impoverishment of some of the Syrian people and...

The Libyan army on Friday said Russian planes, carrying Syrian mercenaries and weapons, made at least 11 landings at the al-Ghardabiya Airbase in the city of Sirte, local media reported. The planes transported mercenaries from Syria and six Pantsir air defense systems, as well as weapons...

Syria faces an unprecedented hunger crisis with over 9.3 million people lacking adequate food while the country's coronavirus outbreak, though apparently controlled for now, could still accelerate, UN aid agencies said Friday. The World Food Programme (WFP) told a briefing in Geneva that...

Russia has quit a United Nations arrangement that aimed to protect hospitals and humanitarian aid deliveries in Syria from being hit by the warring parties, according to a UN note to aid groups seen Thursday. The Russian move comes after an internal UN inquiry in April found it was "highly...