Syrian teachers in the Kurdish-held areas of Deir Ezzor have protested mandatory conscription in the ranks of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), local activists said Monday. A number of teachers and employees took to the streets of Al-Busayrah town to protest the decision saying that...

Poor economic conditions and lack of resources have forced many women and children in the southern province of Daraa to seek jobs commensurate with their physical potential, and to provide them with a temporary source of income, which contributes to meeting some of their essential growing...

Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian reasons, its foreign minister reported Sunday. Heiko Maas didn’t further identify the women or children, who were flown back to Germany on Saturday. However, the...

Syrians living in bomb-scarred cities have long had to deal with a kneecapped health system that can barely handle the basic needs of the country’s exhausted population. Now, like the rest of the world, Syrians are facing the coronavirus. And detected cases are skyrocketing. The U.N....

Syrian regime’s propaganda that the water in Allouk water station, which meets the need of the Hasakah region, was cut off deliberately, does not reflect the truth, say Turkish authorities. The water needs of Syria’s Hasakah province are met by 12 of the 30 water wells in the Allouk Water...

Syrians living in bomb-scarred cities have long had to deal with a kneecapped health system that can barely handle the basic needs of the country’s exhausted population. Now, like the rest of the world, Syrians are facing the coronavirus. And detected cases are skyrocketing. The U.N....

TORRE PELLICE, Italy — The story of Maha Dahine and her two sons, Hanna and Antoine Khoury, is similar to those of countless victims of the conflict in Syria. Driven by fear and hopelessness, they left their homeland in 2016 for an uncertain future in Europe. But while many thousands...

Syrian fighters backed by Turkey waged battles on Friday against Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, where Russian and Turkish troops jointly patrol a key highway. Turkish forces and their Syrian insurgent allies seized territory in the region in an offensive last...

Turkey has evacuated seven military observation posts in northwest Syria, pulling back troops from territory controlled by the Syrian government to areas held by insurgents and Turkey-backed rebels, a Turkish source said on Friday. Turkey had set up a dozen military posts in the region in...

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Turkey could normalize ties with France but Paris must change its stance over Turkey’s military operations in Syria. Turkey has repeatedly traded barbs with France over policies in Syria, Libya and Nagorno Karabakh, and the publication of...

The UN's humanitarian chief has reported that 34 per cent of all children in north-west Syria suffer from stunted development due to severe malnourishment. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock revealed the statistics, which shed light on...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia supplied 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Syria as humanitarian aid since the start of 2020 and plans to ship more, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday. Syria’s economy has been strained by a complex, multi-sided conflict now in its...

A Syrian health organization on Thursday has mourned doctor Mohamed Al-Youssef who died from coronavirus in Turkish hospitals. The SAMS medical relief organization laments the loss of Al-Youssef, 36, who worked with them in the opposotion-held areas in northern Syria as a director of...

The Syrian security has arrested a doctor and three nurses in the past few days for diagnosing new Covid-19 cases without referring to the Health Ministry, local monitoring group said Thursday. The Daraa Martyrs Documentation office recorded the raiding of the homes of the 4 healthcare...

The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Wednesday assured that the country could be a powder keg for a major international incident, as five foreign armies are operating there. In a report to the Security Council, the UN high representative pointed out that although...

The motor ship Sparta carrying 475 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the war-torn regions of Syria arrived at the logistics center of the Russian Navy in Tartus, Viktor Alekseev, deputy commander of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, told reporters. "Right now we can observe the unloading...

The Assad regime launched an all-out criticism of the UK and its officials, accusing it of supporting “terrorist groups”, obstructing the “reconstruction” process, and applying “illegal coercive measures” targeting the Syrian people and their livelihoods. The regime’s attack came hours...

The Kurdish-controlled town of Ain Issa has become the focal point of fresh tensions in northeast Syria as Turkey appears to be exploring a new military operation to undo Kurdish gains before US President-elect Joe Biden assumes office.  The Russian response to the Turkish threat...

Crisis after crisis the Syrian regime stood as the major source of the Syrian people’s plight and yet it does not shy away from highlighting the minor corruption within a system that it created. State-run Al-Baath newspaper has recently called attention to the infractions of the wealthy...

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said Monday that individuals who are profiting from war have sent him messages threatening to seize whatever remains of his assets. In a long post on Facebook, Makhlouf called on his cousin, Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad to protect him from those...