In late October, Farhan and his two sons finished packing up their olive harvest to transport it to the city center of Afrin in northwestern Syria. But before doing so, they pondered the possibilities waiting for them. “Would we be able to sell our olives at a good rate? Would the armed...

 Turkish forces neutralized at least four more YPG fighters in northern Syria, Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The Kurdishh militantats were attempting to disrupt peace in the Operation Euphrates Shield region and were neutralized in an operation by Turkish...

Hussein Khattab, a freelance reporter for the Arabic service of Turkey’s state-run broadcaster TRT, was assassinated in the Syrian city of Al-Bab on Dec. 12 by unidentified assailants on motorcycles. Ammar Hamou, a well-known Syrian journalist, was a colleague and friend of the...

The bread crisis continues all over Syria, and while the people stand for hours in queues to get their rations of a staple of their diet, the regime’s Minister of Local Trade and Consumer Protection Talal Barazi spoke out not with promises to solve the crisis but with to vow harsh punishment...

Kurdish YPG militia on Monday raided villages in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria to detain participants in demonstrations against the terror group, according to local sources. The terrorist organization rounded up some 50 Syrian citizens in the last 40 days and placed them in a prison...

Seven truckloads of humanitarian aid by Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation were sent to northern Syria on Monday. The provincial mufti’s Office and Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation branch in Sanliurfa launched the “Share Your Bread, Get Closer to Your Brother” campaign for Syrian families....

A French militant wanted on an Interpol "red notice" has been caught by Turkish security forces trying to enter Turkey from Syria, the Turkish defence ministry said Monday. The individual known by the initials C.G. was detained while trying to reach the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, the...

Qatar Charity (QC) and Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed a grant agreement to support urgent relief in northern Syria as part of the "Quest Health" initiative. The move came in view of the problematic humanitarian situations of the displaced, the severe humanitarian needs, the...

The regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has reportedly approved a new set of bilateral agreements with Russia to expand economic ties between the allied countries. Proposed in Damascus last September by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, the agreements include over 40...

Two masked men opened fire on a checkpoint for Tahrir al-Sham group in northern Idlib province, killing one fighter and wounding another, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said Sunday. The masked men, who were riding a motorcycle, have attacked the Hamra checkpoint in the western countryside of...

Iran is emptying several of its sites in Syria as a result of ongoing Israeli operations which have increased over the past year, announced Israeli Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi. “We have struck over 500 targets this year, on all fronts, in addition to multiple clandestine...

The global chemical weapons watchdog criticized Syria for failing to declare a chemical weapons production facility and respond to 18 other issues, while Russia accused the watchdog of conducting a “political crusade” against its close ally, the Syrian government. The clash Friday came...

Within two days, Turkish doctors performed surgeries on 40 patients, including 21 children, at Al-Ra'i (Coban Bey) Hospital built by Turkey and located within the Operation Euphrates Shield area in northern Syria. The surgical operations were performed by a group of Turkish doctors sent...

Turkey is planning to withdraw from more military positions in Syria's north-west province of Idlib, citing the need to avoid "potential risks". According to sources who informed the news outlet Middle East Eye, Turkish forces will soon be evacuated from two military positions in the areas...

, the Interior Ministry announced on Friday. The ministry decided not to renew a ban on deportations to Syria that has been in place since 2012, when the United Nations formally declared Syria had entered a civil war. The prohibition sought to protect failed asylum seekers from being...

Russia’s military will set up positions around the northeast Syrian town of Ain Issa as part of an agreement with the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to reduce attacks from Turkish-controlled areas nearby. Riyadh al-Khalaf, the military council leader for Tal Abyad...

Pro-government Sham FM radio has turned into a platform for state officials to deny corruption claims amid deteriorating economic hardships. The Minister of Agriculture Mohamed Hassan Qatana went on Sham FM to deny his previous suggestion that Syrians should start making their own bread...

A car bombing at a checkpoint in a Turkish-controlled area in northeastern Syria on Thursday killed at least two Turkish soldiers and two local security officers with the Syrian opposition, a Turkish official said. It was the latest in a string of attacks in Turkish-controlled areas in...

Landmines laid by groups fighting during the civil war in Syria have killed at least 2,601 civilians so far, a human rights group said on Thursday. As many as 2,601 civilians, including 598 children and 267 women, have died from mine explosions since the beginning of the war in March...

The Islamic State group killed nine Iran-trained Syrian fighters in an attack on one of their positions in eastern Syria on Thursday, an anti-regime war monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an IS sleeper cell carried out the dawn attack on the desert...