Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is planning to build a new refugee camp in the southern town of Kilis, in order to accommodate for the ongoing influx of Syrian refugees, reports Turkish news site Hürriyet Daily. “Such a refugee inflow scares us. That would...

Syrian rebels in control of the spring that provides most of Damascus’s drinking water have threatened to shut off pipelines to the capital if the regime and Hezbollah continue their offensive in Zabadani. Pro-regime daily Al-Akhbar highlighted the danger on Tuesday, writing that “feelings...

( Syria Direct )- The Victory Army and Syrian regime representative exchanged prisoners Tuesday in the Idlib countryside according to several opposition and regime sources. Conflicting accounts have emerged of who was released in Ariha, site of one of the last remaining regime bases in Idlib...

The United States said on Tuesday it was falling far behind plans to build a Syrian opposition force to battle Islamic State, disclosing that just 60 fighters were in training after U.S. vetting thinned the number of recruits. The U.S. military launched its program in May to...