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Protests in Southern Syria Call for 'Civil Disobedience'

 Daraa- Protesters in As-Suwayda governorate, southern Syria, blocked a pivotal street in the provincial capital at the Al-Mashnaqa roundabout, and set tires ablaze as they carried out a demonstration against worsening living conditions. They raised slogans calling for the trial of...

Syria racked by fuel crisis ‘in worst year yet’

The wages Youssef once earned as a taxi driver in Aleppo used to be enough: though the days were often long, his family had never been in need. But in recent weeks, acute fuel shortages have paralysed regime-held parts of Syria and Youssef is increasingly unable to find, let alone...

Top US military general warns Turkey against Syria incursion

The top US military general for the Middle East warned Thursday that Turkey’s potential land operation into Syria could further destabilize the entire region. “I’m very, very concerned about that because that can destabilize the region and call our SDF partners off of the [ISIS]...

Assad issues general amnesty for deserters

The Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad issued on Wednesday a legislative decree granting a general amnesty for military service deserters on the condition that they surrender within three months for those living in Syria, and four months for those living outside the country. The amnesty...