The “year of wheat” campaign pushed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in jeopardy after low rainfall risked leaving an import gap of at least 1.5 million tonnes, according to preliminary estimates by officials and experts. The agricultural blow and lack of funds to finance the...

Colonel Hassan Haidar, commander of the military police in eastern Deir Ezzor province died from COVID-19, pro-regime media accounts said Monday.   Haidar, originally from Yabroud town in Damascus suburbs, took the post in 2017 after he showed a massive allegiance to the regime and the...

Syrian regime forces and rebel groups exchanged shelling in northwestern Syria on Monday that killed at least 10 people, the vast majority of them in rebel-held areas, state media and opposition activists said. The area has been witnessing acts of violence in recent weeks between...

June 20 of each year marks World Refugee Day, with the symbolism of this day having a painful and harrowing effect on the Syrian people for nearly ten years now, as millions of Syrians have fled the decade-long internal armed conflict, forcing increasing numbers of citizens to seek asylum....