Syrian farmer Muhammad Jaweesh is busy nowadays as it is the harvest season of apricot from which he makes the traditional Qamar al-Din sweet in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus. The 50-year-old man wakes up early in the morning, savoring his hot tea and having a quick...

Lebanese troops deployed in the northern city of Tripoli early Sunday taking positions around major state institutions after a night of protests and riots against worsening living conditions left several protesters and 10 soldiers injured. Sporadic protests were reported throughout...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) on Saturday issued the tenth annual report on torture in Syria, marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which falls annually on June 26. In the latest report, SNHR reveals that torture has been used as a systemic and ongoing...

Syrian regime forces backed by Russia's military police have besieged Daraa al-Balad city in southern Daraa province as residents refuse to hand over their own weapons, local reporter said Saturday.   Local activists say the Russian demand is a new trick to tighten control over the...

 Three civilians were killed on Saturday by the explosion of an explosive device in the city of Afrin in northern Syria, state-run news agency reported.   Citing local sources, SANA said a powerful explosion rocked Afrin as a result of an explosive device affixed in a car....

A draft U.N. Security Council resolution circulated Friday would authorize the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria across the borders of Turkey and Iraq, but Syria’s close ally Russia holds the key to its adoption. Russia has come under intense pressure from the U.N., U.S. and others...

A senior US official has warned countries in the Middle East against restoring ties with Syria, citing atrocities committed by the government of President Bashar al-Assad, as well as stringent sanctions against doing business with Damascus.  On a call to reporters on Friday, Joey...

World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson Tomson Phiri said that the renewal of the UN resolution allowing cross-border operation was critical, since “millions of lives are at stake”. Lifeline for 2.4 million Speaking in Geneva during a regular briefing, Mr. Phiri explained that...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders greenlighted plans on Friday to give Turkey another 3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) over the next few years to provide fresh assistance to Syrian refugees on its territory and to help the country boost border controls. “It’s about additional funds...

The Russian military launched sweeping maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea featuring warplanes capable of carrying hypersonic missiles on Friday, in a show of force amid a surge in tensions following an incident with a British destroyer in the Black Sea. Moscow said one of its warships...

  Four pro-regime militants were killed and six wounded in a landline explosion in the central province of Hama, state-run news agency reported Thursday.   The landmine went off while a military bus was passing near the village of Rasm Ghazali in the eastern countryside of...

More than 200 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in northeast Syria's densely-populated Al-Hol camp for the displaced and families of defeated jihadists, a government official said Thursday. The vaccination drive, using AstraZeneca jabs under the Covax programme for low-income...

Millions of people in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province face “catastrophic” consequences if a cross-border aid operation is shut down during a Security Council vote next month, humanitarian advocates warned. In Idlib, northwest Syria, much-needed humanitarian relief supplies are brought in...

An attack by the Syrian regime and allied Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups killed at least three civilians, including a child, and wounded eight others in the opposition-held Idlib de-escalation zone in northern Syria. The regime forces fired shells at six villages in southern...

 Russia previewed a showdown with the United Nations, United States and Western nations Wednesday over the delivery of humanitarian aid to rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey, rejecting their warnings that closing the only border crossing will leave more than 1 million people without...

About 5,000 civilians in the north-west of Syria have once again been forced to flee their homes after a new wave of government shelling targeting the contested area, a local aid agency said. At least 31 people have died since the beginning of June as Bashar al-Assad’s forces have hit...

Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow disagrees that there is no alternative to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest except from Turkey as the U.N. and many Western nations maintain, insisting deliveries are possible across conflict lines within the country. He...

Syrian regime forces continued their attacks on rebel-held northwestern Syria on Wednesday, reportedly injuring three Turkish soldiers at an observation post in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of Idlib province and killing a woman and injuring her child near the city of Atareb in western Aleppo...

Four Saudi operatives who were part of a hit team that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training from a private US company approved by the State Department, according to a report Tuesday.  Citing documents and people familiar with the arrangement, the...

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 imports...