On 20 October, without much media hype, Turkish forces stationed in the Syrian city of Morek began withdrawing from their base.  Morek is the most important Turkish post north of the Syrian regime-held city of Hama and borders the rebel-controlled northwestern part of the...

For more than a week, there has been an interruption of drinking water supply in the towns of southern Damascus, which the Assad regime has been ignoring despite all the complaints. The Damascus-based network Sawt al Asima confirmed that the interruption has continued for 8 days, with...

Should former members of the Syrian security forces who have defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government be prosecuted for war crimes, or should they serve as key witnesses in an effort to bring senior officials to justice? The question has divided Syrian refugees and exiles who...

Mohammed Mostafa al-Mohammed started studying medicine in rebel-held northern Syria to help the victims of war, but instead he has graduated into a world battling the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 29-year-old graduate from an opposition-backed university had expected to be tending to the...