The United States has started construction of a new military base in Syrian oil rich Deir Ez-Zor governorate near the Syrian-Iraqi border. Local sources said the new base will face sites controlled by Syrian regime forces on the western bank of the Euphrates River. The sources explained...

The European Union's latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unravelling, two weeks after it was sealed, raising the risk of conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean, diplomats, officials and experts said. Despite an EU summit deal in the early hours of Oct. 2 aimed at persuading...

 The first Syrians to be released from the al-Hol displaced persons camp in the country's northeast are on their way home, raising new questions about security and their ability to integrate back into society. The Autonomous Administration for North and East Syria (AANES) announced...

The facility at Al-Faiha Stadium will operate 120 beds for people requiring oxygen, but has capacity for 100 more. The health ministry has reported 4,774 cases of Covid-19 and 228 deaths in government-held areas since March. However, experts believe the actual figures are significantly...