In early April 2020, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released its Investigation and Identification Team’s (IIT) report on the chemical weapons use in Syria. The IIT’s mandate is very critical. While the OPCW’s Fact Finding Mission (FFM) focuses on the use...

Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli attack near a central town on Thursday that caused explosions and a large fire in the area, state-run media said. According to the Syrian news agency SANA, the Israeli airstrike occurred near the town of Masyaf in the Hama countryside. There...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-backed Kurdish forces have arrested 17 people in eastern Deir Ezzor province over Daesh links, activists said Thursday. The YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed the arrest campaign would secure oil fields from Daesh attacks along the Iraqi...

Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, Moscow's embassy in Damascus said, with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the country's airspace. President Vladimir Putin last week ordered Russia's foreign and defence ministries to hold talks...