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The war in Syria has taken a new turn as Israel conducted a series of strikes against what it describes as Iranian targets. The strike led to a confrontation with Syrian and Iranian forces causing Israel to lose one of Read more
The Syrian regime has accused Israel of conducting air strikes targeting ammunition depots at the Jamraya military compound, 10 kilometers to the northeast of Damascus. Syrian media claimed that most of Israeli missiles were intercepted, an information that so far Read more
The UN urged an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to allow for aid delivery to civilians after Syrian regime airstrikes killed 33 people in the de-escalation zone of Eastern Ghouta. Strikes on several locations in the besieged area east of Read more
Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia’s defense ministry and Syrian rebels said. The SU-25 came down in Syria’s northern Idlib province that has seen heavy Read more
Turkey has suffered the deadliest day since the launch of the Olive Branch Operation to crush the Kurdish militias in Afrin. Eight Turkish soldiers died in the military campaign including five who died in a single attack on a tank, Read more
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has warned the Syrian regime against the use of chemical weapons after reports of chlorine gas being used by Assad forces against civilians in Eastern Ghouta surfaced. Mattis did not rule out a military action Read more
The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, which is facing an acute funding shortage, is seeking more than $800 million for its emergency programs for Syria and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The appeal would enable the United Nations Relief and Read more
The Syrian National Dialogue Congress, kicked off in Sochi on January 29 with pro-Assad delegates dominating the event. The dialogue brings together 1,500 pro-regime delegates and few opponents of the Syrian government. A key delegation of the armed opposition had Read more
As the Turkish Olive Branch campaign against Kurdish forces in northern Syria intensifies, Washington has promised to end military support for Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara labels a terrorist group on an equal footing as the PKK. The Turkish Presidency Read more
Turkey has reiterated threats to extend its incursion in Syria to the town of Manbij, taking its forces to the edge of the US-backed Kurdish presence in the country’s north-east and raising the specter of a military standoff with Washington. Read more