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The UAE Tuesday showered embattled President Bashar al-Assad with accolades as it branded him “wise leader”, one year after re-establishing diplomatic ties with Syria. Relations between the two countries thawed in December 2018, after several years of diplomatic feud Read more
Iran has pledged to stand in the way of Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Turkish army will set up in Northern Syria 12 observation posts. Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi echoed Tehran opposition in a statement aired Read more
UN Secretary General António Guterres called for an immediate de-escalation of the fighting in northeast Syria, which has generated many civilian casualties and displaced up to 160,000 people in less than a week. “He also notes with serious concern that Read more
The scale-up in military operations in north-east Syria has forced tens of thousands of civilians to seek safety, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday, one day after Turkey launched airstrikes and a ground offensive across the border. UNHCR Read more
The Arab League will convene Saturday in Cairo at ministerial level to discuss Turkey’s ongoing offensive in Syria that it considers a violation of the sovereignty of the war-torn country. Turkey launched Wednesday aerial and ground attacks in North Syria Read more
There is a “sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people” as a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible and inclusive Constitutional Committee is set to start deliberations next month, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Read more
The UN Security Council on Thursday failed to reach consensus on either of two competing resolutions on a cessation of hostilities in Idlib, Syria, the last province in the war-torn nation that is still largely held by rebel forces. Belgium, Read more
A new UN report released on Thursday shows that while improved security and rainfall across Syria’s farming areas have boosted the country’s harvests, higher prices mean that many citizens are still struggling to feed their families. The Crop and Food Read more
An attack in the south of Syria’s restive Idlib province that led to the deaths of a paramedic, an ambulance driver, and a rescue worker, were added to the grim total on Thursday of more than 500 civilian fatalities documented Read more
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday that he would establish an internal UN Headquarters Board of Inquiry to investigate a series of incidents that have occurred in northwest Syria since last September, when Russia and Turkey signed the Read more