UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Wednesday reiterated the world body’s principle of political solution to the eight-year-long conflict in Syria, noting that there is no military solution. “There is only a political […]
The situation in the Syrian Rukban and al-Hol camps for internally displaced persons (IDP) on the U.S.-controlled territories remains critical, the Russian and Syrian Joint Coordination Headquarters said in a statement on Wednesday. Despite the […]
Jordan is following up on the kidnapping of two Jordanians in Syria, Jordanian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s spokesperson, Sufian Qudah, said in a statement that the ministry received information indicating that two Jordanians […]
The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday denied a U.S. allegation that the Syrian army had carried out a chemical attack in the Idlib de-escalation zone in northwest Syria. The only “sources” and “eyewitnesses” of the […]
An explosion hit the vehicle of a rebel commander in the Syrian city of al-Bab in the northern countryside of Aleppo Province on Thursday, a war monitor reported. The commander was injured in the blast […]
At least a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighter and a civilian were killed on Thursday in a car bomb explosion in an Iraqi town near the border with Syria in the western province of Anbar, a […]
The Syrian army withdrew on Wednesday from the western town of Kafr Nabudah in the countryside of Hama Province, just days after taking the town from the rebels, as a result of rebels’ massive counter-offensive, […]
The Russian and Syrian Joint Coordination Headquarters in charge of the settlement of Syrians fleeing civil war on Wednesday called for the urgent evacuation of the Rukban and Al-Hol camps for internally displaced persons (IDP), […]
Jordan on Tuesday voiced its support for the UN efforts on the Syrian crisis in a way that preserves Syria’s unity and territorial integrity, the state-run Petra news agency reported. The remarks were made by […]
The UN human rights office on Tuesday said it is extremely worried about the military escalation in northwestern Syria, despite the announcement of a recent 72-hour ceasefire. Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner […]
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