Breaking Assad’s Piggy Bank to Prevent Further Murders
A child receives medical treatment after a sarin gas attack in the town of Douma, Syria on April 08, 2018. According to initial findings over 78 civilians perished in the Continue Reading
Syria’s Assad Defeated his Foes. Now He Targets his Friends.
For nine years, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has waged a brutal civil war against his enemies and allowed his friends to profit from it. Now, he’s squeezing those same allies Continue Reading
Uneasy calm in Syria’s Idlib as Russia-Turkey ceasefire takes effect
Syria’s war-battered Idlib region was quiet but tense on Friday as a ceasefire deal between Moscow and Ankara took effect, with residents and opposition forces describing a lull in air Continue Reading
Turkey strikes Syrian planes and airports, escalating Idlib fight
Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp escalation of its military operations following the death Continue Reading
U.N. says it fears ‘bloodbath’ in northwest Syria fighting
The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could “end in a bloodbath” and called again for a ceasefire, while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight Continue Reading
‘I Feel Like This Is the End’: A Million Fleeing Syrians Trapped by Assad’s Final Push
Amro Akoush and his family fled their home in northwest Syria with no time to pack a bag and no vehicle to escape the machine-gun fire and falling bombs. Mr. Continue Reading
Iran’s credit line to Syria: A well that never runs dry
At the onset of the Syrian uprising in 2011, Iran started lending its longtime ally, the Bashar al-Assad regime, through a credit line to help it survive the wave of Continue Reading
Turkey Launches Deadly Airstrikes Against Syrian Forces
Turkey deployed F-16 fighter jets against government forces in northwestern Syria on Monday, a sharp escalation of the conflict there after six Turkish soldiers were killed by artillery strikes. President Continue Reading
US, Russian Forces Face Off Near Syria’s Oilfields
U.S. troops blocked on Sunday a Russian military convoy from accessing oilfields in Syria’s northeast, in the fourth such skirmish in eight days, Turkish news outlet Daily Sabah reported . Continue Reading
Erdogan says up to 250,000 Syrians flee toward Turkey as crisis worsens
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria’s northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces. Continue Reading