Khan Shaikoun – Igor grabs a balaclava, puts it on his head and goes down to the ruins. He was born in Siberia 34 years ago. For at least eight years, he served as a paratrooper. He is now a...
Turkish border police fired tear gas canisters along with warning live rounds in an effort to disperse thousands of outraged Syrians who stormed the border gates with Turkey in provincial Idlib yesterday. The locals chanted slogans against Erdogan as well...
The United Nations has announced a plan for the release of tens of thousands of women, children, elderly, and sick Syrians who are languishing in detention as the country’s civil war grinds towards a bloody conclusion. Addressing the UN Security...
Israeli raids on targets in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon last week have increased tension in the region, with threats of an imminent retaliation by Hezbollah’s Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, following a double drone attack on its stronghold in the southern...
Ankara and Damascus are archenemies at the moment. Yet the fates of the two countries they belong to are tied together. Ankara’s future policy in Syria would very much determine the destiny of the latter. The end of Turkey’s three...
The fallout from recent major field advances made by the Syrian army, and the resounding defeat of Turkish-backed militant groups operating the Idlib and Hama provinces continues, this time hitting some high-ranking officers within the Turkish army itself. Yesterday, Major...
Last week’s Houthi attack on the Shaybah oil fields, as well as the recent fall of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria, marks a turning point in the war that is consuming the Middle East. It is a complex war fought on...
Today marks one of the most remarkable days for the Syrian army in terms of its campaign over the past eight years. The military offensive launched some three months ago in north-western Hama and south-eastern Idlib, has been gaining a...
(Damascus) An eerie atmosphere of deceptively relative calm prevailed last night over much of the front confrontation lines in rural Idlib as the advancing Syrian army bent on fortifying its newly attained ground that had been under rebel control for...
Blame, betrayal and treason are some of the vocabulary used in fiery exchanges and statements made by commanders of al Nusra Front and other terrorist militias operating in Syria, directed at their Turkish and Arab patrons and supporters over the...