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  • Syria’s Assad makes rare visit to country’s north

    President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the northern province of Aleppo on Friday to inaugurate a power station that was once held by insurgents and suffered wide damages during the war, state media reported. Government-held parts of Syria endure more than 12 hours of power cuts a day as production is far less than the needs of the country. Syria’s infrastructure saw much destruction during the 11-year conflict.

  • Syria: Russian UN veto could threaten aid deliveries to 3m people

    Russia has threatened to veto a UN Security Council resolution reauthorizing cross-border deliveries of vital aid into opposition-held north-western Syria. The closure of the last route from Turkey would immediately put more than 3 million people at risk of starvation. The BBC's Anna Foster has been following one of the last UN aid convoys that could be allowed into the country.

  • France brings back women terrorism suspects and children from Syria camps

    France has repatriated 16 female terrorism suspects and 35 children from refugee camps in the north east of Syria, the country's anti-terrorism prosecutor said on Tuesday. The women, aged between 22 and 39, had been handed over to judicial authorities, the prosecutor said.

  • Europeans return to Syria, fueling tourism and attracting criticism

    Standing high on the castle-like walls of Aleppo’s historic citadel, Nick White was shocked by the destruction to the city. The 63-year-old British tourist could see how large parts had been flattened by Syria’s terrible civil war.

  • Russia maintains grip on Syria while mired in Ukraine

    In addition to reinforcing its forces in northern Syria in response to Turkish threats of a cross-border military operation, Moscow is carrying out operations as before with joint air force drills with Damascus over the war-torn country, and sending humanitarian aid to people in Sweida and Hassakeh. Taken together, these activities suggest that despite decreasing its presence in Syria, Russia is determined to mobilise its forces there to maintain its means of influence.

  • Syria army should use air defences against Turkish invasion, U.S.-backed force says

    The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces would coordinate with Syrian government troops to fend off any Turkish invasion of the north, the SDF commander told Reuters on Sunday, saying Damascus should use its air defence systems against Turkish planes. Ankara has vowed a new offensive on swathes of northern Syria controlled by the SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance that is spearheaded by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).

  • Fred Hof: Lessons Learned from U.S. Negotiations with Syria

    Ambassador Fred Hof is a diplomat in residence at Bard College. He has a long and distinguished government career as a foreign area officer of the U.S. Army, and as a diplomat working on resolving difficult territorial conflicts in the Levant—often working closely with former Senate majority leader George Mitchell. He's the author of the recently published book Reaching the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace

  • Jordan army official confirms Syria military assists drug traffickers

    According to the local Jordanian Al-Ghad newspaper, Brigadier General Ahmed Hashem Khalifat, the Director of the Jordanian army's Border Security Directorate, stated that "Undisciplined forces from the Syrian army are cooperating with drug smugglers and their gangs, which have become organised." The drug traffickers and organised gangs in Syria "are supported by these forces and their security services, besides the militias of Hezbollah and Iran deployed in southern Syria," Khalifat said.

  • Why did Syria’s Assad pay a surprise visit to Iran?

    Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's recent trip to Tehran is seen by Iranian media and officials as an indicator of the comradery between the two nations. The precise reason for Assad's previously unannounced trip—or why his visit was kept under wraps—remains unclear. However, there are some speculations that Iran could be moving to fill the vacuum left by any Russian withdrawal from Syria as a result of the war in Ukraine.

  • Record 9.3 million Syrian children in need of aid, says UN

    More Syrian children are in need than at any time since the country's devastating civil war erupted over a decade ago, but funding for them is "dwindling", the United Nations (UN) warned on Sunday.