by Turkish Minute, July 15, 2024 Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Saturday announced the imminent end of his government’s operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and Syria, Agence France-Presse reported. Turkey began its Operation Claw-Lock in April 2022, claiming it needed to secure its …
Read More »French Court of Appeal Validates “Historic” Bashar al-Assad Arrest Warrant
published on Syrian Observer, June 27, 2024 In a landmark decision, the Paris Court of Appeal has validated the arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, marking a significant victory for survivors of the 2013 chemical attacks in Ghouta and Douma, the Syrian center for Media and Freedom of Expression …
Read More »Major Amendments to Syria’s Conscription Law
by AL-AZMINAH (Opposition website), published on the Syrian Observer, June 28, 2024 The Director General of the General Administration at the Ministry of Defense, Major General Ahmed Youssef Suleiman, affirmed that the General Command, under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces, closely monitors the interests …
Read More »Chinese Minister Says US Should Stop Plundering Syria (Video)
Published by Middle East Monitor on Twitter, July 4, 2024 Chinese FM: the US, now plundering Syria under entirely false pretexts, is “a manufacturer of humanitarian crises”.
Read More »Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran Unite to Refuse a Kurdish State in Syria
Steven Sahiounie interviews Dr. Nidal Kabalan, journalist, political analyst, and former Syrian Ambassador to Turkey. Published on Mideast Discourse, July 7, 2024 According to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mr. Shia Sudani, Syria and Turkey are moving closer to a possible normalization of relations which were broken after the U.S.-NATO attack …
Read More »Clashes Between National Defense and SDF East of Deir-ez-Zor
The SDF has not issued a statement regarding the events. from Enab Baladi (Opposition Website), published on Syrian Observer, June 21, 2024 Groups of the National Defense militia (auxiliary forces of the Syrian regime) launched attacks on military positions held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along the Euphrates River in …
Read More »Arab League Drops Hezbollah ‘Terrorist’ Designation
News from The Cradle, June 30, 2024 The Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League announced on 29 June that the body had canceled its designation of Lebanon’s resistance movement, Hezbollah, as a terrorist organization. “In previous Arab League decisions, Hezbollah was designated as a terrorist organization, and this designation was …
Read More »Israel Targets the 112th Brigade in Southern Syria
published in English on The Syrian Observer, June 20, 2024, Source: ENAB BALADI (Opposition website) A local correspondent for Enab Baladi in Daraa confirmed that the airstrikes specifically targeted a military compound associated with the 112th Brigade in the town of Saida al-Golan. Military installations in the southern Syrian governorates …
Read More »Czech Diplomat: Western Sanctions on Syria Cause Suffering of its People, Must be Lifted
published in English on the Syrian Observer, June 21, 2024, Source: AL-THAWRA (Pro-government newspaper) Former Czech Ambassador to Syria, Eva Filippi, emphasized that the Western sanctions imposed on Syria, affecting entire sectors, are causing significant suffering to the Syrian people and should be lifted. In an interview with Czech radio …
Read More »Worst in 70 Years: Syria Experiencing Drought and Shocking Statistics of Desertification in North and East of Country
published in English on Syrian Observer, June 21, 2024, Source: SHAAM NETWORK (Opposition website), Experts have warned that the drought situation could be exacerbated if global warming rises by an additional two degrees from pre-industrial levels. The U.S. embassy in Syria tweeted on the X platform (formerly Twitter) that Syria …
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