Jun 23, 2021
EU: Turkey needs more help with Syrian refugees
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is calling for the European Union to update its migration pact with Turkey. "We won't need as much acute humanitarian aid as in…
Jun 09, 2021
Syria alleges overnight IDF airstrikes
Syrian state media is claiming to have intercepted an Israeli missile strike over the capital Damascus, while military defectors say the missiles may have been targeted at Iranian-backed proxy militias.…
May 27, 2021
Assad set to win Syrian Presidency
In all but a procedural process, Bashar al-Assad has secured a fourth term as Syrian President. Polling stations opened nationwide yesterday for an election that the opposition and Western nations…
Apr 30, 2021
UN: Syrian elections don’t meet int’l demands
Candidacy for Syria’s 26 May presidential elections has now been closed, with 51 competitors running for office. Syrian Minister of Information Imad Sarah told reporters that the country’s constitutional court…
Feb 10, 2021
“Golan will always be Israel’s”
The Golan Heights will forever remain a part of Israel, proclaimed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That declaration was prompted by statements from United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken during…
May 12, 2020
UN condemns attacks in Libya and renews call for GNA-LNA truce
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has “strongly” condemned recent attacks on civilian populated areas in Libya, including an attack last Thursday in which two civilians were reportedly killed and three…
Apr 07, 2020
New EU naval mission to enforce Libyan arms embargo
The European Union has launched a new Mediterranean naval and air mission to obstruct any further deliveries of weapons to warring factions in Libya. The new mission is codenamed “Operation…
Mar 19, 2020
Libyan National Army allegedly to help Syria’s Assad
Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) is greeting an international appeal for a cessation of hostilities with its rival in the east, the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by…
Feb 21, 2020
Fierce Turkish offensive in Syria begins
Following days of mounting tensions, intense battles erupted when the Turkish military launched a cross-border offensive inside Syria’s northwestern Idlib region. Turkish artillery provided cover fire for a coordinated blitz…
Feb 20, 2020
Turkish offensive in Syria appears imminent
Tensions continue to mount in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region, as regime forces backed by Iranian-proxy militias and Russian air support continue to make rapid advances while the Turkish military is…