According to Syrian and Arab media reports from this week, thousands of residents have begun returning to the Al-Qadam neighborhood and other neighborhoods south of Damascus (Al-Jazeera; SOHR, January 20, 2016; Al-Watan, January 21, 2016). ..…
Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted opposition sources as saying that SDF has started construction of the town of Soluk Raqqa city to keep custody over 2,000 SDF's opponents.. ..…
Washington should use its remaining influence to address Turkish concerns about PKK's in the east while protecting YPG and Moscow should help YPG and Damascus reach agreement on the east's into Syrian state on the basis of decentralised governance.. ..…
Blogging for Telegraph, then obscure journalist working for pro- Israel think tank, Michael Weiss, meeting between the governor of Quneitra province, and Syrian intelligence officials, including Syrian Assef Shawkat. ..…
“Resolving status: a new nightmare for the residents of the areas surrounding Damascus”, Al Jazeera, 17 June 2018 (Arabic); and Haid Haid, “The Details of ‘Reconciliation Deals’ Expose How They Are Anything But”, Chatham House, August 2018. ..…
TEHRAN - The Damascus Army pounded the headquarters of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at Northern Hama and Southern Idlib in response to their intensified attacks from the demilitarized zone on government forces, killing terrorist commander.. ..…
It further went on to say that Monday's attack was launched from Jobar of Damascus, al-Qaeda's Syrian branch formerly known as al-Nusra Front.. ..…
On June 10, 2015, the Al-Nusra Front published a communiqué calling on all the organizations in the rural area east of Damascus (Al-Ghouta al-Sharqiyya), and especially jihadi operatives, to jointly set up the “Al-Fatah Army in Al-Ghouta al-Sharqiyya” (Al-Nusra Front-affiliated..…
There have been reports of heavy fighting between Syrian opposition groups and ISIS around a city south of Damascus, Al-Hajar al-Aswad, from where ISIS mounted its attack on the Al-Yarmouk refugee camp. . ..…