Farmers in Aleppo, Syria, Confront Drought and Rising Costs in an “Exhausting” Season

Farmers in the Aleppo countryside face mounting challenges threatening the survival of agriculture, their main source of livelihood. Rising fuel and fertilizer prices, the decline of irrigation networks, and difficulties marketing produce have made this …

Who’s really to blame for Syria’s intercommunal violence?

It’s been just over a month since Hamza al-Amareen went missing. The 33-year-old Syrian, head of an emergency response centre for the country’s civil defense organization, the White Helmets, was abducted from his vehicle on July 16. He had just returned …

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Türkiye 'strongly condemns' Israel’s expanding military strikes in Syria

Türkiye on Tuesday strongly condemned Israel’s expanding military attacks in Syria, saying they violate the country’s territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty. In a written statement regarding Israel’s intensified strikes in Syria, the Turkish Foreign …

Damascus international fair to create opportunities for Türkiye-Syria trade cooperation

The 62nd Damascus International Fair will open new doors to Türkiye-Syria trade cooperation, as a key platform will review mutually beneficial trade areas while representing an opportunity to take a significant step in customs sector between the two …

Syria decries Israeli violation of its sovereignty after deadly drone strike

Syria condemned on Wednesday a deadly Israeli drone attack that killed six soldiers in the Damascus countryside in the country’s south. “This aggression constitutes a grave violation of international law and the UN Charter, and represents a blatant …

Israeli tank catches fire during ‘routine activity’ in southern Syria, military says

The Israeli army said on Wednesday that a military tank was burned after catching fire during a “routine activity” in southern Syria. “An IDF (army) tank that was on routine activity in southern Syria caught fire due to a technical malfunction,” a military …

Israeli army continues cross-border raids into southern Syria

Israeli army forces continued its incursions on Wednesday into the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria, in the latest violation of the country’s sovereignty, local media reported. According to the state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV, Israeli forces advanced into …

Israel's Troop Occupation Of Southern Syria To Be Permanent

Le Monde: A Difficult Reconciliation Between Alawites and Sunnis in Syria’s Pistachio Fields

The French daily Le Monde reported that the civil war in Syria, marked by massacres and abuses, has placed the residents of Ma’an in northeastern Hama face to face. The Alawites, who fled when a coalition of Islamist factions based in Idlib advanced and …