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Syrian Observatory activists have monitored growing popular discontent and panic, along with Turkish-backed factions being on high alert in Azaz city in north-eastern Aleppo.
Read More »ISIS resurgence in Deir Ezzor | Civilian executed in his house, and SDF fighter assassinated
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Unknown individuals executed a civilian from Deir Ezzor city by firing squad, after storming his house in Al-Busayrah city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The reasons behind this murder remained unknown. It is worth noting that the victim was displaced from Deir Ezzor …
Read More »Deteriorating security in rebel-held areas | Military commander killed over “honor crime”, while security tension grows in rural Afrin
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the death of a military commander of the Turkish-backed division of “Sultan Murad” after he was shot by a member of the same division. According to SOHR sources the member shot dead the commander after the commander had shot a woman …
Read More »Can the US force Iran out of Syria? Not likely, former officials say
The outgoing Trump administration appears to have made little if any progress in achieving its goal. Earlier this month, a Trump administration official told Congress that Washington’s goals for the outcome of Syria’s civil war remain “within reach.”
Read More »Will Iran’s threat to Israel from Iraq increase?
In the recent lead-up to Hanukkah, Israel announced that it had conducted an unprecedented multi-layered air defense test. The test comes amid increased tensions with Iran and in the wake of Israel rolling out a multi-year defense plan called “Momentum.” It also comes after years in which Israel has conducted …
Read More »Galbraith: Turkish-backed extremist groups should not enter northeast Syria
The United States should protect northeast Syria and not allow Turkey to invade the region, a former US diplomat said in a recent interview. In an exclusive interview with Kurdistan 24, Peter Galbraith, the former US Ambassador to Croatia, spoke about the situation and developments in Syria’s northeast.
Read More »Pro-Turkish forces attacked Russian armored vehicles in Syria
Ankara-backed Syrian National Army Islamist militias attacked on Sunday evening, December 20, a Russian military police patrol escorting a civilian convoy along the M-4 highway from Aleppo to Hasek in northeastern Syria.
Read More »Devaluation of Iraqi dinar deals blow to pro-Iran Shia parties
The crisis reached its climax in the country as the government found that its coffers were empty when salaries were due last September Iraqi political parties affiliated with Iran launched a fierce attack on Sunday against the government of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, following its decision to devaluate the Iraqi …
Read More »SDF Rejects Handing Over Key Town To Syrian Gov’t, Asks Russia To Intervene To Stop Turkey
Facing an assault by Turkish forces and intense pressure by the Russians, the Syrian Democratic Force are remaining resolute in their ownership of Ayn Issa reports Al-Masdar.
Read More »Rockets fired at U.S. embassy land inside Baghdad's Green Zone, damaging compound
At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday, the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday. The Iraqi military said an “outlaw group” fired eight rockets. Most of the …
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