Internal Security Forces affiliated with Syria’s Interior Ministry, working with the General Intelligence Directorate, carried out what the ministry described as a well coordinated security operation in Daraya, southwest of Damascus, on Sunday, 21 December, targeting an Islamic State group site. The operation led to the arrest of the cell …

After negotiations between US, Ukrainian, and European representatives on a peace plan for the Russian-Ukrainian war concluded in Berlin, Vladimir Putin reiterated that his demands remain unchanged. Putin continues to insist that he wants all of Donbas, attempting to portray the situation as if he will eventually seize the territory …

The Druze community in Syria now faces a severe trial that threatens its very existence and destiny. This ordeal has arisen from the convergence of three intertwined and contradictory factors. The first is the emergence of a new authority in Damascus, one with a jihadist-Salafi background that embraces narrow sectarian …