Eurasia Press & News

A car bomb exploded in a vegetable market in the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al Ain close to the border with Turkey, with reports of several killed and wounded, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Saturday.

Assault reportedly targeted Syrian regime soldiers returning to their posts in Deir ez-Zor, near Iraq border At least 37 people in Syria have been killed in one of the biggest attacks carried out by Islamic State since the fall of the self-proclaimed caliphate last year.

Russian Special Forces attacked a village in the al-Ghab Plain area in the middle of the night, causing casualties among Jaish al-Nasr reports SY 24. Russian forces committed a new violation of the ceasefire in northern Syria, which resulted in the killing of 11 National Army fighters.

The French Minister of Defence has warned that the Islamic State is re-emerging in Syria and Iraq and that France’s mission in the region continues reports Al-Modon. French Defense Minister Florence Parly, said that the Islamic State (ISIS) may re-emerge in Syria and Iraq.

Following revelations regarding Russian plans for the upcoming Syrian presidential elections, questions are being asked as to what position the opposition will take writes North Press.

A bus carrying regime soldiers went missing on its way to Homs city, only to be later found, empty and on fire reports Baladi News. On Saturday, the Syrian regime forces lost contact with a bus carrying its members on the Ithria road in the eastern Hama countryside, as it …

Sheikh Atilyoush al-Shatat and his son were gunned down by unknown assailants in Hawaij Theban village in Deir ez-Zor’s eastern countryside reports SANA.

The announcement comes after Gulf leaders this week agreed to end their years-long embargo of Qatar. The United Arab Emirates will reopen its borders to Qatar beginning Saturday, the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced Friday, days after the Gulf countries agreed to resume ties with Doha.

Burns, a former ambassador to Jordan and Russia, would bring with him decades of experience in the foreign service. President-elect Joe Biden has named career diplomat William Burns as his choice to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. If confirmed, Burns would be the nation’s first-ever spy …

Relief organizations in Yemen warn the designation will hamstring their life-saving work in a country already considered to have the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The Trump administration will designate Yemen’s Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Sunday, despite months of pleading from relief …