THE Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, has called for increased humanitarian aid in Syria amid “immense” changes that offer hope to a nation emerging from a 13-year-long war. Pedersen arrived in Damascus over the weekend and held…
A dramatic video has surfaced showing Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Al-Jalali being escorted by armed rebel forces in Damascus on Sunday. He was reportedly taken to the Four Seasons Hotel to formally transfer government authority. In the footage, Al-Jalali…
FOR four years, it seemed as if President Bashar al-Assad’s army had largely won the civil war in Syria. Regional and international actors were re-establishing ties with the Syrian government, believing the conflict to have generally wrapped up, with Syrian…
ACTIVISTS in Idlib said that Syrian and Russian warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Monday on areas taken over by rebels in north-west Syria during a surprise offensive. According to the White Helmets, a Syrian civil defence organization…
