August 17, 2020 US troops attacked in eastern Syria, officials say U.S. forces stationed in eastern Syria were attacked Monday morning, officials said, reporting no casualties.
August 5, 2020 Animal assassins and military mammals: How superpowers continue to train creatures for combat Man's four-legged best friend has historically played a critical role in the military machine, however, they aren’t the only animal playing a pivotal part.
July 30, 2020 What happened to psychotherapist Majd Kamalmaz after disappearing at Syrian regime checkpoint 3 years ago? Psychotherapist and humanitarian Majd Kamalmaz was taken by Syrian government forces after being stopped at a checkpoint in Damascus in 2017
July 29, 2020 Pompeo: US ups Syria sanctions, this time targeting Assad's son The State Department and the Department of the Treasury announced Wednesday that 14 additional sanctions have been placed on the Assad regime in an attempt to end the nine-year long civil war in Syria.
July 27, 2020 Israel, Hezbollah trade fire in 'security incident' near Lebanese border The Israeli military confirmed on Monday there had been a "security incident" on the country's northern border with Lebanon and said its forces were engaged in "ongoing combat" with Hezbollah militants.Â
July 23, 2020 Syrian migrants among men convicted in Germany of gang-raping woman, 18 A group of men comprised mostly of Syrian migrants was convicted in a German court Thursday of raping an 18-year-old girl, concluding a year-long trial that heightened tensions over Germany’s migration system.
July 16, 2020 ISIS bride can return to UK to fight removal of British citizenship, judges rule A woman who was stripped of her British citizenship after running away from London to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria has now won the right to return to her former home to challenge the decision.Â
July 11, 2020 UN Security Council passes resolution authorizing cross-border aid to Syria, after Russian opposition The U.N. Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution authorizing a Syrian aid program that will deliver aid to the rebel-held northwest via just one border crossing -- after previous efforts to authorize more crossings were torpedoed by Russia and China.
July 11, 2020 Russia, China block latest UN Security Council attempt to extend Syria cross-border aid program The U.N. Security Council failed again on Friday to extend a cross-border humanitarian aid program in Syria, after Russia and China vetoed a resolution backed by other members to extend the program -- while failing to drum up enough support for their own resolution to restrict it.
July 9, 2020 Russian resolution to cut US-backed Syrian cross-border aid program fails at UN Security Council A Russian effort to slash a cross-border aid program to Syria’s northwest failed on Wednesday, a day after both Russia and China killed off a U.S-backed effort to expand the crossing points to the northeast -- as experts warned of a brewing humanitarian crisis.