Syrian Regime

Several killed in Syria regime’s renewed strikes on last rebel enclave

Violence has been rising in recent weeks in Idlib, the last-rebel enclave between the regime and its allied forces and insurgents on the edge of a territory that is home to nearly 4 million people, despite a truce brokered in March 2020.

UN rights body calls for accountability over mass disappearances in Syria

UN Human Rights Council's resolution, adopted with 26 of the council's 47 members in favour, voiced particular concern about the fate of tens of thousands of people who have vanished in the war-ravaged country.

Thousands form human chain in Syria's Idlib to keep border crossing open

More than 2,000 humanitarian workers took part in the demonstration ahead of a July 10 deadline for a decision on whether the Bab al Hawa crossing will remain open for aid.

Comrades and pen pals: How Syria and North Korea back each other

North Korean leader’s most frequent pen pal has been Syria’s Bashar al Assad in the first half of 2021. Here's why

Syrian regime air strikes kill several civilians in Idlib – White Helmets

According to the volunteer organisation, a Syrian regime attack targeted Iblin village in Idlib countryside, killing at least 11 people and wounding 6 others.

Why did Assad need a sham election in Syria?

Experts say Bashar al Assad held an election to force Syrians into submission and give his few international supporters a reason to keep backing him. Can he succeed, though?

Syria ‘inching towards deeper abyss’ despite rare calm

UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen pointed to “economic destitution, a pandemic, displacement, detention and abduction, all while violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue” in country.

The Syrian regime turns death statements into a 'blackmailing' tool

The regime reaps benefits from dead Syrians as it demands bribes for issuing death statements, according to a new report.

Did UN aid to Syria end up in the hands of the YPG/PKK terror group?

Ten years into a war that has devastated Syria, aid is increasingly weaponised - not necessarily because of a lack of it, but because of where it ends up.

Turkey's response to Russian attack in Syria safe-zone is a milestone

Turkey is actively imposing a safe-zone against Russia. Assuming the new doctrine holds, it means an end to Russian and Iranian hopes for a military solution in Syria.

A decade after the Arab spring, activism endures in the face of repression

Activists across the Arab world continue to fight for human and civil rights despite violence and intimidation.

Former Syrian regime intelligence agent convicted in landmark torture trial

Eyad al Gharib, 44, has been found guilty over his role in helping to arrest protesters and deliver them to a detention centre in Damascus in 2011, making this the first verdict for crimes against humanity in Syrian civil war.