Syria

Syria: Chemical weapons watchdog hits reset button in Damascus, following productive meetings

In a press release on Saturday the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Director-General Fernando Arias and…

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Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that…

2 years ago

Car bomb blast in northern Syria kills 15 agricultural workers

Fifteen people, including 14 women, have been killed in a car bomb attack on a vehicle transporting agricultural workers in…

2 years ago

Syria: Ahmed al-Sharaa vows to pursue criminals in first interim president speech

Also on Wednesday, the Syrian government called on Russia to address "past mistakes" by paying war reparations, during the first…

2 years ago

Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country

In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city…

2 years ago

Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime

The findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria detail crimes against humanity and war crimes that left…

2 years ago

Israeli military building in Syria buffer zone, satellite image shows

The imagery captured on 21 January shows new structures and trucks at the cleared area.Construction appears to have begun at…

2 years ago

Austin Tice: Missing US journalist’s mother renews Syria search

"I've never had a moment of doubt... I always knew that [Tice] is going to walk free. And, you know,…

2 years ago

Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice?

For years, UN human rights bodies have been documenting, monitoring and publishing reports on abuses, and bringing Syria’s dire human…

2 years ago

Syria emergency: Four children a day killed by leftover explosives

Ricardo Pires, UNICEF Communication Manager for Emergencies, told journalists from Damascus that in the last nine years, at least 422,000…

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