by Caroline Akoum and Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 15, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, London- Qatar has decided to reduce its funding to the “Syrian National Coalition,” a move that forced the group to conduct some changes in its accounts and in the financing of its offices and to push employees to work as volunteers, Syrian opposition sources...
by Caroline Akoum and Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 1, 2017 | Middle East
London, Beirut, Ankara- Russia on Wednesday got strongly involved in the “desert battle” by firing cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea towards areas in central Syria. Free Syrian Army (FSA) officials said on Wednesday that six Russian jets bombed their...
by Caroline Akoum and Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, London – Syria’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) admitted on Monday that Iran has increased its “infiltration” in Syria to protect a land corridor towards the Mediterranean Sea, at a time when the Syrian regime sent Palestinian militias to Deir Ezzor....
by Caroline Akoum and Asharq Al-Awsat | May 19, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, London, Washington- Coalition warplanes pounded on Thursday Syrian regime forces and Iranian-backed militias advancing towards the crossing of al-Tanf where the borders of Jordan, Syria and Iraq meet. An official at the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said...
by Caroline Akoum and Asharq Al-Awsat | May 15, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Damascus – The sixth round of Syrian peace talks kicks off in Geneva on Tuesday in the absence of a clear and specific agenda, according to an invitation received by UN Special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura. During the four-day talks, the delegation...
