by Kamal Sheikho | Oct 19, 2017 | Middle East
Raqqa- Syria’s Kurdish-Arab rebels fighting under the banner of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Wednesday initiating combing operations to clear Raqqa from ISIS members. A number of foreign militants captured in the former ISIS stronghold have already...
by Paula Astih | Oct 15, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The global coalition against ISIS announced on Saturday brokering a deal to evacuate Raqqa from civilians, excluding the foreign members of the terrorist group, a step that would drive the Coalition-led Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces to speed up...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2017 | Middle East
Amman, Damascus- The UN children’s agency has received reports that a UNICEF-supported vaccine cold room in al-Mayadin district has been destroyed in ongoing violence in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor, with at least 140,000 doses of vaccines lost. The report, which...
by Youssef Diab and Caroline Akoum | Oct 13, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Cairo — Three Syrian factions, including Jaysh al-Islam, signed in Cairo Thursday a ceasefire deal in the southern of Damascus to go into effect on the same day. The deal, brokered under an Egyptian mediation, stipulates the opening of the crossings controlled...
by Ibrahim Hamidi | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East
London- Russian warplanes pounded on Monday US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces positions at a gas facility in the east of Deir Ezzor, reflecting Moscow’s annoyance from the possibility that Washington’s allies control oil-rich areas and natural resources east of...
