by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Ankara — Syrian opposition factions in the countryside of Homs and Hama announced on Thursday signing a renewed “de-escalation” agreement with Russia, six weeks after the Syrian regime breached a similar deal. A delegation of the Syrian opposition negotiators...
by Caroline Akoum, Paula Astih | Sep 27, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Iran plans to establish an oil refinery in regime-controlled areas near the Syrian city of Homs as General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed on Tuesday concern over the move and pointed out that “Iran is projecting malign...
by Youssef Diab | Aug 11, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Syrian regime forces and their allies managed to capture on Thursday areas at the borders of Souweida province with Jordan, a movement considered as bypassing the west southern truce signed under a US-Russian-Jordanian patronage, including the countryside of...
by Taha Abdelwahed, Youssef Diab | Aug 4, 2017 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut- Russia announced on Thursday it reached an agreement with the moderate Syrian opposition on a third de-escalation zone in the countryside of Homs. In a statement, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said: “On July...
by Ibrahim Hamidi | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East
London – Moscow exerted on Tuesday major pressure on opposition factions fighting in Homs and urged them to sign a “de-escalation” agreement for the city’s countryside to be inked in Cairo similar to what happened during the Damascus Ghouta truce. However,...
