Syria

A sudden move to remove religious banners from the Shrine of Sayyida Zainab (peace be upon her) in Damascus has triggered widespread public and religious outrage. The banners, including the iconic “Ya Zainab” flag raised just a day earlier, were…

At least 16 suspected ISIS members were detained during an ongoing security operation in al-Hol camp, northeast Syria, Rudaw reported yesterday citing Kurdish internal security forces (Asayish). The operation, now in its second day, also led to the seizure of…

Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria (Rojava) clashed with ISIS in Deir ez-Zor province on Thursday, Rudaw reported. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that ISIS targeted an SDF position and a support vehicle with an RPG, causing only material damage.…

The United States has begun withdrawing hundreds of troops from northeastern Syria, according to a report by The New York Times on Thursday. The move includes the closure of three out of eight U.S. military outposts in the region and…

Iraq’s ambassador to Syria, Yassin Sharif Al-Hujami, visited the holy shrine of Sayyida Zaynab (peace be upon her) in the Damascus countryside, where he reviewed the site’s security and service conditions. According to a statement from the administration of the…

Syria’s presidency announced on Friday an extension of the investigation into the killings of Alawite civilians in coastal areas, granting the fact-finding committee three additional months to identify perpetrators, Arab News reported. The violence, which erupted on March 6, followed…

Syria has urgently appealed to the United Nations Security Council to halt Israel’s ongoing “attacks and incursions” into its territory, Rudaw reported. According to Syrian officials, the offenses are motivated by “false pretexts” and “baseless” allegations. Ambassador Koussay Aldahhak emphasized…

A newly released investigative report has shed unprecedented light on the 2014 Al-Shaitat massacre, one of the worst atrocities committed by ISIS during its expansion in Syria. The report, published by the “ISIS Prisons Museum,” meticulously documents how the extremist…

Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal, the head of the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council in Syria and Diaspora, has called for urgent international intervention to protect civilians amid ongoing violence, including killings, kidnappings, and mutilations, on the Syrian coast, ANHA reported. He stressed…

The United Nations (UN) and the United States (US) have raised alarms over the increasing activities of Daesh (ISIS) in Syria, warning of potential attempts to free thousands of its fighters held in prison camps managed by Syrian-Kurdish forces, Arab…