U.S. diplomat: We stay in Syria to cut off Iran-Syria ties
Politics January 17, 2022 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN — The former U.S. envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, has stated that U.S. forces will remain in Syria to cut off Tehran-Damascus […]
Syrian officers’ German convictions offer hope for victims
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG January 17, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/wqdqx The conviction in Germany last week of a senior Syrian military officer on crimes against humanity charges is likely to […]
Iran will make US withdrawal from region as painful as possible
KHALED ABOU ZAHRJanuary 13, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/63ng4 The year may have only just started, but US troops in Iraq and Syria have already come under attack by drones three […]
Report: ‘Ruthlessly efficient’ secret US military cell in Syria thumbed its nose at rules, inflicted many civilian casualties
BY CHAD GARLAND• STARS AND STRIPES • DECEMBER 13, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Syria in 2017. A top-secret U.S. military strike cell in Syria launched thousands of bombs […]
Israel’s $318M plan in the occupied Golan Heights
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN DEC 28, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3A general view of the Israel security fence with Syria next to the the village of Majdal Shams, in the […]
Head of Arab League Aboul Gheit condemns Israeli settlement expansion in Golan Heights
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secretary-general of the pan-Arab organisation, has condemned Israeli settlement expansion in the Golan Heights. (Reuters/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/b6bpx ARAB NEWS December 28, 2021 Ahmed Aboul […]
Israel sets goal of doubling number of Jewish settlers on Golan Heights
This content was published on December 26, 2021 – 17:16December 26, 2021 – 17:16 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s government set a goal on Sunday of doubling the number of Jewish […]
Turkey to open $45m hospital for Syrian refugees with help from EU
The 250-bed facility, in the border district of Dortyol in Hatay province, is a collaborative project between Turkey’s health ministry and the EU. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/ccd29 250-bed facility in […]
Middle East in denial as solutions prove elusive
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB December 12, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/ptk56 A spokesperson for the US-led international coalition against Daesh last week denied that there had been an attack on the […]
Syrian refugees stranded in Gaza ‘prison’ for a decade
Syrian refugees Lina Moustafa Hassoun and her son Nawras Deeb pose with their expired Syrian passports in a house in Gaza City on December 5, 2021. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/4kx9p […]
Deadly Intrigue. The Story of the Destruction of an Aid Organization
THE WHITE HELMETS James Le Mesurier founded the organization that raised money for the White Helmets in the Syrian war. An intrigue drove the emergency foundation to ruin – and […]
Experts call for more action after girls’ return from Syrian camp
Human rights experts have welcomed the repatriation this week of two Swiss girls from a camp in northeast Syria. But they say Switzerland should be doing more about suspected Swiss […]
UK police ‘treated Daesh bride families as suspects, criminals’
There are now about 20 UK families stranded in former Daesh territories in Syria. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/47zbc ARAB NEWSDecember 05, 2021 Girls, young women were coerced into traveling to […]
Pentagon orders new probe into Syria airstrike investigated by NYT
AFP , Tuesday 30 Nov 2021 The Pentagon launched a fresh probe Monday into a 2019 airstrike that killed civilians in Syria, two weeks after a New York Times investigation claimed […]
Europe must take responsibility in migration crisis: Parliament head
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA NOV 28, 2021 – 1:13 PM GMT+3Braving the cold, exhausted migrants await disembarkation operations from the Alan Kurdi ship at the port of Olbia, Italy. (Getty Images) […]
Belarus’s refugee atrocities are a taste of things to come
BARIA ALAMUDDIN November 14, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/cgrn6 First it was Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, now it is Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus, each offering us a dystopian glimpse of […]
Mystery deepens as more desert kites found hidden in sands of Saudi Arabia
The stone circles and structures, known as kites, have been found mainly in Saudi Arabia’s western region. Aerial surveys discovered more nestled between the desert sands of the Great Nafud. […]
Largest operation ever’: UN lauds Turkey for hosting over 4M refugees
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA DIPLOMACY NOV 06, 2021 8:07 PM GMT+3A Syrian family carries their furniture at the Boynuyogun refugee camp in Hatay, Turkey, Sept. 16, 2019. (Getty Images) Turkey’s efforts in sheltering […]
Israel and Iran in a shadow war … for now
YOSSI MEKELBERG November 07, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/wsktj The recent Israeli bombing of targets near Damascus was aimed at an advanced weapons shipment heading for Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, […]
Why Turkey should swap military strikes for water diplomacy
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB October 20, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zrxue Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced his anger over the killing of two Turkish policemen by Kurdish forces in […]