Turkish and U.S. military officials have agreed on the implementation of a road map that brings about the withdrawal of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) from the northwestern Syrian city of Manbij in accordance with a political agreement between Ankara...

The U.N. General Assembly condemned Israel on Wednesday for excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians and asked U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to recommend an “international protection mechanism” for occupied Palestinian territory. The General Assembly adopted a resolution with 120...

KARIN – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) stopped a U.S. military convoy from entering the city of Al-Qamihsli in the northern part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to a report from the Al-Hasakah Governorate, the U.S. military convoy attempted to...

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of its upcoming 73rd session; only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first since...

Turkish minister of foreign affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is in Washington D.C. on a working visit June 3-4, is set to discuss issues related to the upcoming Turkish-US joint actions in Syria’s Manbij with US counterpart Mike Pompeo, the Turkish...

KARIN – Abkhaz President Raul Khajimba confirmed that Syria’s recognition of the sovereignty of Abkhazia is of great importance to his country. “The recognition of our country’s independence by Syria is of great importance to Abkhazia,” Khajimba said at a...

KILIKYA – Huge explosions rocked the rebel-held town of Bidama along the borders with Turkey as the Syrian Army shelled, with heavy artillery, headquarters and positions for the jihadi insurgents. This comes as militants launched sporadic assaults against the government...

KARIN – On May 28th, Syria takes over the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament at the UN in Geneva. This is the organisation that spent twelve years negotiating the Chemical Weapons Convention. Now, one of the Convention’s most flagrant...

The following is the April 18, 2018 Congressional Research Service Report, Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response. From the Report: The Syria conflict, now in its eighth year, remains a significant policy challenge for the United States. U.S....

JOURNALISTS DO not have to be diplomats and can afford to make diplomatically incorrect statements, as did Israel Radio Reshet Bet’s Aryeh Golan when interviewing Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely regarding the most recent albeit failed attempt to have the...