Following Bashar Assad’s fall from power in Syria, thousands of detained Syrians have been released from prison. Yet tens of thousands of imprisoned individuals are still missing, with many presumed dead. When search operations began in Sednaya military prison, one woman from Idlib named Naima was hopeful that her son would be found alive … Read more
The head of a US-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Mouaz Moustafa, speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from Damascus, said the site at al Qutayfah, 25 … Read more
Abu Hassan al-Hamwi, chief commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Shams (HTS)’s military forces, revealed how the group was able to topple the Assad regime in just 11 days to the Guardian on Friday. Hamwi explained the inward changes that HTS made as well as the changes directed to the wider organization of rebel forces. Following Assad’s … Read more
Russia arranged for Syrian president Bashar Assad to leave Syria via a Russian airbase as rebels advanced on Damascus, Kremlin sources told Bloomberg in a report published on Wednesday. The Kremlin feared for its longtime ally and convinced him that he would lose the lightning offensive led by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that the future of Syria is a matter for the Syrians to determine and that his special envoy, Geir Pedersen, “will be working with them towards that end.” “There is much work to be done to ensure an orderly political transition to renewed institutions. I reiterate … Read more
The IDF, on Sunday afternoon, took over the Syrian side of the Mount Hermon mountain range to expand a demilitarized buffer zone along the border with Syria and also at several other points of significance for defense. The Hermon range has always been thought of as providing a strategic advantage because it provides high … Read more
Syrian rebel groups have made major advances against the Syrian regime in southern Syria over the last two days. Many of these rebel groups who once operated near Dara’a in southern Syria near the Jordanian border had reconciled with the Syrian regime. This reconciliation did not always go smoothly because a low-level insurgency continued … Read more
A second front opened in the Syrian Civil War on Friday following several uprisings in southern Syria, which led regime forces to flee several key cities in the region. At least four people were killed and 16 injured in clashes between Druze militias and regime security forces in Sweida, according to local media. #شاهد: … Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped Syrian rebels will continue their advance against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Syria, but voiced concern about what he said were terrorist organizations in their midst. Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers he was closely following the push which he said was heading to the … Read more
Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on President Bashar Assad, both sides said on Wednesday. Rebels have staged a whirlwind advance over the past week, seizing Syria’s second city, Aleppo, and much of the surrounding countryside, reaching within a few … Read more
