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New York – Several countries have expressed their displeasure with maintaining or imposing unilateral economic sanctions against countries in these times of crisis. Eight permanent representatives to the United Nations yesterday sent a joint letter on behalf of their foreign ministers to the UN Secretary-General calling for the lifting of…

Al-Bukamal, Deir ez-Zor – According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) at least ten completely covered trucks entered al-Bukamal city yesterday. SOHR, quoting reliable sources, said that the trucks were accompanied by military vehicles of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard coming from Iraqi territory entering Syria through the eastern…

HASAKAH, Syria – In cooperation with the Syriac Union Party (SUP) and Syriac Assyrian Martyrs Families Foundation, the local Martyr Athro Syriac Aid Foundation provided drinking water to the citizens of Al-Askari neighborhood in Hasakah city. Hasakah, the town of Tel Tamr, and the surrounding countryside are witnessing a shortage…

TEL TAMR, Syria – The Turkish and Syrian National Army (SNA) forces occupying North Syria continue their aggression against civilians despite international calls for a global ceasefire to control the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The SNA, is a collection of militias, including several espousing Islamist ideologies, formed and funded by…

Gozarto, Idlib – As part of the ceasefire agreement between Russia and Turkey signed on 5 March, Russian and Turkish forces began to conduct another joint patrol from Derbasiya to the Amuda countryside, while Turkish forces established a new military post in the town of al-Kefir, west of Idlib. According…

Tel Rifaat – As part of its ongoing violations of Syrian territory, Turkish occupation forces shelled the town of Tel Rifaat with rockets. Two civilians were reported injured. Turkish forces stationed in the vicinity of Azaz city targeted Tel Rifaat with rocket shelling. Tel Rifaat is under the control of…

ZALIN (QAMISHLI), Syria – Since the Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) of North and East Syria began implementing measures to control the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the region has witnessed a sharp increase in the price of goods, especially since the imposition of a curfew. SuroyoFM radio station spoke…

ZALIN (QAMISHLI) / DAMASCUS – On the occasion of Annunciation Day, all churches of Syria celebrated the Divine Liturgy. In Zalin (Qamishli), in northeaster Syria, Syriac TV channel SuroyoTV covered the Annunciation service held with only priests and deacons present. Worshippers were instructed to stay at home in an effort…

DAMASCUS – The Syrian Ministry of Health announced the registration of a new infection of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases acknowledge by Damascus to five. The Syrian government in Damascus has limited testing capacity and experts fear the disease is spread much farther than…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — In a trial aired by Al-Hadath TV in August 2019, 22-year-old Syrian Mohammed Khalil al-Hassan, a fighter in the Islamic State (ISIS), facing charges of membership in a terrorist organization as argued by the Public Prosecutor of the People’s Trial Authority of the Democratic Autonomous…