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THE HAGUE – The Dutch government through Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok has announced its intention to hold the Syrian Arab Republic accountable for human rights violations and is prepared to open a case at the International Criminal Court in The Hague against the Syrian Baath regime headed since the…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — U.S. Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey arrived in North and East Syria on an unannounced visit yesterday without a clear statement by the U.S. State Department of the visit’s purpose. The aim, it has been presumed, is to discuss the fight against the Islamic…

DAYRO ZCURO, Syria — Islamic State (ISIS) activity persists in the Syrian desert (Badia) despite multiple Syrian regime offensives to clear the region. The past week has seen a number of confrontations between ISIS and Syrian regime forces amidst other ISIS activity. An armed group, possibly linked to ISIS, kidnapped…

This article was originally published by The Conversation on 17 September 2020 under a Creative Commons license. The original can be found here. By Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have successfully warded off a nine-year rebellion against his government, but he is being tested with…

After the UN report accusing Turkey and its terrorist groups of committing war crimes in occupied Syrian territories, director Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) issued a statement affirming the UN findings. SOHR director Abdel Rahman stated that the fabricated lies of Turkish President Erdogan…

DAYRIK, Syria — On Friday, in the presence of his relatives, comrades, and representatives of military and civil institutions, the body of Syriac Military Council (MFS) fighter Alaa ‘Malki’ Abdullahad, was brought to its final resting place in Dayrik (Al-Malikiyah) in northeast Syria. Martyr Abdullahad was buried in the Syriac…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — Several political parties, including the Syriac Union Party (SUP), issued a statement condemning the crimes committed by Turkey and its Syrian National Army (SNA) proxies. The statement called for U.N. fact-finding committees to be allowed access to the Turkish-occupied areas of Syria and for the…

ZALIN, Syria — The Kurdish Democratic Unity Party in Syria (YEK-DEM) and the Kurdish Democratic Progressive in Syria (PDPKS) formed a joint delegation on Thursday to visit the Syriac Union party (SUP) at its headquarters in Zalin (Qamishli) in North and East Syria. The delegation was greeted by SUP Co-Chair…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — “Turkish violations, whether by the Turkish Army or Turkish-backed factions, continue against unarmed civilians in northeastern and northwestern Syria,” spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Kino Gabriel said in a statement on Thursday. “These violations are not new, but reflect the mentality with which…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — The General Command of the Syriac Military Council (MFS) today announced the martyrdom of one of its members, Alaa Abdullahad, nom de guerre Malki, due to illness. The MFS praised the greatness of martyrdom and the sacrifices made by its martyrs for the liberation of…