SYRIA

BRUSSELS – A delegation from the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAA) met with officials of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brussels yesterday. The delegation was headed by Mr. Badran Jia Kurd – Deputy Co-President of the Executive Council and Dr. Abdulkarim Omar – Co-Chair…

MANBIJ, Syria – The Co-Presidency of the Executive Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAA), accompanied by the Manbij Civil Council (MCC), visited the Jadidat al-Hamar camp for displaced people to see the latest work on the camp. The MCC and DAA began work on…

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Media Center issued a press statement on Monday about the latest military developments along the front of the Tel Abyad / Rish Ayno (Ras al-Ayn) Turkish occupation zone. ********** PRESS STATEMENT ********** The Turkish invasion army and its terrorist mercenaries…

MOSCOW – Yesterday, Russian and Turkish foreign ministers met in Moscow to resolve the dispute between the two countries over Idlib. The meeting ended without reaching an agreement, as Turkey failed to persuade the Russians to stop supporting the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Turkey failed to persuade Russia to put…

BRUSSELS – In a post of her official Facebook page following her participation in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on Monday, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde called on the European Union to put pressure on the Syrian government, describing the recent attacks on Idlib as terrifying.…

RAQQA, Syria – U.S. Congressman Ralph Abraham (R-LA) and a delegation of his staff visited the headquarters of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAA) in Raqqa and held a closed meeting with the Co-Presidents of the Executive Council of the DAA, Berivan Khalid and Abd Hamid…

TEL TAMR, Syria – Pillows of warm bread shuffle along the conveyor belt at the Tel Tamr, slowly deflating as they cool. The industrial oven at the Tel Tamr bakery has been providing Tel Tamr, Abu Rasayn (Zarkan), and the surrounding countryside with bread since it went into operation in…

QAMISHLI, Syria – The Internal Security Forces (ISF) of North and East Syria arrested a network of antiquities smugglers in the city of Qamishli yesterday. The Organized Crime Office of the ISF was alerted to the presence of the smuggling ring by several sources. The ISF moved immediately on the…

IDLIB GOVERNORATE, Syria – Turkish Armed Forces established new observation points across northern and southern Idlib Governorate yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the establishment of two new Turkish observation points, one in the village of Al-Bardakali in northern Idlib, located between the towns of Sarmada and…

QAMISHLI, Syria – Two people lost their lives today after an explosive device went off at a recycling facility in Qamishli city. The victims were Rudi Farouk Sulaiman (29) from Qamishli and Nayef (24) from Tel Hamis. The explosive device had been placed amongst the equipment used for sorting and…