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NORTH AND EAST SYRIA – On Thursday, the Foreign Relations Commission of the Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) of North and East Syria received a delegation from Uzbekistan headed by Advisor to the Prime Minister Mehriddin Khairyddinov. The delegation was received by Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Commission Department Abdul Karim…

ZALIN (QAMISHLI) – The Zalin Office for the Protection of Children in Armed Conflicts issued a statement in a press conference and said it has received 16 complaints of violations against children. The statement was read by the Co-Presidency of the Zalin (Qamishli) Office and declared they are continuously working…

DRUCO, Syria — A dissident military officer was killed in Syrian regime prisons after turning himself in two years ago, deceived by the regime’s promise to “settle his status”. A correspondent for the Qasioun news agency in Druco (Daraa) reported that regime forces handed over the body of the young…

HASAKAH, Syria — Head of the Tel Abyad Military Council (TAMC) Riad Khalaf stated that Russian and Syrian regime forces have not intervened or responded to the Turkish attacks on Ayn Issa and stressed that the TAMC will not allow Turkey to occupy more land in North and East Syria.…

AYN ISSA and RISH AYNO, Syria — Turkish and Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces expanded the scope of their artillery bombardment around Ayn Issa, north of Raqqa in North and East Syria, on Thursday following another failed infiltration attempt. Turkish artillery fire wounded two members of the Internal Security…

This article was originally published by The World on 29 September 2020. The original can be found here. By Amanda McGowan and The World staff When the US Embassy in Baghdad was built in 2009, it became the largest embassy in the world. If not bulletproof, it was trumpeted as extra-secure from…

The General Assembly of Syria’s “Elitaf” or opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has elected Syrian Nasr al-Hariri (Daraa; 43) as the new president of the General Assembly to succeed Anas al-Abda whose term ended. Al-Hariri was elected on Saturday in the 51st session of the General Assembly. Both Oqab Yahya…

AS-SUWAYDA, Syria – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stated that the city of As-Suwayda has witnessed continuous public discontent due to the continued arrest of demonstrators by Syrian regime security forces. Despite the release of several detainees following mediation between the regime and demonstrators by the elders of…

TEL ABYAD, Syria – The Turkish-backed extremist militant faction Ahrar al-Sharqiya took control of the headquarters of a civilian organization called Bahar Relief Organization in the city of Afrin. Members of the relief organization had been severely beaten by the terrorist militants and then were expelled from the organization. The…

Gozarto / al-Jazeera region – Heavy torrential rains in al-Hassaka province on Saturday evening caused flooding of the valleys that feed the al-Jawadiyah and Bab al-Hadid dams in the northern countryside. Director of water resources Eng. Abdul Razzaq al-Awak said to SANA news agency that the floods rated 500 cubic…