Geopolitics
United Nations (Sputnik/UNI) Saudi Arabia intends to intensify humanitarian projects in Syria in 2020 to alleviate the suffering of refugees who remain outside the country, as well as internally displaced persons, the supervisor general of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Abdullah al-Rabeeah told Sputnik. more
Crop yields are up in Syria, but higher prices still cause major strain: new UN report

New York, Sept 6(JEN): A new UN report on Thursday shows that while improved security and rainfall across Syria's farming areas have boosted the country’s harvests, higher price ...

Syrian military liberates two Idlib villages after clashes with militants: Military Official

Damascus (Sputnik/UNI) The Syrian military has liberated two villages in the south of the northwestern Idlib province after clashing with terrorists, a brigadier general of the Syrian Arm ...

UN Security Council ‘utterly failed’ Syrian detainees; a victim voices her plea to ‘end impunity and stop this horror’

New York, Aug 8 (JEN): The Security Council has “utterly failed Syrian detainees and their families”, Amina Khoulani, Co-founder of Families for Freedom, told the Security Cou ...

Vital food crops destroyed in Syria amid upsurge in fighting across Idlib, Hama

New York, June 5 (JEN): Thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed in Syria’s Idlib and north Hama provinces amid ongoing deadly violence, the World Food Programme (WFP) said o ...

Trump continues national emergency with respect to Syria for 1 Year - White House

Washington (Sputnik/UNI) US President Donald Trump continued on Wednesday the national emergency with respect to Syria for an additional year leaving sanctions against Damascus in place, ...

Syria condemns Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over disputed Golan Heights

Damascus (Xinhua/UNI) The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned US President Donald Trump's recognition of the Syrian Golan Heights as Israeli territory, the state news agency S ...

Pentagon refutes reports about plans to leave 1,000 US troops in Syria - Statement

Washington (Sputnik/UNI): Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford has refuted media reports stating that the US military are allegedly planning to keep nearly 1,000 t ...

Syrian president says economic siege becomes new shape of war on Syria

Damascus (Xinhua/UNI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that the economic siege is a new shape of war on Syria, state news agency SANA reported.  

US to leave around 200 peacekeepers in Syria - White House

Washington (Sputnik/UNI): About 200 US peacekeepers will remain in Syria after the military withdraws from the country, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. ...