Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh met on Monday with the UK’s Chargé d’Affaires and Acting Special Representative to Syria, Barrie Peach, to discuss the government’s “Syria Without Camps” initiative, infrastructure rehabilitation, recovery efforts, and mine action.
In a post on X, al-Saleh said the talks focused on the work of the National Mine Action Center, describing mine clearance as an urgent humanitarian and security priority and a key requirement for protecting civilians and creating the conditions for the safe and dignified return of displaced people.
Read more…
Source: SANA News
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Syrian army launches new strikes in Aleppo as fighting with Kurdish-led SDF intensifies
January 8, 2026
The Syrian army launched new strikes in parts of Aleppo on Thursday after ordering residents to evacuate, accusing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of using Kurdish-majority areas to launch attacks as clashes entered a third day. The army released more than seven maps identifying areas it said would be targeted in strikes, urging residents to ...
- Syria: Britain and France conducted a joint air operation to destroy suspected Islamic State underground arms site
January 4, 2026
Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State group in Syria, Britain’s defence ministry said. Western aircraft have been conducting patrols to stop a resurgence of the Islamist militant group that ruled parts of Syria until 2019. Intelligence analysis ...
- Syria: 8 killed, 18 injured in terrorist explosion at mosque in Homs
December 26, 2025
Eight people were killed and 18 others injured in an initial toll following a terrorist explosion at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab district of Homs, central Syria. Officials at the Syrian Health Ministry said that eight people were killed and 18 others injured in the blast, according to preliminary figures. Interior ...
- US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths
December 20, 2025
The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week ago. A U.S. official described it as “a large-scale” strike that hit 70 targets in areas across central Syria ...
- Syria: IED blast targets Defense Ministry vehicle in Deir ez-Zor
December 16, 2025
An explosion hit a Syrian Ministry of Defense pickup truck on Tuesday in central Al-Bukamal, east of Deir ez-Zor. Shafaq News correspondent reported that the blast, likely caused by an improvised explosive device planted inside the vehicle, resulted in casualties, though the exact number remains unclear. Local sources identified the pickup as assigned to an operations ...
- Syria: Two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in suspected Islamic State attack
December 13, 2025
Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, the U.S. military said. The attacker was a member of the Syrian security forces, three local officials told Reuters. A Syrian Interior Ministry ...
- Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen
December 1, 2025
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain especially vulnerable, particularly in conflict-affected countries where displaced families are returning to heavily contaminated areas. “Civilians ...
- US and Syrian forces conduct airstrikes on ISIS weapons storage facilities
November 30, 2025
The U.S. military said on Sunday that it recently destroyed 15 sites containing Islamic State weapons caches in southern Syria. U.S. Central Command said it and Syrian forces identified and destroyed the storage facilities across the Rif Damashq province during multiple airstrikes and ground detonations that were conducted from November 24 to November 27. “The combined ...
- Syria: SDF says captured five ISIS militants in Raqqa
November 1, 2025
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday said they “dismantled” an Islamic State (ISIS) cell, in a “precise” security operation in coordination with international coalition forces in Raqqa province, capturing five militants. “As part of our ongoing national mission to protect the regions of North and East Syria from the threat of terrorism, our military operations ...
- Syria: Jolani-Affiliated Militants Accused of Sectarian Crime Against Syrian Shia
October 29, 2025
The Center for Documenting Violations Against Shia in Syria strongly condemns the horrific crime committed by armed gangs affiliated with the criminal Jolani in the Ghazlaniyah area of Damascus countryside. The attack claimed the life of citizen Atallah Al-Qattan, a member of the Shia community, after the assailants fired fourteen bullets into his body—a barbaric act ...
- Syria: Three soldiers injured while clearing mines in Homs and Hama countryside
October 28, 2025
Three Syrian soldiers were injured while carrying out demining operations in the countryside of Homs near the Syrian-Lebanese border and in the town of Kafr Nabouda in Hama countryside, military source said Tuesday. “Three soldiers from the engineering units of the Syrian Arab Army were injured and a mine-clearing vehicle was damaged during the mission to ...
- Syria: Bombing targeting oil facility guards killed four people and wounded nine others
October 16, 2025
Syria’s energy authorities on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as a “cowardly terrorist attack” that killed four people and wounded nine others when a roadside bomb struck a bus carrying oil facility guards near the town of Saalo in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour. In a statement, the energy authorities said the attack targeted ...
- Syria: Two people injured in IED explosion inside car in Jdaydit Artouz
September 27, 2025
An IED planted early in a car, exploded while a person was attempting to dismantle it in front of Al-Fardous building in Jdadit Artouz town in Rif Dimashq. The explosion left two persons injured, while official follow-up continues to establish the circumstances of the incident. Read more… Source: SOHR News Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters The latest news ...
- Syria: Explosion of IED leaves member of the Awqaf Committee injured in Al-Bukamal city
September 25, 2025
Deir Ezzor province: A member of the Awqaf Committee was injured, at noon, due to the explosion of an IED while he was in front of a mosque in Al-Bukamal city in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. He was taken to a hospital for treatment. This comes in light of the ongoing security chaos in several areas ...
- Turkey begins training Syrian forces under new security deal
September 9, 2025
Turkey has begun training Syrian forces under a security agreement signed between the two countries in August, several sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye. One source said around 300 Syrians, mostly soldiers, but also some police officers, are currently being trained at two bases in central and eastern Turkey. A second source told ...