UN Syria Commission finds March coastal violence was widespread and systematic

GENEVA – The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today published a report on the wave of violence that engulfed coastal and western central Syria from January, finding that acts that may amount to war crimes were committed. The violence – Read More …

Syria: Militants kill 2 soldiers in attack on Russian air base in Latakia

Militants attacked a Russian air base in Syria, killing two soldiers, a Syrian government official and a local activist said Wednesday. They said that the two militants who launched the attack Tuesday on the Hmeimim air base on Syria’s coast Read More …

Syria’s massacre of Alawites exposes the new Islamist regime’s real intentions

A chilling note accompanied an Iftar meal in Idlib this week: “Every Alawite has the right to live in peace… in a grave.” This message, circulated amid one of Syria’s bloodiest weeks in recent memory, underscores the brutality of an Read More …

Syria: Entire families killed in sectarian violence, UN says

Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last week, the United Nations’ human rights office said on Tuesday. The bloodshed in the coastal heartland of former ruler Bashar al-Assad saw Read More …

Syria monitor says security forces kill 136 Alawite civilians

A Syria war monitor said Friday that security forces killed 136 members of the Alawite minority, to which toppled president Bashar al-Assad belongs, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to him triggered a major security operation. The Syrian Read More …

Syria: Mine casualties persist as UN partners scale up clearance operations

“Mine action partners continue to report casualties due to explosive ordnance, and that is happening sadly on an almost daily basis,” Mr. Dujarric explained in a press briefing on Monday in New York. Farmers and shepherds are particularly vulnerable. Since Read More …

Syria launches security operation against former regime forces in Latakia governorate

Syria’s Military Operations Command on Saturday launched a security operation in Qardaha, the hometown of the recently ousted ruling Assad family, in the coastal province of Latakia. According to the Syrian news agency SANA, a large number of security forces Read More …

Israel strikes weapon and missile depots in Syria

Israel has reportedly carried out multiple strikes on missile and weapon depots in the Syrian port city of Tartus, located near the Lebanon-Syria border, Arab media outlets reported on Sunday night. According to the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese news outlet Al Mayadeen, Read More …