Syria

Idlib program offers vocational training for women

A local nongovernmental organization in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib is offering women technical skills to support themselves.

Hussam Hammoud | Syria | Apr 18, 2021

Displaced Syrian woman Umm Hussein sews protective face masks at a camp for the internally displaced people near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 27, 2020.

Virus surge threatens northeast Syria camps, Save the Children warns

Authorities this month have confirmed 46 coronavirus cases across three camps hosting displaced people in northeast Syria.

Al-Monitor Staff | Syria | Apr 15, 2021

House panel considers US policy options in Syria

Members of the subcommittee also pressed witnesses on whether regime change in Syria is an option.

Adam Lucente | U.S. | Apr 15, 2021

Jennifer-Cafarella-Linda-Khatib-Omar-Alshogre

Intel: US endorses watchdog report blaming Syria for chemical attack

The report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found "reasonable grounds" to believe that the Syrian air force dropped chlorine on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria in 2018.

Elizabeth Hagedorn | Syria | Apr 14, 2021

Probe finds Syrian air force likely used chlorine in 2018 attack

Al-Monitor Staff | Syria | Apr 12, 2021

Islamic State maintains foothold in Syrian desert

The Islamic State continues to cause trouble for the regime forces in large desert areas of central and eastern Syria.

Sultan al-Kanj | Syria | Apr 11, 2021

Syrian organizations work to remove war remnants in northwest Syria

Syria has been labeled one of the worst countries in the world in terms of the number of mines planted since the war broke out in 2011, with more than 12,000 killed in mine and explosive accidents.

Mohammed Hardan | Syria | Apr 11, 2021

A Syrian army soldier uses a detector to find and clear landmines in a field at a pistachio orchard in the village of Maan, north of Hama, in west-central Syria, June 24, 2020.

Is al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria’s Idlib on its way to demise?

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which controls Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, is close to ending the presence of al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Din, after arresting one of its top active commanders and closing its military facilities in the area.

Khaled al-Khateb | Syria | Apr 11, 2021

Smoke billows following reported Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, March 29, 2021.

Kurdish forces agree to deliver oil, Syrian regime reopens crossings

The Syrian government has reopened crossings between the areas it controls and those held by Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria in exchange for oil shipments.

Mohammed Hardan | Syria | Apr 8, 2021

First pharmaceutical factory opens in Syrian opposition area

The first pharmaceutical factory in the opposition-controlled areas in northwestern Syria was inaugurated, in a bid to address the lack of medicines and high prices.

Khaled al-Khateb | Syria | Apr 8, 2021

An employee of a Syrian pharmaceutical factory shows packs of the hydroxychloroquine drug in the government-controlled city of Homs, Syria, April 28, 2020.

Aleppo expands as displaced population grows

Massive displacement from the war has brought thousands of Syrians north, and with them urban expansion.

Mohammed Hardan | Syria | Apr 8, 2021

War over economic routes heats up in Syria

Syria’s economic collapse is stoking the struggle over commercial routes between government-held areas and US- and Turkish-backed enclaves, fueling also disagreements on humanitarian aid.

Fehim Tastekin | Turkey | Apr 5, 2021

Syrians drive in the town of Saraqeb along the main Damascus-Aleppo (M5) highway in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 7, 2020, following a Russian-Turkish cease-fire deal.

Tribes in east Syria resort to their own judiciary over lack of trust in official courts

Tribes in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah agreed to set up a tribal judiciary system as an alternative to the official judiciary affiliated with the Kurdish-led authorities running the area.

Khaled al-Khateb | Syria | Apr 4, 2021

children, us soldier in Hasakah province

Syria donor conference raises $6.4B, far short of UN target

Of the more than $6 billion raised during the pledging conference, $4.4 billion is set aside for this year.

Al-Monitor Staff | Syria | Mar 31, 2021

Haranbush camp for displaced Syrians in Idlib

Intel: US pledges nearly $600M in humanitarian aid to Syria

The Biden administration is also calling on the UN Security Council to allow the free flow of aid to opposition-held parts of Syria.

Elizabeth Hagedorn | Syria | Mar 30, 2021

Syria

Idlib program offers vocational training for women

A local nongovernmental organization in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib is offering women technical skills to support themselves.

Virus surge threatens northeast Syria camps, Save the Children warns

House panel considers US policy options in Syria

Intel: US endorses watchdog report blaming Syria for chemical attack

Probe finds Syrian air force likely used chlorine in 2018 attack

Islamic State maintains foothold in Syrian desert

Syrian organizations work to remove war remnants in northwest Syria

Is al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria’s Idlib on its way to demise?

Kurdish forces agree to deliver oil, Syrian regime reopens crossings

First pharmaceutical factory opens in Syrian opposition area

Aleppo expands as displaced population grows

War over economic routes heats up in Syria

Tribes in east Syria resort to their own judiciary over lack of trust in official courts

Syria donor conference raises $6.4B, far short of UN target

Intel: US pledges nearly $600M in humanitarian aid to Syria

Popular Articles

Gantz informs Biden administration of updated Israeli plans to strike Iran

Online ‘auctions’ of Yazidi captives speak of ongoing Islamic State activity in Turkey

Egypt moves ahead with purchase of Russian arms despite US warnings

Biden administration's textbook approach to Iran may be paying off

Pope urges Iraqis 'not to give up' as historic pilgrimage ends

Recent Podcasts

Ambassador Murat Mercan expects more US-Turkish cooperation, despite differences

Sudan hoping for shift in Ethiopian position on Nile Dam talks, says Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s Ambassador to US

Israeli Labor party head Merav Michaeli says election success only the beginning

Is Turkey's authoritarian president losing his grip? Wishful thinking, says Ankara-based journalist Raziye Akkoc

Israeli analyst Shimrit Meir: Arab lawmaker Abbas prefers Netanyahu coalition