Syria

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in Syria, the Kurdish people are suffering at a level that some have called a war crime.

Turkey dispatched hundreds of ISIS fighters to support their ally Azerbaijan in the fight with Armenia over disputed territory in the NK zone.

“The United States does not seek conflict with any other nation in Syria, but will defend Coalition forces if necessary,” Urban said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported hearing loud explosions in Aleppo city and the surrounding countryside.

A new report shows that Russia is breaking the UN embargo in Libya by equipping private militias with Russian arms, vehicles and planes.

The Syrian government reported it intercepted the attack which originated from the al-Tanf area near the Syrian-Iraqi border and Israeli-held Golan Heights.

The Russian military was conducting a joint patrol with Turkish forces along the Aleppo-Latakia Highway (M-4 Highway) in Idlib province, during the early morning hours of Tuesday, when it was attacked by militants. The Turkish or Russian Defense Ministries did not report any casualties. This is the 26th joint patrol that has been conducted in […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry has reported that a Russian major general was killed in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province on Tuesday after the convoy he was riding in hit an improvised explosive device (IED). According to the state-owned news agency TASS, the Russian convoy was returning from what the Russian military said was a “humanitarian mission” […]

The United States lost two of their top-end drones in an apparent collision over Idlib, Syria according to officials within the Department of Defense. The two drones may have been targeted by militants on the ground. Several MQ-9 Reaper drones have been sighted over the Idlib area. Last week one may have been used to […]

A joint United States-Kurdish (Syrian Democratic Forces) anti-ISIS patrol came under fire soon after passing through a Syrian military checkpoint. No U.S. casualties were reported.  After receiving fire from the checkpoint, the American-led coalition troops returned fire, killing one Syrian soldier and wounding two others according to statements from U.S. military officials and Syrian state-run […]

Although the tenuous ceasefire continues to hold in Syria’s Idlib province, the joint patrols that have been conducted by Russian and Turkish troops have been halted, due to militant attacks.  The two sides had agreed back in March to conduct joint patrols along the strategic M4 highway. The agreement ended weeks of increased tension in […]

In an effort to continue the implementation of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and bolster the strength of U.S.-backed Syrian forces, officials want to continue to train and increase the number of allied fighters. As a part of this effort, according to OIR’s Inspector General (IG) report, there is a push to build an “Oilfield Guard […]