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Air strikes in Syria's Idlib reportedly kill scores of opposition forces

Leaders of the opposition training camp were among those killed in an air strike in Jabal al Dweila, according to a Syrian opposition spokesperson.

YPG release of thousands of prisoners could give Daesh the boost it needs

The infamous Al Hol camp holds thousands of prisoners, many of whom may be loyal to Daesh.

US special envoy for Syria arrives in Turkey for talks

Underlining that the Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round of meetings had begun in Geneva, Jeffrey says "It was a good start, much helped by Turkey's encouragement of all members of the Constitutional Committee, particularly the opposition."

The Caesar Act and what awaits Syria

Cutting Bashar al Assad's lifelines breathes new life into the struggle to unseat the dictator accused of war crimes.

Syrians in Germany file case against Assad over torture and abuse

Criminal accusations levelled by seven survivors against regime forces include sexual abuse and torture.

What the Caesar Act is and why it’s important

A trove of tens of thousands of pictures released by a Syrian regime defector named ‘Caesar’ revealed the extent of torture and extrajudicial killing in the regime’s prisons. Now the US is targeting those responsible for the abuses with sanctions.

The erasure of Morsi's legacy is an attempt to scrub democracy from Egypt

The late Mohamed Morsi's rise to power represented an end to Egypt's kleptocratic free-for-all.

Russian air strikes in Idlib, Syria kill at least three civilians

More than 20 air strikes targeted two mountains and three villages in the Jabal al Zawiya region and two other villages in the countryside of the Hama province, a war monitor and a civil defence group said.

Revisiting the plight of Syrian children on UN child victim day

The United Nations marks June 4 as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, and the suffering of Syrian children is in the spotlight.

The UAE detains and tortures a Turkish citizen for helping Syrian refugees

The Gulf state unlawfully arrested a Turkish aid worker at Dubai's food fair in 2018. Since then, he's been subjected to torture over his support of Syrian refugees.

Russian armament and America's renewed interest in the Libyan conflict

To bolster the waning confidence of warlord Khalifa Haftar, Moscow's alleged move of sending fighter jets to Libya has rekindled Washington's interest in the six-year-long conflict.

How Turkish drones are changing the course of the Libyan civil war

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar assumed that Ankara’s support of the UN-recognised Tripoli government would not stand in his way. That turned out to be a miscalculation.