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The US military has sent a new convoy of trucks loaded with military hardware and logistical gears to Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah as Washington seeks to control and loot crude resources in the war-torn country. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing unnamed local sources in al-Ya’rubiyah town, reported that …

Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Turkey issued a joint statement, emphasizing their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria. President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Hassan Rouhani, President of the Russian Federation, H.E. Vladimir …

Italian police said Wednesday that they had seized a world record 15-ton haul of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria. The drug, in the form of 84 million Captagon tablets, was worth about one billion euros ($1.1 billion), police said in a statement, describing the operation as “the biggest seizure …

Turkey’s ambassador to France on Wednesday said that Paris had informed NATO it was suspending its involvement in a naval operation in the Mediterranean after a probe into an incident between French and Turkish warships did not back Paris’ claims. Ties between NATO allies France and Turkey have soured in …

A French ISIS member went on trial Thursday on terror charges amid accusations that he oversaw executions in Syria as a senior figure in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Tyler Vilus, 30, is facing charges of belonging to a terrorist group, heading a unit of IS group fighters and …

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has lambasted the so-called “Caesar Act” sanctions imposed by the US against Syria, stressing that the measures aim at pressuring the Arab country economically and preventing it from restoring its unity and key regional role. Berri, who was chairing an emergency meeting of his party, …

The semi-official Syrian newspaper, Al-Watan, published the first scenes of the destruction left by the Israeli strikes in the Hama countryside this morning. The photos published by the Syrian newspaper on its official Facebook page show the great destruction caused by the raids on some installations, buildings and structures in …

At the US Air Force Base “Kadena”, located in Japan, a powerful explosion occurred, which injured at least 8 US Air Force personnel, while sources report the destruction of at least two vehicles and the damage of three combat aircraft, learned ِAlghadeer. It is reported that the explosion occurred due …

The Lebanese Army Command announced the arrest of a wanted Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) leader near the Syrian border on Thursday. “The patrol of the Intelligence Directorate in the town of Arsal raided the house of the named (J.H.) and arrested him along with a number of people, for heading a …

Nearly 80 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, marking a near-doubling of global displacement in a decade, the UN said Thursday. By the end of 2019, one out of every 97 people in the world was living uprooted and displaced, according to …

Iran, Russia and China have censured the US for imposing sweeping economic sanctions against Syria, which Washington says are designed to put more pressure on the war-ravage country’s economy and prevent Damascus from achieving victory in the fight against foreign-backed militants.  Speaking at a Security Council meeting on Tuesday, US …

At least three civilians were killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near al-Abbasiya roundabout in Syrian city of Daraa, New Agency SANA reported on Saturday night. According to the agency, an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by ISIS terrorists near al-Abbasiya roundabout in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood of …

US occupation forces are going ahead with looting oil and gas fields in Syria. SANA news agency reported on Friday that US occupation forces stole a convoy loaded with dozens of tanks and tankers of fuel material heading from the Al-Jazeera region towards the Iraqi lands. The news agency quoted …

Syrian President Bashar Assad announced he had dismissed Prime Minister Imad Khamis on Thursday. Khamis has occupied the role since 2016. “President Assad has issued decree number 143 for the year 2020 which relieves the prime minister Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis of his position,” an official statement from the president …

Iraq launched a military operation on Monday, targeting the presence of ISIS gangs towards the border with Syria. Sources told “Al-Ghadeer” website that “the operation was launched in the depth of the desert of Nineveh to eliminate ISIS remnants and cleanse the border strip between Iraq and Syria.” Adding that …

A number of people were injured on Saturday in an explosion of a car bomb near Grain Silos of Tal Halaf, south Ras al-Ayn city in the northwestern countryside of the Syrian city of Hasaka. SANA news agency quoted local sources as saying that a car bomb exploded near the …

As tributes to George Floyd pop up around the world. Syrian graffiti artists honor Floyd’s memory with a mural painted on the wall of a destroyed home.

The Western military coalition, purported to fight the Daesh terrorist group, has reportedly deployed three Patriot missile batteries at a US base in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr. The Arabic-language al-Alam television news network, citing local sources, reported on Wednesday that the batteries were deployed to the base set …

Under the slogan” Al-Quds, the path of Martyrs “, a car rally was held on Friday in Syria marking the International al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in compliance with the precautionary measures taken to tackle the coronavirus. The rally set off from Umayyad Square in Damascus towards Mazzeh highway to al-Akram Mosque …

Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari says unilateral sanctions imposed by the Western countries are hampering the Damascus government’s efforts to import medicine and other medical supplies to fight the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. “Unilateral coercive economic measures hinder Syria’s ability to meet the basic …