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The number of coronavirus cases has increased across Syria as doubts emerge over figures reported by the regime's health ministry and the ability of authorities to contain the crisis.
Prosecutors said Fadia S. traveled to Syria in 2015 to join her husband, who had left Germany to join IS., taking her children with her, then aged 3 to 8,
Syria's predictable faux election still had a few surprises
Syria's parliamentary elections resulted in another predictably huge win for the ruling Baath Party, but there were still some insights into the state of the economy.
Syria Insight: Russia weaponises aid as Syrians go hungry
Aid has been a bargaining tool by powers in the Syria war, but with the coronavirus crisis sweeping through the country it has become a matter ...
Two children killed, three injured in Syria mine explosions
Two children have been killed and three others injured when two mines exploded in Syria’s Raqqa and Idlib provinces as violence ...
Russia's commander in Syria meets Kurdish SDF leader
The SDF has been at loggerheads with Turkey over control of northern Syria.
Russia vetoes crucial extension of cross-border aid in Syria
A crucial UN Security Council resolution that would have extended authorisation for cross-border humanitarian aid in Syria for a year has been ...
UN vote seeks to authorise cross-border aid to Syria
Aid groups are urging Russia to rethink its position, as Syria cracks under the pressure of its civil war.
Bolton's book and why Trump betrayed the Kurds
Comment: Bolton's book shines a light on President Trump's crass dismissal of Kurdish sacrifices, writes Paul Iddon.
'Huge' mass grave found in former IS capital Raqqa
The total number of civilians killed by the Islamic State group is not known, but regional authorities have found a number of mass graves since ...
On World Refugee Day, let's remember our revolutionary refugees
Comment: We must expand our understanding of the refugee figure beyond the spectacle of suffering, to a celebration of bravery and revolution, ...
Turkey bolsters reinforcements in northern Syria
Adding to rising tensions, sources told The New Arab that Syrian regime forces had sent reinforcements to areas under Kurdish control.
Kurdish authorities pursue 'starvation policies' in eastern Syria
The official statement is a sign of increasing ethnic tensions between Arab tribesmen and Kurdish-dominated ruling authorities in eastern Syria.
Syria Weekly: Fears over 'under the radar' coronavirus epidemic
Areas outside Syrian regime control remain at a major disadvantage in battling Covid-19, with fears that the coronavirus could be more ...
Investigators build genocide case against IS Yazidi crimes
Investigators at the CIJA have launched an investigation into IS treatment of Yazidi women in Iraq.
IS used Syrian gorge as 'dumping ground' for victims
Human Rights Watch's investigation unearths evidence on how IS used northeastern Syria's al-Hota gorge as a mass grave for those it abducted or detained.
Syrian Kurds set up first coronavirus hospital
Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have set up their first hospital specializing in treating coronavirus patients, following the death of ...
Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship
Shamima Begum's appeal against the Home Office's decision to strip her of British citizenship has failed.
Syria's Kurds free dozens of IS-linked Syrians
A spokesman for the Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria said tribal leaders had requested that 300 Syrian detainees be freed, and that 30 ...
Iranian militias blamed for horrific massacre in eastern Syria
Over 20 shepherds have been killed in a massacre in the Maadan area of eastern Syria.
A decade in photos: Images that moved the world
The New Arab puts together some of the most iconic photographs emerging from the region between 2010 and 2019. Some images may be distressing.
Five killed in car bomb near Turkish-Syrian border
Five people were killed in a car bomb explosion in Saluk, as suspected Israeli strikes hit regime positions in Deir az-Zour.
Russia and China clash with UN over Syria aid
Russia and China, Assad's allies, opposed a draft submitted to the UN Security Council, calling for a fifth border crossing and a year long ...
10 Kurdish fighters killed in Turkish shelling in Syria
10 fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been killed in a Turkish artillery bombardment near Azaz in northern Syria.
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