The Guardian , March 2021. This is an edited extract from The Book Collectors of Darayya published by Picador. The long read: In a town under siege from Assad’s regime, a small group of revolutionaries found a new mission: to build a library from books rescued from the rubble. For those stranded in the city, books offered an imaginative escape from the horrors of war
UNITED NATIONS — More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters are estimated to remain active in Iraq and Syria two years after the militant group’s defeat, and their attacks have significantly increased this year, the U.N. counter-terrorism chief said Monday.
Seit die türkische Armee in Nordsyrien einmarschiert ist, lässt die Bundesregierung keine neuen Lieferungen von Kriegswaffen an die Türkei mehr zu. Die Rüstungsexporte florieren dennoch.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) - A fire broke out on Monday evening in an empty area in the Irbid Governorate of Jordan, after fragments from a Syrian air
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:35 A.M.) – On Sunday, the Russian Air Defense Force Commander Alexander Leonov announced that the Tor anti-aircraft missile system had destroyed more than 45 combat drones in Syria.
“Since the beginning of the combat mission, the Tor anti-aircraft missile system has managed to destroy more than 45 combat drones (in Syria),” Leonov said.
In January, Turkey launched an offensive into Syria’s northwest. We analyzed drone footage released by the military to show how two sides fight on a modern b...
Open Letter 26th November, 2019 from
29 members of the European council on foreign relations (ECFR) Members They urge European governments to immediately begin a programme of managed repatriation of ISIS foreign fighters in Syria.
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Newsweek, 27 Aug, 2018, The U.S. has twice attacked Syrian in response to reports of chemical weapons attacks, but Russia says the events were staged.
"The United States keeps building up the cruise missile carriers group in the Middle East as part of preparations for another provocation in Idlib Province to be presented as an alleged use of chemical weapons," Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson General Igor Konashenkov told media outlets, according to the state-run Tass Russian News Agency.
Pointing a finger toward alleged Western backing for the jihadi coalition that dominates Idlib, Konashenkov said "these preparations are fresh confirmation of U.S. intentions to use as a pretext a likely simulation of the government forces’ chemical attack, which Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants are plotting with active support from British secret services."