17/02/2025 QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – ISIS is capitalizing on a security vacuum left by the Assad regime in the Syrian Desert to stockpile weapons and establish strategic positions, Mazloum Abdi, Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on Sunday. Speaking to The Times, Abdi stated, “There is a security vacuum. In the desert, Daesh has…
By Dilosoz Youssef HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – After a rainy night, 70-year-old Khalil al-Faraj finished packing his belongings in al-Arisha IDP camp, located in the southern countryside of Hasakah, northeastern Syria, preparing to return to his hometown in Deir ez-Zor, eastern the country, after eight years of displacement. On Feb. 11, hundreds of families departed…
17/02/2025 HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander said on Monday that the force has conducted 75 operations against the Islamic State (ISIS) in coordination with the U.S.-led Global Coalition since December 2024. Mahmoud Habib, spokesman for the North Democratic Brigade operating under the SDF umbrella, told North Press that SDF units…
THE WASHINGTON TIMES — 1/27/2025 Dr. David L. Phillips The Syrian Democratic Council plays a pivotal role in Syria’s transition and future constitution. It rejects independence for Rojava, the Kurdish region in northeast Syria, in lieu of power-sharing between Damascus and Syria’s regions. The SDC does not seek a “zero-sum gain,” where its gains come at the expense of others. After 50 years of conflict and hardship, the SDC wants…
The Syrian regime forces committed a new massacre in the villages of Jadeed Bakara and al-Dahalah after shelling the villages with rockets and artillery, where the number of martyrs reached 11 martyrs, most of them children and women. At 02:30 on Friday, the regime forces began shelling the two villages with rockets from their bases…
Four civilians, including two children, were martyred and four others injured in a Syrian regime shelling on the village of al-Dahalah, Deir Ezzor eastern countryside.On the night of Thursday to Friday, at approximately 02:30 a.m., the Syrian regime forces stationed on the western bank of the Euphrates River launched a barrage of rockets and artillery…
Non-governmental organisation Maloca Internationale, which operates under the umbrella of the UN and in the international arena, submitted a report to the 80th session of the UN Committee against Torture, which started on 8 July and will continue until 26 July. The report draws attention to the rights violations in the regions under the occupation…
Jul 15, 2024 QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syrians in the government-held areas started on Monday to head to the ballot boxes to elect new members for the parliament. There are 1,516 government-approved candidates running this year for the 250-seat Syrian parliament. Some 8,151 polling stations were set up in 15 voting districts in government-held…
USCENTCOM said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) that Kurilla visited from July 12 to 14 U.S. military facilities in Syria and Jordan “to assess force protection improvements and the overall defeat ISIS campaign.” The statement added that Kurilla met on July 13 with the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Yousef Alhnaity…
DAMASCUS, Syria– A suspected Israeli airstrike killed on Monday a Syrian businessman, close to the Syrian government, Muhammad Baraa al-Qatirji, in his car on the Damascus-Beirut highway. North Press correspondent reported that an airstrike, likely to be Israeli, bombed the car of the Syrian al-Qaterji near a tourist area of Yafour, south of Damascus, southern…
