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…
by David L. Phillips, opinion contributor – 12/26/24 11:00 AM ET The U.S. and Turkey risk a confrontation if Turkey or its jihadist proxies attack the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), America’s ally fighting ISIS. Defeating ISIS is still a work in progress; the Kurds are guarding thousands of ISIS prisoners in northeast Syria. If they redeploy to…
By David L. Phillips Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan and Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric who died last week, were political allies and business partners. They engineered an Islamist take-over of the civil service and police until a disagreement in 2013 dividing the spoils. When Gulen’s allies in the judiciary launched an investigation into Erdogan’s dealings,…
By VEYSI DAG OCTOBER 21, 2024 04:32 The Middle East has experienced a significant upheaval since the ratification of the Abraham Accords in September 2020, which marked a paradigm shift in the Arab-Israel conflict – ongoing since the end of World War II – paving the way for a new era of harmonious relations between Israel…
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…
By Omar Abdurrahman DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – The orchards of the city of al-Jalaa in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, that were once recreation destinations for the people of the area, have been turned into military sites under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS) and then the Iranian-backed militias…
Sacha Pfeiffer A family of 10 American citizens who were held for years in a Syrian refugee camp and detention center for relatives of Islamic State militants are now back in the United States, the result of complex negotiations that also returned two young sons of a Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to supporting the…
By Mohammed A. Salih BOTTOM LINE Amid escalating regional tensions since October 7 last year and reports of American contemplations of troop withdrawal from Syria, the US administration should reassess its Syria policy, and consider a long-term, minimalist presence coupled with robust political and diplomatic efforts in the interest of regional security and peace. The ongoing Middle…
Penny Papadopoulou This winter was dark and cruel in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and summer promises to be just as bleak. As it approaches, the Kurds fear that the sacrifices they made in the fight against ISIS are being forgotten. Washington’s dramatic shift in priorities and lack of strategic direction…
