On Sunday, the Minister of Health of the Syrian Government, Nizar Yazji, announced that the first case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) had been detected in Syria. Yazji told reporters that the carrier, a woman who allegedly came from Lebanon, was asymptomatic and the virus was detected during her arrival ...

For much of the first two months of 2020, Idlib has witnessed a steady escalation of fighting between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), backed by Russia, Iran and a number of allied militias, and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), which supports a number of factions, most prominently the Syrian National Army...

Despite diplomatic to-and-fro between Moscow and Ankara, tensions between the two countries over the situation in Idlib continue to intensify. Over the course of the past week, a series of events have occurred that threatens to exacerbate the situation even more. On Thursday 27th of January, around ...