Damascus has launched a security operation in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border in what sources described as a preemptive ...

The European Union (EU) has announced strong new sanctions against three Syrian militia ... abuses. At the same time, U.S. President Donald Trump also announced the end of American sanctions on Syria.

Iraq’s public support for Iran in its escalating missile standoff with Israel has triggered concern that the country could be ...

The European Union sanctioned on Wednesday three Syrian militia groups and two of their ... held responsible for “serious human rights abuses in Syria, including torture and arbitrary killings ...

The EU on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders over human rights abuses committed against members of Syria's Alawite minority during a round of deadly ...

Foreign Minister al-Shaibani also made it clear: Syria seeks to reopen to the world, not as a client state, but as a ...

The Trump administration has granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions. The move Friday is a big first step toward fulfilling the president’s pledge to lift a half-century of penalties on a ...

a militia group led by Kurdish fighters, said on Monday that one of its fighters was killed and another injured in an attack by Islamic State in Syria's eastern Deir el-Zor region. The SDF was the ...

On May 17, Syria’s transitional authorities announced ... excluding victims of abuses by non-state actors. It also provides no clarity on how, or whether, victims will be meaningfully included ...

“The Congolese army risks being complicit in abuses by ... A recent report highlighted that although the Wazalendo receive military supplies from the government, the militia largely “lives ...