The Syrian military is bombing Kurdish areas in Aleppo, and the interim government in Damascus is demanding that all Kurdish armed groups leave the city. Shortly before the attacks, government forces announced that the Kurdish areas of the city would be considered "closed military zones."
WorldThe Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen has been the UN's special envoy in the turmoil and war-torn Syria for seven years. On Thursday, he unexpectedly submitted his resignation.
World politicsAt least 162 people from the Alawite minority in Syria have been killed by Syrian security forces in "five separate massacres", reports the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR). Additionally, at least 95 more people have been killed in clashes between government forces and supporters of the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad.
WorldUSA announces that its military has killed a leader of a terrorist-designated jihadist group in Syria.
WorldRussian diplomats met the new Syrian government in Damascus on Tuesday, the first official visit since the fall of the Assad regime. The talks concerned, among other things, the future of two Russian military bases in the country.
World politicsThe Islamist movement Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, is to be dissolved, says Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in an interview. But it may take four years to organize elections in the country, according to him.
World politicsKurdish-led SDF, which controls large parts of northern and northeastern Syria, reports that a counteroffensive against the Ankara-backed militia alliance SNA has been launched on Tuesday.
ConflictsSyria's future stands and weighs. Samar Yazbek wants to return to build up the country – while exile poet Raafat Hekmat tries to influence from exile. All writers and journalists should make their voices heard now, he says.
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