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“It’s like we are holding a ticking bomb in our hands,” a guard in a prison in northeastern Syria told us in February. The facility holds roughly 5,000 accused Islamic State militants from all over the world. A month later, the metaphorical bomb went off. Prisoners rioted on Sunday, overrunning one floor of the prison and
Read MoreRelatives of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a report Thursday that the U.S. government must do better in communicating with them, though they cite improvements over the past five years. Several of those interviewed for the report say they do not believe that the cases of their loved
Read MoreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants on Thursday lodged a complaint before the United National Security Council against the Israeli enemy over its multiple violations of the Lebanese sovereignty. Earlier this week, Israeli warplanes struck Syria using Lebanon's airspace. Source: National News Agency
Read MoreTartous- Tartous Governorate on Thursday issued a decision on imposing a curfew on the sea cornice starting from 02:00 p.m. on Thursday till a further notice and that came in framework of the precautionary measures taken for tackling the coronavirus (covid-19). The Governorate noted that the decision came with the aim to preserve the public health
Read MoreDamascus-Temperatures will remain less than their average as the country is still affected by a low pressure accompanied with cold mass. Meteorology department expected in its Thursday bulletin that the weather will be cloudy with some scattered showers in many areas of the country. Temperatures in some major Syrian cities will be in Damascus 18/8, Homs 17/9
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