In the beginning of the war, Assad supporters, encouraged by his brutal security services, chanted “Assad or We Will Destroy the Country”. In Arabic, the chant rhymed artfully as the word country spelled “balad” just like “Assad”. Entering its 9th anniversary next week, the Assad disaster dawns on the dumb

Lawyers representing Syrian refugees in Jordan have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Syria for alleged crimes against humanity in what they hope will be a breakthrough after previous initiatives have failed. The Assad piling legal troubles intensify with this new angled lawsuit. The case is being brought

The ground assault into the last area held by the Islamic State group intensified Saturday as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters made “remarkable progress” amid heavy clashes, including the capture of a hill overlooking a tent encampment for the extremists, officials with the Kurdish-led forces said. ISIS is done. But while Congress

According to the global chemical weapons agency, inspectors have concluded that the Assad regime used “toxic chemical” containing chlorine in an attack last April in the Syrian town of Douma. At the time moderate Free Syrian Army held the town besieged by pro-government forces. This is OPCW confirming Assad dropped

Chemical Assad made an unannounced trip to Iran, where he met with the supremo leader and other top officials. According to state media, Assad discussed the planned U.S. troop withdrawal and Turkey’s buffer zone in northern Syria. That’s the official line. The non-official one goes along this tract: Chemical Assad

According to a senior administration official, President Donald Trump keeps half pregnant presence in Syria with 400 U.S. troops split between two different regions. It is a reversal that could pave the way for U.S. allies to keep their own troops in Syria. Trump had ordered the withdrawal of all