March 2020. The crisis in Syria’s Idlib province – already a humanitarian catastrophe – is fast becoming a geopolitical one as well. The Syrian conflict has long had a dual aspect – both civil war and proxy war, with several outside players backing various parties to further their own strategic ends. Now, as the conflict… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 3
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Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 2
April 2020. Former French judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel told Reuters her office had received 15 requests from national judicial or prosecution authorities for cooperation on Syria-related cases in five countries, and amassed a million records in all. “We are progressing I have no doubt, we are going in the right direction,” said Marchi-Uhel, who heads the… Continue reading Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 2
Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 1
April 2020. A UN investigation into Atrocities committed in Syria has for the first time accused Russia of direct involvement in War Crimes for indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. The latest report from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria focuses on events of July 2019 to January this year, and in particular attacks… Continue reading Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 1
Mar 2020. Coronavirus in Idlib
March 2020. The new enemy has not yet arrived in northern Syria, at least not officially. But fears that COVID-19 will also reach the Idlib region are on the rise. The new coronavirus is already in the country. “Only” five people are believed to be infected — at least, that’s all the Syrian Health Ministry… Continue reading Mar 2020. Coronavirus in Idlib
Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
March 2020. The Russian Foreign Ministry says foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants are not complying with the terms of a ceasefire reached earlier this month by Ankara and Moscow to halt an escalation of violence in Syria’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib. The ministry, in a statement released on Monday, announced that the militants wreaking havoc on… Continue reading Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
March 2020. Russia and Turkey have begun jointly patrolling the strategic M4 highway in Syria’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month. The patrols began from the settlement of Tronba in Idlib, the last militant stronghold in the country, on Sunday. According to the Russian media, Moscow sent… Continue reading Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 3
March 2020. The crisis in Syria’s Idlib province – already a humanitarian catastrophe – is fast becoming a geopolitical one as well. The Syrian conflict has long had a dual aspect – both civil war and proxy war, with several outside players backing various parties to further their own strategic ends. Now, as the conflict… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 3
Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
March 2020. The ceasefire in Idlib is, like many previous Syrian truces, unlikely to hold. It will not stop the suffering of hundreds of thousands of displaced and terrified people who remain cut off from adequate humanitarian relief and medical aid. It will not solve the refugee crisis on Europe’s borders, nor will it bring… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
March 2020. Turkey’s defence minister says there have been no violations of a ceasefire deal in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province, where residents and opposition forces described a lull in air raids that have pounded the country’s last rebel-held enclave. Russia and Turkey struck the agreement on Thursday evening, after six hours of talks in Moscow,… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
Mar 2020. Turkey Russia Ceasefire
March 2020. Russia and Turkey have said they have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province after clashes left scores of Turkish and Syrian soldiers dead in a dangerous escalation of violence. Speaking at the Kremlin, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the ceasefire would begin at midnight on Thursday… Continue reading Mar 2020. Turkey Russia Ceasefire