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QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Thirteen years after American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria, new clues emerged as a former Assad general claimed he was killed in 2013, CNN reported on Tuesday. CNN investigators located Bassam…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) condemned on Wednesday the deadly attack targeting a bus carrying civilians on the Damascus–Suwayda highway, which resulted in several deaths and injuries, including among…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on Tuesday that the scale of human rights violations and abuses documented in Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria, remains “immense,”…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Dozens of former employees of the Syrian Ministry of Defense staged on Tuesday a protest in front of the governorate building, demanding their reinstatement and the payment of wages that have been withheld…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The Ministry of Interior of the Syrian transitional government announced on Tuesday the seizure of a vehicle carrying 11 million captagon pills that had entered from Lebanon and was heading toward Homs…

SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – Nearly three months after the wave of violence that swept through Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria, the village of Majdal, located in the governorate’s northwestern countryside, is making slow and…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The United Nations welcomed on Monday the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)’s recent decision to dissolve, disarm, and withdraw its forces from Turkish territory, describing it as a potentially significant step…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The United States announced on Monday a round of humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable communities in Suwayda. In a statement, the U.S. Department of State said that this initiative would provide…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Russian forces resumed on Monday military flights between Khmeimim Air Base in Syria and al-Khadim Air Base in eastern Libya, following a five-month suspension. According to the Italian news agency Nova,…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Iraq has stepped up diplomatic efforts to mediate between Syria and Iran after relations between the two long-time allies soured following the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December…