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QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Amnesty International on Thursday called for a war crimes investigation into what it described as Israel’s deliberate destruction of civilian houses in Quneitra Governorate, southern Syria, since December…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, on Wednesday said plans are underway for a possible visit to Turkey that could include a meeting with imprisoned Kurdish PKK leader Abdullah…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Kurdish Language Day, Kurdish linguistic and academic circles in Syria on Wednesday renewed calls for the formal recognition of the Kurdish language in Syria’s future constitution, alongside proposals to…

DARAA, Syria (North Press) – Villages in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa western countryside in southern Syria on Wednesday came under Israeli artillery fire, as four shells were launched from inside Israeli-held territory. A…

DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A former Syrian government member was killed on Tuesday night while a former military security officer survived an armed assault on his home in two separate incidents in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor and…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syria’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that it arrested former air force chief of staff Jayez Hamoud al-Mousa in a security operation carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Directorate. Al-Mousa served…

KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – With the arrival of May 15, Kurdish Language Day, popular and academic demands are renewed in the city of Kobani in northern Syria to grant the “Kurdish language” its legal status by enshrining it as a second…

QUNEITRA, Syria (North Press) – An Israeli military force on Tuesday advanced into the southern countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria and established a temporary military point near the town of Rafid. A local source told North Press…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) on Monday called on European leaders not to scale back support for Syrians as the EU-Syria High-Level Political Dialogue convened in Brussels on May 11. The IRC…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syria’s fragile health sector is struggling to cope with a mass wave of returnees following the fall of the Assad government, a report by Relief International said on Monday. The report estimates that…