Abd Hussein al-Jader, from Ghranij city in the eastern suburbs of Deir Ez-Zour governorate, was shot dead on December 29, 2022 by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) personnel stationed at an SDF checkpoint in Haji city, in the eastern suburbs of Deir Ez-Zo…

The defence ministers of Russia, Turkey and Syria met in Moscow on Wednesday, the first such talks since a war broke out in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said.It was also the first meeting between the defence ministers of Turkey and Syria since t…

Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were “especially deadly decades f…

Security concerns continue to dominate China’s policy toward Afghanistan more than a year after the United States and NATO pulled out of the Central Asian country.China has stepped in and engaged with the new Taliban government, promising trade and inv…