Underlying Conditions
In December 2018, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), estimated the death toll since the start of the war to be as high as 560,000. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 6.6 million Syrians have been displaced internally and 5.6 million around the world. More than 13 million people in Syria are in need of humanitarian aid and over 500,000 children are trapped in besieged areas.
Conflict Summary
Currently, three campaigns drive the conflict: violence between the Syrian government and opposition forces, violence between Turkey and the Kurdish People’s Protection Group (YPG) which forms the backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and coalition efforts to defeat the Islamic State. Though the Baghdadi era of ISIS ended when the leader blew himself up during a U.S. raid of northern Syria in October 2019, officials warn that ISIS still remains a significant threat in the region. Two weeks after the raid U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced plans to keep approximately six hundred troops stationed in Syria in order to both defeat Islamic State militants and secure oil fields in the region. Under various agreements with Russia, Turkey has been tasked with the removal of HTS and other al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. However, they have historically failed and been accused of possessing a reluctance “to treat the jihadi factions it has backed, and allowed to use its borders, as terrorist groups.”
Reflections
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Latest News
Syria – Local News
- Demanding expulsion of Iranian-backed militias and release of detainees | Residents stage sit-in protests in Daraa countryside September 22, 2023Daraa province: The residents of Daraa Al-Balad and Al-Jyzah towns in eastern Daraa countryside staged sit-in protests demanding the overthrow of the Syrian regime and Bashar Al-Assad, release of detainees, the expulsion of Iranian-backed militias, expressing their solidarity with the peaceful uprising in Jabal Al-Arab in Al-Suwaidaa city, in addition to calling for political change […]user8
- Amid unknown fate of the commander of “NDF” | Regime forces take control of security zone in Al-Hasakah city September 22, 2023Al-Hasakah province: SOHR sources have reported that regime forces completely took control of the security zone in Al-Hasakah city after heavy clashes between members of National Defence Forces and regime forces, while the fate of pro-Hezbollah commander “Abdullkader Hamo” the commander of the National Defence remains unknown. Meanwhile, two mortar shells from the security square targeted Al-Omran […]user8
- “SOHR camera” captures SDF fighter on high alert in front of Ghuwayran prison, near the security zone in Al-Hasakah city September 22, 2023The post “SOHR camera” captures SDF fighter on high alert in front of Ghuwayran prison, near the security zone in Al-Hasakah city appeared first on The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights.user8
- Ongoing security chaos in Daraa | Two children and two regime soldiers injured in attack targeting military patrol, amid high security alert in western countryside September 22, 2023Daraa province: Unidentified gunmen opened fire directly on a regime military patrol near the popular market in Nawa city in western Daraa countryside, amid security alert and deployment of regime soldiers in the region. The attack left two regime soldiers injured, in addition to two children were near the site of the attack, where they […]user8
- Violent pushbacks | Turkish Jandarma kill and injure nearly 65 Syrians since early 2023 September 22, 2023Turkish border guards (Jandarma) continue their violations and violent bushbacks against Syrian civilians seeking a safe haven, where the Turkish Jandarma do not hesitate when it comes to preventing Syrians attempting to cross the border strip between Syria and Turkey through gunfire and brutal torture which civilians who are arrested on the border endure. […]user8
- Following death of three militiamen | Clashes between “Ahrar Al-Sham” and “National Army” in Aleppo countryside suspend September 22, 2023Aleppo province: SOHR sources have reported that clashes between “Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic Movement” and factions of the “National Army” suspended this dawn, after they erupted yesterday in areas near Al-Hamran crossing in Aleppo countryside, Al-Ghazawiyah crossing, Deir Ballout, Kafr Jannah crossing between Afrin and Azaz, Jarabulus city and Al-Ra’i town. Factions of the “National […]user8
- “SOHR camera” captures activists and journalists participating in sit-in protests in front of the headquarters of Municipality of Al-Shaa’b in Al-Qamishli city centre for the fifth consecutive day, calling for revoking decision of raising diesel price September 22, 2023The post “SOHR camera” captures activists and journalists participating in sit-in protests in front of the headquarters of Municipality of Al-Shaa’b in Al-Qamishli city centre for the fifth consecutive day, calling for revoking decision of raising diesel price appeared first on The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights.user8
Parties Involved
Assad Regime
The Assad regime was installed in 1971 when the Ba’athist party member and military officer Hafez Al-Assad rose to power in the wake of a military coup, later persecuting their opponents. Power was handed over to Hafez Al-Assad’s son, Bashar Al-Assad, upon his death in 2000. The regime is receiving political, economic and military life support from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Force
A Syrian opposition coalition formed in 2012 out of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar. The coalition seeks the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule and the establishment of a modern, civil, democratic state. In 2013, the coalition formed the Syrian Interim Government and named the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as its main defense. Dozens of countries recognize the coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
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