But while the frontlines have been largely frozen for years, an economic crisis is exacting an increasingly heavy toll across the fractured nation. Since the Turkish incursion in 2019, and more recently with the COVID-19 global health pandemic, in-person dialogue activities in northeast Syria are not possible due to security and health risks. Visit [375], Also, a female Asayish fighter was shot dead by suspected ISIS militants after they opened fire on an Asayish checkpoint in the city of Al-Thawrah, west of Raqqa. [187] Furthermore, an SDF fighter of the Deir ez-Zor Military Council was shot dead by ISIS gunmen who attacked an SDF checkpoint on a motorcycle near Al-Tikihi village, east of Deir ez-Zor. Publication Type: Fact Sheet. We have supported local leaders, Syrian and international NGOs, and civil society as they cope with the consequences of conflict. [205], Furthermore, it was reported that ISIS militants in cars and on motorbikes were openly patrolling desert areas and roads near Wady Al-Abyad north of Palmyra. [226], On 20 May, three separate assassinations were conducted by insurgents in Daraa Governorate, leaving a civilian, an ex-Syrian army soldier and an associate of the Syrian military security branch dead. In the meantime, Mr. Pedersen is conducting a rolling process of consultations to identify how this might be done, engaging with the Syrian parties and the Foreign Ministers of Jordan, Turkey and Russia. [88], On 20 February, the SOHR documented an ISIL attack on a Syrian army post in the Deir ez-Zor desert that resulted in the deaths of 2 Syrian soldiers. Three other soldiers later died of their wounds. [274], On the same day, a fighter of HTS was shot dead by forces of the Syrian Army on the Ftireh area of the Idlib frontline. [264], Furthermore, amid high tensions between Turkey and Syria, it was reported that the Syrian Army had deployed a further two-thousand soldiers to the Manbij countryside in preparation for a possible Turkish offensive. - Financial Times, Ukraine tries to manage 'expectations of success' ahead of counteroffensive - Washington Examiner, South Koreas Yoon and Biden likely to discuss nuclear deterrence, trade at summit - Radio Free Asia, US and S. Korea boost cooperation, but nuclear threat remains - Agence France-Presse (AFP). Members of Congress don't swear an oath to the people of Syria or Ukraine. Syrian children attend class in a damaged classroom at a school which was hit by bombardment in the district of Jisr al-Shughur, in the west of the mostly rebel-held Idlib province, on January 30, 2019. [202], On 8 May, six fighters of the National Front for Liberation were killed after Syrian Army forces fired a guided missile at opposition positions in Cairo village on the Al-Ghab frontline. Eleven years ago, a peaceful uprising in Syria morphed into a devastating full-scale civil war. Erdoan asked his peers to back Turkeys anti-SDF incursion in Syria. Also, there were reports of an increase of attacks on Syrian immigrants living in Turkey. [389] In retaliation, on August 19, at least 14 civilians, including 5 children, were killed and 28 others are injured by a government rocket attack on a market in Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. [127] On the same day, the mayor of Al-Sanamayn municipality was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the northern Daraa countryside. [145], On 6 April, in the early hours of the morning, seven fighters of the Levant Front, including a commander, were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a military checkpoint on the road between Azaz and the Bab Al-Salama border crossing with Turkey. According to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State, 98 percent of the territory formerly held by the group in Iraq and Syria, including Raqqa and Deir al-Zour, has been reclaimed by Iraqi security forces and the SDF. [412], On the same day, a fighter of the Palestinian Liwa al-Quds was killed in clashes with suspected ISIS fighters in the Jebel Bishri area. Iran denied having any link to the sites. The Syrian government provided no assistance in repairing homes. A woman loses her right to financial maintenance from her husband if she refuses to live with her husband in the marital home without a legitimate excuse or if she works outside the marital home without her husbands permission. While authorities amended the law twice in 2019 removing the language of disobedience, the law still punishes women for some acts of disobedience relating to mobility. Much of the east and northeast - including oil and farm land - is held by Kurdish-led forces backed by Washington. "What you have is a cascade of crises," Imran Riza, U.N. Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, told Reuters. [291], On 29 June, SOHR reported nine fighters of the Sham Legion were killed after Syrian Army forces fired a heat seeker missile at their position on the Basfoun frontline, west of Aleppo, on the Idlib frontline. "Every house is in need of help, even state employees and middle-income people," said Issam Habbal, the head of Sa'ed, an NGO. [83], Furthermore, a Syrian Arab Air Force helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to technical failures. [280], On 20 June, 11 Syrian soldiers and two bus drivers were killed in an ambush by ISIS militants, targeting Syrian Army buses transporting soldiers on the highway in the Al-Jira area, between the cities of Homs and Raqqa. The attack left one Syrian soldier killed and 3 others wounded. [258], On 9 June, a man was killed in a airdrop raid by SDF and Coalition forces in the village of al-Atallah, south of Al-Hasakah. The costs incurred are largely due to the destruction of infrastructure and massive displacement caused by a decade of war using prohibited tactics, primarily by the Syrian-Russian military alliance. [113], On 11 March, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would accept volunteers from the Middle East, including Syria, to fight on behalf of Russia in Ukraine. Six Syrian soldiers and a civilian were killed in the attack and several others were injured. [190], On 1 May, a civilian was shot dead by Levant Front militants in the village of Arab Wiran, near Afrin. [272], On the same day, a commander of the Syrian Army's security branch was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the town of Al-Jiza, Daraa. [275], On 17 June, 5 Liwa al-Quds militiamen were killed after ISIS militants ambushed their military vehicle near Ark village, in the Al-Sukhnah desert. The protests resulted in the death of one policeman and one protestor. [374], In Daraa, a man was shot dead by insurgents in the town of Tell Shihab. [97][98], On 24 February, 6 Syrian soldiers were killed after Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian army positions near Damascus. [346], On 24 July, a civilian was killed and 3 others were injured after a rocket was fired from Kurdish-held areas on the village of Kuwait Al-Rahma in the Afrin countryside. [421], In October 2022, a rights group raised concerns that thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey were being forcibly returned to Syria by Turkish forces, and specifically being forced to relocate to the northern zone of Syria controlled by Turkey. Share this via Twitter On December 4, over 200 Druze protestors stormed and occupied the office of Suweyda's governor and burned portraits of Bashar al-Assad. [356], On 28 July, 4 Asayish fighters were killed in a Turkish drone strike on their vehicle near Tel Al-Samn village in the northern countryside of Raqqa. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led armed group, has carried out mass arrest campaigns against civilians including activists, journalists, and teachers. They include nearly 43,000 foreigners27,000 of them childrenfrom nearly 60 countries who have been held for more than two years without ever being brought before a court. [60] Also on 7 February, SOHR reported that two Syrian government soldiers were killed by fighters of Al-Fatah al-Mubin during a sniping operation conducted on the Idlib frontlines. [440], On 4 November, a commander of the Liwa al-Quds militia was killed and several others were wounded after a mine was activated whilst searching for ISIS cells in the desert south of Deir ez-Zor. In retaliation, on 25 August, the United States conducted airstrikes with AC-130 gunships and Apache attack helicopters against Iranian-backed militia groups in Mayadin, Syria, killing at least three. Despite the governments record of human rights abuses against its own citizens, this year also saw several countries normalize with the Syrian government, including the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, and make commitments to cooperate, leading to concerns about premature return of refugees and potential facilitation of rights abuse. Furthermore, a soldier of the Syrian Army's 4th Division was also shot dead by gunmen near the city of Jasim, Daraa. [177], On 24 April, suspected ISIS militants attacked an SDF checkpoint in the village of Hariza, near Al-Busayrah, killing one SDF fighter and injuring another. [70], On 12 February, six civilians were killed after Syrian government artillery targeted the rebel-held village of Maaret Elnaasan, in the Idlib countryside. "The U.S. unintentionally helped Iran through aggression in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and supporting instability in Syria," Iran's U.N. mission told Newsweek. [317][318][319], On the same day, a collaborator with Syrian military forces was shot dead in Nawa, Daraa. [61], In the early morning of February 9, Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes, targeting radar and anti-aircraft batteries near Damascus. Share this via Email [27], On 19 January, the trial of Alaa Mousa began in Germany. [207] On the same day a Levant Front fighter was killed on the frontlines at the city of Mare', after clashes broke out between opposition and Kurdish forces. Zastraujui kadrovi sa ratita (FOTO)", "Death toll update | Regime soldier dies in attack by factions raising number of casualties to five", "US Forces Kill Two IS 'Officials' in Syria Raid", "ISIS's ambush leaves 5 members of National Defense dead in Al-Badia", "Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 15-21, 2022)", "JO JEDAN KRVNIKI NAPAD NA ASADOVE STRAE: Mitraljezac HTS-a raspalio po sirijskim snagama, ima mrtvih! The Global Conflict Tracker is an interactive guide to ongoing conflicts around the world of concern to the United States with background information and resources. The UN Security Council failed to renew the full cross-border aid mechanism, leaving only one border crossing open and exacerbating humanitarian crises in non-government areas. The United Nations says the number of people in need of humanitarian support is greater than at any point since the war began. [154], On 13 April, a soldier of the Syrian Army's Internal Security Division was shot dead by unknown gunmen in al-Masifra town in the Daraa countryside. On the same day, at least three civilians were blown up and killed in a rocket attack on the city of Azaz. [246], Furthermore, at least four people were killed and at least twenty others were injured after Islamic State militants attacked a bus travelling in the Al-Shawla desert, south of Deir ez-Zor. [218] ISIS cells also assassinated a Kurdish administrative official in the village of al-Hariji, north of Deir ez-Zor. [79], Furthermore, following increasing Russian airstrikes on positions of IS, the SOHR confirmed that 6 IS fighters had been killed in Russian airstrikes in the desert areas of the Aleppo-Hama-Al-Raqqah triangle. Syria ranks among the 10 most food insecure countries globally, with a staggering 12 million people considered to be food insecure, the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator continued, while noting that the countrys economy is spiraling further downward.. On January 16, 2019, an attack in Manbij claimed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State killed at least nineteen people, including four Americans. And we need to scale up early recovery programming alongside our lifesaving work. The aftershock occurred just two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated the region, killing over 46,000 people. [349], On the same day, a captain of the Syrian Army's 5th Division was killed in an IED explosion in the city of Daraa. Outside actorsnamely Iran, Israel, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the U.S.-led coalitionincreasingly operate in proximity to one another, complicating the civil war and raising concerns over an unintended escalation. And children, mostly girls, are being pulled out of school while child marriages increase. They are unable to afford rent elsewhere. [354], Also on 27 July, a civilian was killed by Syrian Army artillery in the crossfire between Syrian forces and insurgents in the plains near Tafas, Daraa. The US-led anti-ISIS coalition have also violated international humanitarian law, by conducting indiscriminate strikes in northeast Syria that resulted in civilian death and destruction. In 2016, the U.N. General Assembly established the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM), after vetoes in the U.N. Security Council prevented referral of the Syrian situation to the International Criminal Court. As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN SpecialEnvoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict. [431], On the same day, clashes started between ISIS militants and SAA forces after ISIS fighters attacked Syrian military positions in the Al-Duweir region near Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor. where it remains in control. "The community are struggling to comprehend what is happening," he told the BBC's The North 20 October 2022. Envoy says UN to push for nationwide cease-fire in Syria. USIP has also supported education for journalists in Lebanon on conflict-sensitive reporting. [2], On 2 January, as part of this increased ISIL activity in Northeast Syria, five Syrian government soldiers were killed and 20 others were injured after ISIL operatives launched a rocket and artillery attack on a government military vehicle in the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. Other ways to share [392][393] On 23 August, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Russia-linked groups in Syria in response to a rocket attack on 15 August near the U.S. military base in al-Tanf, Syria, which houses the Maghaweir al-Thowra rebel group, and an airstrike by the Russian military in an area held by the Syrian opposition. On 11 September, ISIL released footage of their fighters lining up six abducted SDF fighters against a wall and then executing them by shooting them near the village of Ruwaished, north of Deir ez-Zor. There, hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees faced heightened risks of dropouts, child labor, and child marriage. [281][282], On 21 June, two Syrian government soldiers were blown up and killed in an IED explosion near the village of Jamla[283] and four pro-government fighters were killed and four others wounded in an ambush by ISIL fighters east of the Al-Dumayr Military Airport; some of the casualties were from the National Defence Forces militia. And we have seen Security Council-listed terrorist groups active across Syria, the UN envoy said, citing when a US ground operation killed the leader of ISIL, or in Arabic, Daesh terrorist fighters. Since 2015, USIP has helped Syrian leaders resolve conflicts in their communities. In July 2021, the UN Security Council failed to reauthorize full cross-border operations into the region and authorize a resumption of aid flows from Iraq to northeast Syria, due to the threat of a Russian veto. According to estimates by the United Nations, more than 400,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the war. The rocket firings were in retaliation after six rockets were reportedly launched from Syrian territory towards Israel. [51][52][53] A senior White House official stated to Reuters that al-Qurashi had exploded a bomb which killed himself and 12 more people, including members of his family, during the Joint Special Operations Command operation. Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. [339], At midnight on 22 July, three government soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an Israeli missile attack on the outskirts of Damascus. We will convene a series of Constitutional Committee meetings in March, May and June; and we will continue rolling out a set of consultations on step-for step within the wider issuesand on how we can make progress, he said via teleconference. Originally called the Republic of Syria when it declared a parliamentary independence in 1945, the country was renamed the Arab Republic of Syria in 1961. [183], On 27 April, in the early hours of the morning, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against an ammunition depot near Damascus, killing 9 people, including 5 Syrian soldiers. 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