Al-Bab residents demand houses back from Turkish-backed forces in Syria

Al-Monitor | Sep 30, 2022 at 9:20 AM

The city of al-Bab, which is under the control of the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the northeastern Aleppo countryside, witnessed Sept. 23 popular protests demanding that the FSA factions hand them back their property, including their houses, farms and shops, which the factions had seized years ago, when the FSA and the Turkish army took control of the city after expelling the Islamic State (IS) in 2017 as part of Operation Euphrates Shield.

Syria still risks economic collapse, says UN envoy

Al-Monitor | Sep 24, 2022 at 1:15 AM

My message was that the situation in Syria is becoming more difficult by the day when it comes to the economic conditions, reminding them that 9 out of 10 Syrians are living in poverty and that we have more than 14 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

Tensions high between narcotics division, FSA factions in Syria’s al-Bab

Al-Monitor | Sep 23, 2022 at 1:23 PM

Tension has escalated in recent days in al-Bab city in Aleppo’s eastern countryside after a group of armed men belonging to the Hamza Division, affiliated with the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), raided the home of an official from the narcotics division of the police forces and national general security, also backed by Turkey.