Kamal Sheikho

Arab World Asayish forces at the al-Hol camp in Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

ISIS Plants Explosives in Syria’s al-Hol, CENTCOM Chief Meets Abdi

ISIS cells have intensified their activity in the al-Hol camp in Syria’s northeast. Kurdish security forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by…

Kamal Sheikho (Qamishli)
Arab World SDF commander Mazloum Abdi meets with Deir Ezzor delegates. (SDF)

SDF Offers Tribes in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Role in Talks, Right to Name Governor

Arab tribal leaders, who took part in recent meetings with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria,…

Kamal Sheikho (Qamishli)
Arab World Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) prepares to defend its areas (Asharq Al-Awsat)

SDF Arms Dispute Derails Planned Syria Talks in Paris

A planned meeting in Paris between Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria has been postponed without explanation, the Kurdish…

Kamal Sheikho (Qamishli)
Arab World The SDF stages a military parade in Hasakah, northeast Syria, on Monday. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

SDF to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Disarmament Amid Rising Violence in Syria 

A spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied reports that the Kurdish-led group was given a 30-day deadline to integrate into the Syrian…

Kamal Sheikho (Qamishli)
Arab World Fighters from the Bedouin clans in the city of Sweida on Saturday (AFP) 

Sweida Clashes Renew Debate Over Tribal Alliances and Kurdish Forces in Syria

The recent violent clashes in Sweida between local Druze factions and pro-government Bedouin tribes have reignited concerns over the stability of tribal…

Kamal Sheikho (Qamishli)
Arab World Members of the SDF in the Deir Ezzor countryside. (Asharq Al-Awsat file)

SDF Responds to ISIS Attacks in Eastern Syria

Suspected ISIS cells have escalated their activities in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, staging a series of attacks on security posts and imposing…

Kamal Sheikho (Qamishli)
Varieties Saudi and Syrian doctors performing a heart surgery (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Doctors Perform Life-Saving Surgeries in Syria

In the cardiac surgery unit at Al-Mouwasat University Hospital in the Syrian capital, Dr. Rakan Al-Nazer, head of the Saudi medical delegation to Damascus,…

Kamal Sheikho (Damascus)
Arab World Stephan Sakalian, ICRC Head of Delegation in Syria, speaks with relatives of missing persons in Syria. (ICRC)

ICRC in Syria to Asharq Al-Awsat: Some Mass Graves May Remain Undiscovered

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation in Syria Stephan Sakalian said the case of people who have been forcibly disappeared during…

Kamal Sheikho (Damascus)