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The second Group of Friends of the Syrian People meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on 1 April 2012. The Group of Friends of the Syrian People (sometimes Friends of Syria Group, Friends of the Syrian People Group, Friends of Democratic Syria or simply Friends of Syria) is an international diplomatic collective of countries and bodies convening periodically on the topic of Syria outside the U.N ...
Internet censorship in Syria is extensive; with numerous websites and online platforms being banned for political reasons. Internet usage is authorized only through state-run servers and people accessing through other means are arrested. [1] [2] Filtering and blocking was found to be pervasive in the political and Internet tools areas, and ...
The conference is the main pledging event for Syria to take place on a regular basis. Meetings. In 2018, the Brussels III conference raised €3.5 billion ($4 million). In 2021 the conference was held virtually on 29 and 30 March. It was the main pledging event for Syria and the region that year, raising €5.3 billion in funding.
On 23 October 2015, foreign ministers John Kerry of the U.S., Sergey Lavrov of Russia, Adel al-Jubeir of Saudi Arabia and Feridun Sinirlioğlu of Turkey met in Vienna, preparing new international talks aiming at peace in Syria. [3] [4] [5] They agreed to consult with all parties, and aimed to reconvene on 30 October with a broader meeting. [3]
On 6 September 2018, during a meeting of the Syrian Democratic Council in Ayn Issa, a new name for the region was adopted, the "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria", encompassing the Euphrates, Afrin, and Jazira regions as well as the local civil councils in the regions of Raqqa, Manbij, Tabqa, and Deir ez-Zor.
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents.The main groups are the Syrian Arab Republic and allies, the Syrian opposition and allies, Al-Qaeda and affiliates, Islamic State, and the originally mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces.
The Golan Heights ( Arabic: هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, romanized : Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or مُرْتَفَعَاتُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Murtafaʻātu l-Jawlān; Hebrew: רמת הגולן, Ramat HaGolan, pronunciation ⓘ ), or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau, at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the ...
The Syrian Electronic Army ( SEA; Arabic: الجيش السوري الإلكتروني) is a group of computer hackers which first surfaced online in 2011 to support the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Using spamming, website defacement, malware, phishing, and denial-of-service attacks, it has targeted terrorist organizations ...