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The US is no longer shy about interfering with Syria in the settlement of the conflict
By: Sardar Mesto
Tags: Syria, USA

The US is no longer shy about interfering with Syria in the settlement of the conflict Sardar Mesto Mar 1·2 min read

Until recently, the United States tried to pretend to be an interested party in conducting counterterrorism operations in the Middle East, while acting against groups that Washington itself secretly funded. However, today, American politicians no longer have any hope of fooling anyone with their rhetoric.

Initially, the main purpose of the illegal presence of American troops on Syrian territory was the production of Syrian oil. Now the Joe Biden administration expects to increase its military presence in the region in order to “ undermine the positions of Syrian, Iranian and Russian forces.” Simply put, today the United States openly admits to using its units not only to counter the legitimate authorities of the country it illegally invaded, but also to try to aggravate relations with two of Damascus ‘ closest allies — Tehran and Moscow.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recently confirmed the arrival of a new coalition convoy of more than 50 vehicles and trucks. A military convoy carrying armored vehicles, logistical equipment and weapons is seen crossing northeastern Syria from the Kurdistan government-controlled region of northern Iraq.

The relocation of troops and the creation of military bases clearly fits into the interventionist thinking of Joe Biden. Indeed, the newly elected head of the United States was very critical of his predecessor’s decision to withdraw American troops from the Middle East region. And, unlike trump, Biden has not made any promises to put an end to “useless wars of America”.

However, the increase in the military contingent is not all the preparations of the Biden administration for war-torn Syria: the Americans plan to build a new base on the border between the Syrian territory and the Kurdish-populated areas of Iraq. And the armed Kurdish formations, in turn, will continue to be the main weapon in the hands of Washington in attempts to prevent the return of peace and stability to the Syrian land.

Thus, the United States is in no hurry to leave Syria. On the contrary, there is progress towards strengthening its existing control over the northern and north-eastern parts of the SAR. According to the Pentagon, this consolidation is necessary in view of the above-mentioned units, which represent a “ destabilizing factor in the north-east of Syria.” This factor hinders Washington’s efforts to stabilize the situation in the region, or their interventionist plans-the answer has long been known.
Humanitarian adventures of Russian military and ridiculous effort toward legalization of occupied Crimea
By: Злой Одессит
Tags: Syria, War, Russia, Politics, Crimea

Starting yesterday, Russian media started covering yet another “humanitarian” stunt set up by the Russian defense officials. This time, nearly 170 tonnes of cargo was pompously delivered to the Syrian province of Hasakah. And judging by the fact that it was Colonel Maxim Gerasimov, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics of the Russian military grouping in Syria, who was the herald of the latest news, we can conclude that the “assistance” was provided along the lines of the Russian Defense Ministry.

It might seem there’s no breaking news in this story. After all, Russia has delivered another batch of cargo it calls “humanitarian aid”, which in fact aims to feed own propaganda machine and pose before the entire world as merciful saviors. However, in fact, not everything is that simple in the latest episode.

It was recently revealed that Russian defense officials intended to use the Russian occupation administration in Crimea as a front for sending the Syria batch.

The Flot-2017 online resource published documents confirming that the Russian Ministry of Defense intended to attract occupation authorities in Crimea to transfer humanitarian aid to Syria. This thing is that firstly, Russian defense officials have no right to organize and conduct humanitarian actions and charity events, being a state structure. And secondly, this was an attempt to legalize the occupied Crimea in the international arena.

Moreover, it was initially assumed that the cargo would be sent to Italy, but this destination was a no-go as the previous propaganda effort failed. And therefore, the puppet bridgehead was chosen that would be under full control of Russia. That’s Syria

At the same time, the dispatch of humanitarian aid through the occupied Crimea will not initially be advertised through media platforms before the “good” news gains wider coverage.

It is precisely this arrangement that we’re observing today as there’s no mention so far of Crimea in reports on Russia’s aid to Syria. And only after a bunch of videos and photos are uploaded on social networks of the joyful faces of Syrian children hugging the same “Masha” doll across all filming scenes will Russian media start channeling the narrative about the Crimea role in the mission.

But, nevertheless, the “legalization” stunt is rather weak, come to think about it. After all, this isn’t Italy. It’s Syria that’s been chosen as an appropriate site, with its tyrannical ruler, who’s been drowning his people blood, remaining the Kremlin’s faithful puppet. The occupation of Crimea might as well be “legalized” through Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, North Korea, Venezuela or another rogue state or unrecognized territory. It will still remain though just a circus gig for peripheral consumers of fastfood info.

So it’s just too boring, ladies. Try harder, for God’s sake! Can you?
I teach and write about both the Middle East and American foreign policy; my assessment of Gabbard…
By: Nicholas Grossman
Tags: Syria, Democratic Party, Politics, 2020 Presidential Race, Tulsi Gabbard

I teach and write about both the Middle East and American foreign policy; my assessment of Gabbard comes from a lot more than just reading a few mainstream media articles.

As I understand it, the support Gabbard has — which isn’t nothing, but is quite small as far as national politicians go — largely stems from opposition to U.S. military intervention, and related criticisms of U.S. foreign policy (if you had something else in mind, please let me know). That’s the audience I had in mind when I wrote this:

“Some voters like that Gabbard opposes U.S. military intervention in Syria and elsewhere. But it’s very easy to do that without defending Russia or Assad.”

For example, she could say “What’s happening in Syria is awful. The Assad government and its Russian backers have massacred civilians. But trying to stop the Syrian civil war with a military intervention would be a mistake. It would be extremely difficult, if not impossible for American troops to make the situation better, and they could easily make it worse. America cannot fix everyone else’s problems, as tragic as those problems may be, and as president I will not risk American lives and spend American taxpayer dollars getting bogged down in another Middle East quagmire.”

Instead, Gabbard falsely claims the U.S. is pursuing a regime change war in Syria. But if that’s what was actually happening, you’d see a lot of direct attacks on regime targets (ask Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi).

I’m aware that a contingent of progressives, including some indie journalists, share Gabbard’s inaccurate assessment of the Syrian civil war. But those who do undermine the anti-interventionist position.

As for understanding the political landscape, I don’t see why it makes sense to focus more on a candidate who’s barely getting any support than on the candidates who are getting a lot.
Life Before War
By: Ayman Hasan
Tags: Syria, Syrian Refugees, Germany, Successful Entrepreneurs, Syrian Civil War

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Syria’s beautiful heritage sites are a testimony to different

cultures and civilizations that came before us. They include

some of the world’s oldest and most prestigious sites, which

were built and preserved by people and empires over

centuries. They are also a testimony to who we, as Syrians,

are today. They are part of our identity. They represent our

life, which once was humble and happy. World Heritage

Day on April 18th is a celebration of diverse histories and

cultures. It made me think back to my life in Syria before the

war. In Damascus, tourists loved to walk down the city’s old

Streets and visit its bustling market area. They would sit and

listen to the Hakawati, our traditional storytellers, who

would relate ancient tales. In Daraa, they would visit the

Bosra theatre, a large ancient Roman theatre, which was on

the list of all tourists coming to Syria. But the ancient city of

Palmyra was also a special area of interest. The columns of

the colonnade, the temples and the Roman theatre were just

some of the most stunning sites. They were always close to

my heart. I felt such great pride when people, coming from

such as Germany, Britain or the United States, found my

country fascinating. Tourists would say to me that they now

understand how much Syria’s history has contributed to

world religions and civilizations today. Wide-eyed they

would gaze at the monuments. These were such precious

memories for me. But unfortunately, that is all they are now

–memories.
Giving Children “Hope that They Can Have a Chance at a Bright Future”
By: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Tags: Syria, Education, Kindergarten, Genocide Prevention, Syrian Civil War

The children attend a school started in 2016 in Idlib, Syria, to educate youth who have been orphaned and displaced by the war that began in 2011. Civilians in Syria have experienced crimes against humanity and remain at risk today. During a decade of conflict, more than 500,000 Syrians have been killed and nearly 13 million people have been displaced. The extraordinary human and societal destruction is a harsh reminder that 76 years after the Holocaust, the world has failed to fulfill the promise of “Never Again.”

Representatives from the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide asked our partner, the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), about the Wisdom House Project. To keep the students safe, the school is located underground.

Why did you start the Wisdom House Project, and who does your work help?

Hundreds of thousands of children in Syria lack education due to the war. After identifying a number of displaced orphans in need of support, education, and protection, we started the Wisdom House to fulfill these needs. Today, through SETF, American communities have provided education to hundreds of orphans while empowering an incredible group of teachers.

Courtesy of The Wisdom House Project

Where are these students?

The students of the Wisdom House are located in northwest Syria and have been displaced multiple times due to Assad [regime], Iranian, and Russian bombardment of their school. The town where the school was originally located in Idlib has now been turned into a regime checkpoint and military training center. The Wisdom House has been reestablished in the countryside of the Aleppo governorate, where they remain vulnerable to increasing violence.

What does school look like today for Syrian students living in refugee camps? What are the biggest challenges?

Access to education is really hard, especially for internally displaced persons (IDPs), as we see in the Rukban IDP camp, which is located in southern Syria on the border with Jordan and Iraq, where half the population is under 12 and there are no schools. For those who live as refugees outside Syria, the situation is not always much brighter. During a recent trip to the Turkey-Syria border, members of the SETF team met some 250 Syrian orphans of all ages, and many of them did not go to school but had to work instead. This is due to a number of factors, including language barriers and poverty.
Realism during Crisis, State Contraction, and Regime Change Operations — Part 1
By: Geopolitics Press
Tags: Syria, War, Ethiopia, Tigray, Geopolitics

On August 11, 2021, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) announced that it has entered into a military alliance with the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) with OLA’s leader, Kumsa Diriba, expressing their shared goal as “overthrowing this government (GoE) militarily”. OLA and TPLF (which controls TDF) are recognized as terrorist organizations by the Ethiopian constitution, with TDF existing in a legal lacuna that gives it the flexibility to work openly with American, European, and regional organizations.

So far, OLA and TDF have not been able to physically meet in Ethiopia, which means that their agreement was negotiated outside the country, and their combat operations are coordinated by a coordination center outside Ethiopia. This coordination center enables their leaders to communicate with each other, share battlefield plans, strategize together, receive advice, and coordinate their offensives against ENDF without fear of GoE disrupting their communication channels. In fact, Kumsa Diriba acknowledged that OLA and TDF do “share battlefield information and fight in parallel” though they are “not fighting side by side”, and then hinted at an upcoming political alliance to create an armed political coalition against the Government of Abiy Ahmed Ali.

To read more, go to Geopolitics Press.
Aleppo’s War-Ravaged Karm Al-Qaterji Returns to Life
By: البرنامج الإنمائي
Tags: Syria, Livelihood, Crisis

Aleppo’s War-Ravaged Karm Al-Qaterji Returns to Life

Karm Al-Qaterji neighbourhood in east Aleppo city used to be an important commercial hub, hosting many industries including metal, textile, and food.

However, a decade of conflict has taken a heavy toll on the neighbourhood, just like the rest of the city, damaging homes, businesses, and infrastructure, and forcing people to flee.

Over the past four years, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been supporting a series of integrated projects in Karm Al-Qaterji. With generous support from the Russian Federation and the Government of Japan UNDP has helped families to return home and rebuild their lives through improving their access to basic services, enhancing their resilience and supporting their livelihoods.

UNDP started with the removal of over 50,000 cubic metres of debris, to allow residents safe access to the heavily damaged area. UNDP also supported the rehabilitation of electricity, water and sewage networks, as well as the neigbourhood’s only health centre, ensuring the population’s sustainable access to essential services.

To help returning families cope with the impact of years of conflict, displacement and loss of livelihoods, UNDP also supported over 200 small businesses through grants and diverse trainings.

As a result of these integrated interventions, more than 25,000 people have now returned to the neighbourhood.

Ahmad working in his newly rehabilitated blacksmithing workshop in Karm Al-Qaterji

Ahmad Karboujeh exemplifies the resilience of the residents of Karm Al-Qaterji. Born with congenital hand anomalies, Ahmad worked hard to master blacksmithing, a craft that has been in his family for generations.

After his workshop in Karm Al-Qaterji was destroyed during the violence that scarred the area, Ahmad, along with his wife and three children, relocated to a safer neighbourhood within Aleppo city and invested his lifesavings in a new workshop. Little did he know that escalating fighting would follow the family, causing him to lose everything once again.

After years on the move, and with the restoration of essential services to Karm Al-Qaterji, Ahmad and his family returned to the neighbourhood where he received a UNDP-supported grant to rehabilitate his old workshop, buy new equipment and start making a living again to support his family.

“Life must go on” says Ahmad who continues to receive his customers with a smile despite everything he has been through. “We will never accomplish anything if we stay still and complain” he adds.

To further enhance access to public services and improve living conditions, UNDP is now working on the rehabilitation of two civil services centres and a public paediatric hospital. Serving both Aleppo and Raqqa governorates, it is the only paediatric hospital in northern Syria.

Watch the above video to find out more about how UNDP supports the resilience of the Syrian people and enables those whose livelihoods were severely disrupted to recover and rebuild their lives.
Children of War
By: Hemlock X
Tags: Syria, War, Afghanistan, Children, USA

Seeds of War

On 7th October 2001, the US “officially” launched military operations in Afghanistan. Airstrikes were reported in Kabul, at the airport, at Kandahar (home of Mullah Omar), and in the city of Jalalabad.(1)

The “operation”, which was to last “several days”, would soon have allied forces joining in, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany and France. The “operation” went on for 20 years.

18 months later on 20 March 2003, the US, joined by the UK, Australia, and Poland launched a “shock and awe” bombing campaign in Iraq. The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush’s “War on Terror” following 9/11, despite no links to either 9/11, or WMDs — which were the cited as the reason for launching the attacks in the first place.(2)

This was around the time I was doing my Bachelors in Ceramic Design in Pakistan. I was also working at an English daily newspaper, rummaging through 100,000+ words and thousands of pictures from Reuters, AP, AFP every day, to select for my “Infotainment” pages. It was difficult to avoid war.

The Expendables

A few stories and images have been seared into my mind. This picture, for example, along with the story was printed in nearly every western newspaper.

Mohamed Humayun (15yrs) — 26 Oct 2001

Afghan warlord Mohamed Humayun controls an army of 300 battle-hardened soldiers, six tanks and a BM-21 multiple-barrelled rocket launcher. Not bad for a 15-year-old. While most teenagers dream of motorbikes and staying up late, Humayun is busy fighting his own private war on the side of his country’s Northern Alliance. He gained control of this little empire three months ago when his father, Agha[j]an (40) was killed in a Taliban rocket attack. Since then the valley and all the people in it have passed to his son.

Child soldier (2008)

I thought about how different our lives were. I was only a few years older, completing my education, sharing his story with the world, while he was married at 15 and recruiting former school mates in his army. I thought about the hundreds of children in his country, who had been recruited either by the Northern Alliance or by the Taliban themselves, and the skills they were learning to reintegrate into society when the war was over. The age of innocence spoiled by the gods of war.
Syria regime continues violating Daraa ceasefire amid ongoing negotiations
By: Chloe Ann Rayner
Tags: Arab, Syria, Iran, Ceasefire, Daraa

Syrian regime forces have continued to bomb areas of the city of Daraa despite a Russian-brokered temporary ceasefire deal, as negotiations over a permanent ceasefire continue. Syrian regime forces continued to violate a newly signed ceasefire agreement in the southern city of Daraa in the early hours of Monday morning, shelling several areas of the city as well as the towns of Yadouda and Tafas in Daraa province. The “Free People of Houran” media activist group reported that rebels in the Daraa Al-Balad area of Daraa clashed with troops from the regime’s Fourth Division, which is led by President Bashar Al-Assad’s brother, Maher. On Saturday, a Russian-brokered temporary ceasefire agreement to halt the fighting in Daraa was reached but it was violated almost immediately by regime forces and allied pro-Iranian militias. Adnan Al-Musalama, a negotiator representing residents of Daraa, told The New Arab’s Arabic-language service on Saturday that Iranian-backed militias had objected to the Russian-brokered agreement. The fighting between regime forces and rebels in Daraa began in June after residents of the city refused to participate in the Syrian regime’s presidential elections, which were widely dismissed as a sham by the international community. Regime forces have subjected the residents of Daraa Al-Balad to a siege, cutting off supplies of water, fuel, and flour. The Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement would allow rebels to “regularize their status” and remain in Daraa under regime authority. Those who refuse will be evicted to rebel-held northwestern Syria. Al-Musalama said that a point had been set up at a local school for rebels to hand over their weapons under the ceasefire agreement and that coaches were being prepared to evict anyone who wanted to leave the city.
Turkey grants its citizenship to a leader of the “Ajnad al-Sham” organization involved in horrific crimes
By: Majd Helobi
Tags: Europe, Syria, America, ISIS, Turkey

A Turkish identity card for the terrorist leader of the “Ajnad al-Sham” organization, known as Abu Hamza al-Hamwi, and appears in his new Turkish name, “Manar al-Shami.” “Al-Qaeda” Manar Al-Shami, for Turkish citizenship.

A lot of evidence has emerged that proves the Turkish regime, headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, supports terrorist groups, and attempts to exploit extremist jihadists to achieve Ankara’s goals by providing them with money and granting them Turkish citizenship.

The authorities in Turkey recently granted one of the leaders of the jihadist group Ajnad al-Sham in Syria Turkish citizenship, an attempt to cover him up by changing his name from “Abu Hamza al-Shami” to “Manar al-Shami”,.

A photo of Abu Hamza’s Ukrainian passport shows that he transplanted his hair prior to obtaining Turkish citizenship.

During the past years, Ankara had granted its citizenship to a number of leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is classified in many countries as a terrorist organization, and it also granted its citizenship to a number of leaders of the Islamic organization Hamas

a high-ranking source as saying that 7 of the 12 activists obtained Turkish citizenship and passports, and 5 others are waiting.

According to the same report, Hamas leaders live in Turkey under Turkish pseudonyms

The information indicates that the so-called “Abu Hamza Al-Hamwi” hails from the city of Hama — Al-Jarajmeh neighborhood, and before the outbreak of the bloody events in Syria, he was working in sanitary installations in the neighborhood of Talaat Al-Moallem in Hama.

According to the information, he was involved in committing horrific crimes such as beheading Syrian soldiers who were captured and walking them in the streets, and he recently obtained Turkish citizenship, according to which he became a Turkish citizen with a personal card in the name of “Manar al-Shami”, and he is currently residing in the city of Antakya in the Iskenderun district.
Iran Slams US ‘Provocative’ Plan for Syria Safe Zone
By: Maryam Khy
Tags: Syria, War, Iran, Security, USA

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed the US plan to establish a safe zone in northeastern Syria as a provocative measure in contravention of the UN Charter.

In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said, “The recent comments and agreements of the US officials on creating a safe zone in northeastern Syria are provocative and raise concerns.”

“Such kind of measures, like the other actions by the American officials, are destabilizing and will create insecurity, apart from being instances of interference in Syria’s internal affairs,” he added.

“The Americans’ behaviour in the northeast of Syria is a blatant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and contravenes the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter,” Mousavi noted.

“It is obvious that the security concerns in Syria’s northern border would be addressed under bilateral agreements with the neighbours and through good offices, and there is no need for meddling of foreign powers,” the spokesperson concluded.

Earlier this month, the US and Turkey agreed to establish a joint operations center in order to coordinate and manage the setting up of a safe zone in northern Syria.

Northeastern Syria is currently under the control of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), largely comprising of the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkey has been pressing to establish a 30–40 km deep zone within Syria, seeking the removal of the YPG from the area. But the US has tried to limit the safe zone to 10 km.

https://ifpnews.com/iran-slams-us-provocative-plan-for-syria-safe-zone
Aleppo, Syria: Fortified snacks bring critical nutrition to schoolchildren
By: Jessica Lawson
Tags: Syria, Coronavirus, Education, Covid 19, Conflict

It’s break time at a school in rural Aleppo, which means you can hear the students before you see them. The yard is filled with 600 children screaming with joy as they chase friends, launch fiercely fought games and catch up on stories and schoolyard gossip. Like in most schools at break time — it’s chaos.

Headteacher Asmaa Nesser is watching over it all, with a huge smile on her face.

Asmaa supports more than 600 students each day in rural Aleppo. Photo: WFP/Hussam Alsaleh

“Being a teacher might not have been my dream, but it was my destiny,” Asmaa explains. “I’m doing all I can to make sure that children can get an education.”

Asmaa has lived close to the school her whole life. She has seen her community transition from peace to conflict and back again. The journey has not been an easy one, for anyone. Families were already struggling to rebuild their lives amid high levels of poverty, a deteriorating economy and limited employment opportunities. Then COVID-19 struck. All schools in Syria are now closed. The next day of class will not be until the summer break is over in September.

Before the closures, the World Food Programme provided school meals and snacks for more than 1 million students across the country. Staff are working to ensure children now do not miss out on the food that so many rely on — such as the date bars children in Asmaa’s school.

“The children had gotten used to eating date bars every day and they’d ask for them even if they are 10 minutes late,” she says. “They can’t afford to buy anything to eat so they’d get to their first break of the day feeling really hungry as they’d not have had breakfast at home.”
Tanaghom: A story of harmony and solidarity
By: Undp Syria
Tags: Peace, Syria, Covid 19, Resilience, Undp

Although lockdown procedures have gradually eased in Syria, new coronavirus cases are still being reported and large public gatherings are still not recommended.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the young men and women first met through the UNDP supported “Tanaghom: Harmony” Choir. For six months, 80 youths from different walks of life met three times a week in a room on the second floor of Sahnaya’s church in Rural Damascus. The area in known to host thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs).

The conflict in Syria has transformed the relationships between Syrians. Displacement has uprooted entire communities, undermining the social fabric and placing significant strain on host communities. Many communities have banded together in response to pressures and insecurity.

“This is a small piece of the Syria we dream of” one participant wrote anonymously in a note left on the board. “I felt happiness and joy in a time we’re used to sadness and death” wrote another. Whether originally from Sahnaya or displaced to it, the love of music united the youth in a safe space where they interacted with each other regardless of their differences:
There is no harmony in Syria: Turkish volunteer armies leave a huge number of regular citizens without water, new assault against US
By: Ajay Vaseegaran
Tags: United States, Turkey, Syria

There is no harmony in Syria: Turkish volunteer armies leave a huge number of regular citizens without water, new assault against US Ajay Vaseegaran Jul 5·2 min read

Erdogan’s system keeps on releasing the conflict on blue gold as a weapon to debilitate the Syrian area of Hassaka.Twenty-five is the perilous emphases of the Ankara procedure, which has been controlling the Allouck (Hassaka) water station since 2019.

The last intercession traces all the way back to January 2021, when the Turkish-supported gatherings diminished the amount of water a provided in the Syrian area to 200 cubic meters each second. Substantially less than the understanding came to among Syria and Turkey in 1987 for somewhere around 500 cubic meters. This umpteenth hostile carried out by Erdogan today is alarming.

The absolute absence of water that the Syrian populace is confronting these days corresponds with confounding temperatures, up to pinnacles of more than forty degrees.The first direct result of this tiresome water emergency could be a twofold fiasco, both in compassionate and natural terms.In truth, from one viewpoint, regular folks are frequently compelled to draw from improvised wells from which the water isn’t generally drinkable or, regardless, not appropriate for fulfilling essential wellbeing and cleanliness needs.

Then again, the efficient absence of water prompts dry season and famine.Not inconsistently, the populace is compelled to forsake developed land because of the powerlessness to depend on sufficient water system assets.

The financial side, then again, is positively not reassuring.Civilians need to purchase water like other essential merchandise yet addressing excessive costs. The assessed sum for carrying out a converse assimilation measure fundamental for the filtration of water and permitting a huge expansion in its vehicle adds up to 2.5 million dollars.Fortunately, there has been no deficiency of mediations by different compassionate associations, which to date have conveyed water to around 170,000 individuals.

In the previous few hours, the US army installation in the Al-Omar oil field at Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria has been the subject of a rocket assault, the second in a week.According to the Syrian media, the assault on the American base occurred with two rockets, trailed by the exceptional trip of US planes over upper east Syria. Concerning the beginning of the assault, the Syrian Opposition Observatory detailed that it was dispatched from Al-Mayadin town in Deir Ezzor.

While there were no remarks from the US military, the press office of the “Syrian Democratic Forces,” which controls the region for the benefit of the US occupation, affirmed the assault, rejecting that there were any losses.
E-Commerce Website Design Trends for 2020
By: Zohaib Awan
Tags: E Commerce Website Design, Web Development, E Commerce Business, Website Development, Website Design

The e-commerce website design trends for 2020 focus largely on pioneering technologies such as VR and artificial intelligence, which when paired with creative marketing techniques, provide enhanced usability and more personalization for the consumers.

To learn what customers today expect from online shopping, keep on reading.

E-Commerce Website Design Trends for 2020

Motion in Product Images

We’ve seen a number of websites, making use of more advanced visuals, such as motion design. Meaning more dynamic images and less static ones, there’s an increasing use of videos, cinemagraphs, animation and micro interactions through which customers are able to get a better sense of what they’re buying

Unconventional Grid Layouts

For many years, the e-commerce industry has only used rows and columns to display their products in a bid to keep everything structured. However, some brands have found that trying new layouts has been successful and leads to more sales.

However, this type of design typically works best for brands with a limited range of products if you have a lot of products, this design may end up taking too much space on the screen and ultimately become confusing for your customers.

Branded Shipping Boxes

A lot of companies are aware of the importance of branding on product packages, however, for online stores as well subscription services, branding the shipping box is often overlooked.

It’s important to know that creating custom shipping and delivery boxes isn’t just for promoting your brand but to encourage brand loyalty and advertise any and all special features and services you may have.

Shoppable Social Media Posts

The emergence of social media platforms has made it very easy for businesses to sell their products directly through posts. Making the customers do as little work as possible and completing the transaction without leaving the page leading to more sales.

Smarter AI Chatbots

Although chatbots have been around for some time, recently they’ve become so advanced and are now more capable of doing what it is they’re supposed to do which is helping buyers with their purchasing decisions. The best part? Not only are they available 24/7 at next wo nothing, you can also connect them to your social media messages.

These days, connecting with customers is just as important as impressing them with new products or addons and with a great ecommerce website design you can achieve both.

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Cost To Build An Online Marketplace: How To Create Successful Website!
By: Agiletech Vietnam
Tags: Marketplaces, Web Development, Technology, Website Development, Development

Let’s imagine that you decide to build an online marketplace. As a technical partner of many firms, we are always asked with the following questions — How to turn a web-based marketplace app like Amazon, Etsy or Airbnb into reality?

Next, How much does it cost to create a successful marketplace website? How to choose the right technology stack for your own marketplace? Or, what features exactly does your online marketplaces need?

The digital marketplace platforms has grown rapidly. In 2018, online sales of goods in the US totaled $504.6 billion, and predicted to exceed $735 billion in 2023.

The achievements of P2P marketplace are indisputable. Thus, more and more people consider starting their own e-commerce website.

In fact, the average cost to of building an online marketplace depends on the option you choose. In this article, we’ll give you full estimated marketplace web development cost, which is most likely to bring you revenue.

If you want to develop web-based marketplace, firstly you need to know what is the tech stack for building a marketplace website!
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By: Gagandeep Singh
Tags: Wordpress Web Development, Web Design, How To Make Website, Website Development, Website Design

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Features of forms in wesites

Number of pages as you needed.

Delivery in as your decided time period.

Revisions as many as you want

Plugins /extensions installation features.

Powerful website by other sources also like Html, Css etc

So it’s my opinion that for your business you have to build your websites from goldenwebsite_s on fiverr(a professional website maker).

Thanks for reading.
Usability Case study — University of Buffalo.
By: Maitri Patel
Tags: Usabili, UX, Website Development

My final assignment was of usability testing of a university which I will be talking about further and detect one main pain point. After finding out the main pain points I had to propose changes in order to fix that pain point through a paper prototype.

Home Page

For this, I picked up a user my friend Dhruv. He is 24 years old expatriate working in Paris in architecture design. I asked him to open University Of Buffalo website and said him to tell me about the look and feel of the website. He instantly asked me if this a sports college. Then later I asked him to tell me three adjectives you get in mind when you see the website. He said aggressive, sporty & corporate. During this session, I also noticed that he was eager to look for more information as he was scrolling down the page and trying to understand what university it was.

Go Bulls!

Then later I asked him to find out the school mascot on the website. He was hovering his cursor over academics tab unsure if he could find the school mascot under that section but immediately as he saw life at university tab he clicked on it and saw a phrase “Go Bulls!”. He immediately responded, “Is this the one?”.

When asked to find if the university offers the Arabic Language as a subject Dhruv immediately went on the academic tab and started looking for course planner, subjects etc options but could not find the end result if the Arabic language is available or no. Here I felt that there was lack of micro-interactions for the user to get to end result which is also known as macro interaction.

INFO FOR option

Finally, when I asked him to find the nearest airport from the school he immediately started hovering the mouse over Info for tab on the home page but did not found the relevant answer.

Then he clicked on the support us button hoping to at least find the address of the university so that later he could search in google maps but he did not find the address there as well. He then clicked on the logo to go to the home page and scrolled down completely and found the address to be there and I have noticed again it was getting difficult for Dhruv to find the end results as there were not many micro-interactions.

Considering the 4th user testing to find the nearest airport on the website I have to choose to work on this pain point which was difficulty in finding the end result and lack of micro-interactions to find the address of the college or the nearest airport to uni.

Here I decided to create a new sub menu names as “About Us” on the top right of the home page near support us tab with as the information about the college and their address. When clicked on the about us tab the user gets to see information such as contact details, uni address with google maps open to immediately look for airport distance or any other distance from the university.
DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR E-COMMERCE
By: Pws Digital Marketing
Tags: PPC, Ecommerce, Website Development, Seo Services, Se

Consumers have come back to expect access to merely regarding any quite data at any time. Not solely that, however, they’ve become terribly visual. victimization exceptional product mental image permits you to quickly and effortlessly blow their own horns your product thus customers will verify the small print while not essentially having to examine them.

Leverage tools that permit individuals to pore, spin your product for a 360° read, and add roll-over, pop-up information tools. If 3D technology is obtainable, use it to extend engagement and enhance the looking expertise. in step with the Fourth supply, their customers rumored a rise in sales by twenty-fifth to half-hour once victimization 3D over flat imaging. Our rigorous training module makes you eligible for Digital Marketing job in Meerut.

2) Add VideoAlthough not all product needs video, if you’ve got one thing to point out off, show it in action. HubSpot rumored that eighty-one of customers say video provides confidence in creating purchases. If you’ll show however well your product slices and dices, individuals can perceive what it will and why they have it.

3) Leverage computer science (AI)

AI will create a big impact on your e-commerce sales. it’s the flexibility to gather information and use it to accurately predict however a client can react supported past behavior. Measurable metrics like conversion rates, bounce rates, and engagement rates offer valuable insight into the effectiveness of your web site and the way individuals use it.

You can gather knowledge to supply the clues you would like to enhance your web site and encourage conversions and loyalty. the higher the expertise for your customers, the additional seemingly they’ll be to come back, suggest your product, and supply positive reviews.

Algorithms predict what product come back guests may wish to get creating it easier for them to buy your web site. The product ar given front and center. you’ll conjointly use AI to enhance your back-end supply for satisfying client expertise from purchase to delivery.

4) last Product FilteringThe additional product you supply, the additional you need advanced product filtering. nobody has time to go looking your web site supported a convoluted inventory arrange that does not add up to them. Instead, you’ve got to supply them with the tools to buy on their terms and realize what they have quickly.

Considering that forty seconds of major e-commerce sites doesn’t seem to be victimization advanced filtering, you may gain by having the kind web site that allows customers to search out what they have effortlessly. The additional attributes you supply, the better it’s to buy.
How To Create A Compelling Web Design For Homepage?
By: Webmark Solutions
Tags: Website Designing, Web Development Company, Web Development, Web Design, Website Development

There’s no spot like home in Web design — the homepage that is. You can connect with the best web design company in USA for the same. This top website design agency USA will make homepage as per your requirements. So, it is right time to get in touch with the best Web Design agency based in New York (NY).

At the point when you create a website homepage, remember that initial introductions are everything. More than some other page on your site, your homepage’s expert Web design should enable your guests to address a few key inquiries regarding your business.

Carrying guests to your homepage is just a large portion of the fight. To be viable, your homepage’s expert Web design should likewise be “clingy” — which means it must urge guests to stay and make a move. Regardless of whether you create a website yourself or work with an expert Web design organization, there are a few stages you can take to make your homepage a clingy achievement.

Add a Logo Design

Seemingly insignificant details can have a major effect on expert Web design, and that is surely the situation with adding a logo design to your homepage. An expert, Web design organization, can work with you to create a redid logo design that fortifies your image personality and lifts customer certainty. This logo ought to likewise be delivered in a few document groups for pictures-.JPG, EPS, and.TIF — so you can utilize your new marked logo in the Web design or print marketing materials.

Reduce Scrolling

Here, proficient Web design submits its general direction to print design. Much the same as a paper’s significant features ought to be over the crease; your expert Web design should put your most relevant data over the point where a guest must begin scrolling to see. The all the more scrolling required by your Web design, the more outlandish your guest is to remain.

Test for Compatibility

At the point when you create a website homepage, recollect that not all programs — including Internet Explorer®, Netscape®, and Mozilla® — were created an equivalent. Keeping your expert Web design basic can enable you to catch the biggest conceivable group of spectators. Certainly, however, you’ll have to test your website from various programs.

Update Regularly

When you create a website homepage that fulfills your needs, you might be enticed to leave it that path for a long while. Reconsider — the “if it’s not down and out, don’t fix it” rule doesn’t make a difference to expert Web design. Altogether, for your site’s proficient Web design to keep guests and search engines returning for additional, it must be changed normally.

Promote Recognition

At the point when done with some restraint, the homepage can be a decent spot to show little designs speaking to prizes and recognition you’ve gotten from your customers and industry peers. By adding these illustrations when you create a website homepage, you can reinforce your expert Web design by persuading guests that you are a real business deserving of their time.
A Website for Zensei
By: Dilan Alexander
Tags: Startup, Website Development, Educational Technology

Before you read this, there is some key information about Zensei in my previous post.

To make Zensei’s platform a reality, I need to build a website from the ground up. It’s going to need some complex features and, I must admit, I have very little experience with this. Although I realise I’m venturing into the unknown, I am very excited to finally create something real.

Here are my options:

Hire

I could use a service such as Fiverr or Upwork to hire a web-developer online. This would garner a semi-professional service at a variable cost but would allow me to access skills globally.

I could contact people already in my networks who have the relevant expertise. This would allow me to be able to communicate with them more effectively and potentially give me access to a discounted rate.

I could contact relevant departments at the university and potentially involve student volunteers. This would be the cheapest option but I may pay the price in lack of quality. Still, considering the experience it will give the students, this seems like a win-win situation at the least cost.

Design it Myself

To be honest, I will most probably start developing the website myself but I believe that there will definitely come a time where collaboration is required further down the line.

Buying a domain name will be cheap and easy, starting at around 10 pounds a year. (Google Domains). Trouble is, the more desirable names for Zensei (such as zensei.com) are taken. A simple ‘.com name’ like that would be perfect. But… It looks like I will have to go back to the drawing board in terms of a brand name. However, this early on, that shouldn’t be too massive a problem.

I am aware of many different web-hosting platforms that will facilitate the building of a website such as WordPress, Squarespace or Wix.com. However, from what I understand, the capabilities of platforms like this are limited to simple web pages such as contact, about, blog, portfolio and products pages.

Further detail in coding will be required to bring the functionality of Zensei’s platform to fruition. I will seek further advice from someone more knowledgeable on the topic.

While I’m here though… A personal website could be very useful to put myself out there. So I bought the domain ‘dilanalexander.com’ for 10 pounds a year, and with that, I shall get some experience setting up my own personal website.

From here, I’m going to get in touch with a few computer science contacts and figure things out with Zensei’s platform. That being said, I understand that this may take a while until I am happy with the finished product, but to be honest, I am just as excited about the journey.