المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

ISIS gains ground against Syrian army in Hasakah

By AFP | Beirut The extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has gained ground against the Syrian army in a major northeastern city, a monitor said Tuesday, after three weeks of clashes that killed 170 people. On June…

Iraq begins operation to oust ISIL from Anbar

BAGHDAD // The Iraqi government began to dislodge ISIL militants from the country’s western Anbar province on Monday as it launched a long-awaited, large-scale military operation on the extremists. The operation started at dawn and…

Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda feared missing in Syria

Tokyo (CNN) - Fears are mounting for a freelance Japanese war reporter who has not been heard from for more than three weeks, after telling a friend he was planning to enter Syria. On June 23, Jumpei Yasuda, 41, told a close friend…

Syria’s Butcher Really Won the Iran Deal

THE DAILY BEAST      Peace in our time? Not in the world’s bloodiest civil war, which is about to get much worse because of the new détente with Iran. There’s one person ecstatic about the Iran deal and Washington would probably…

Obama: Iran must play a role in ending Syria’s civil war

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Iran should play a role in any political solution to Syria's ongoing civil war, signaling a significant shift in US policy with respect to Syria. "I think it's important for them to be part of…

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