August 2014

At least 16 people, including two children, were killed when rebels shelled many districts of the Syrian capital overnight, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said another 79 people were wounded…

Aleppo, Syria: At least  16 civilians were killed in violence in Syria's second city of Aleppo on Saturday, residents and a monitoring group said. Residents found children 'torn apart' after a regime helicopter dumped a barrel bomb…

The "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) has imposed a strict dress code for women ineastern Syria, forbidding them from showing any part of their bodies, AFP reported Thursday (July 31st). Women "are completely forbidden from…

Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah killed at least 50 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Qaeda-affiliate Al-Nusra Front late Friday, activists said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human…

The death toll in Syria's 40-month war has surpassed 170,000, one-third of whom are civilians, AFP reported Thursday (July 10th). "Ever since the first casualty of the Syrian revolution was registered on March 18th, 2011 in Daraa…

Beirut. At least 50 jihadists from the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front were killed overnight by Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters near the Lebanese border, a monitor said Saturday, as cited by AFP. The Syrian…

A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State jihadists has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the Kurds seized several IS positions, a monitoring group said Thursday.   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also…

Agence France Presse   BEIRUT: A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) jihadists has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the Kurds seized several ISIS positions, an activist…

The Islamic State (IS) has imposed a strict dress code for women in eastern Syria, forbidding them from showing any part of their bodies, a monitoring group said on Thursday. "Women... are completely forbidden from showing their…

Syrian rebels targeted a military airport in Hama province Wednesday, as the conflict raging next door in Iraq is delaying shipments of desperately-needed humanitarian relief. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-regime…