المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Monthly Archives

October 2014

Over 250 Jordanians have died fighting in Syria

More than 250 Jordanian Jihadi Salafists who joined movements in Syria fighting against the regime of President Bashar Assad have been killed since early 2011, a legal representative said Tuesday. Since the start of the unrest in Syria,…

Turkish Kurds welcome peshmerga convoy from Iraq

Turkish Kurds flocked onto the streets to greet a military convoy of Iraqi peshmerga fighters and weaponry making its way towards Kobani. Thousands came out in the Turkish border town of Suruç from which it is only 30 kilometres to the…

U.S. slams ‘barbaric’ attack by ‘Syrian govt’

The United States said Wednesday it was “horrified” by reports the Syrian government dropped barrel bombs on a displaced persons camp in the northwestern province of Idlib, calling the attack “barbaric,” Agence France-Presse reported.…

U.N.: Syria’s neighbors at ‘breaking point’

The director of the United Nations’ humanitarian operations is warning that some of Syria’s neighbors are at their “breaking point,” caught between a sense of duty to keep their borders open to refugees and a responsibility to their own…

U.S. Gen. Allen: Kobane unlikely to fall to ISIS

The man appointed to coordinate the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) says Kurdish Peshmerga fighters will thwart the militant group’s attempts to seize control of the Syrian city of Kobane. “We don’t…

ISIS releases 25 detained Kurdish children

Trusted sources reported to SOHR that the IS released 25 children ( primary school students ), after detaining them in Menbej area in the 29th of May/2014 in addition to a group of 150 students from Ein al-Arab"Kobane" during their return…

Coalition warplanes hit ISIS HQ in al-Raqqa

al-Raqqa province: 8 explosions have been heard in al-Raqqa and its surroundings, resulted by coalition air strikes on the political security buildings near the old bridge in the south entrance of al-Raqqa and areas around the city,…

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