06/01/2015

New restrictions on Syrians entering Lebanon have come into effect, further slowing the flow of asylum seekers trying to escape the war. Previously, travel between the two countries was largely unrestricted, but now Syrians will have to…

Agence France Presse   BEIRUT: The newly elected head of Syria’s opposition-in-exile National Coalition Monday ruled out taking part in a Russian-led bid for new talks to end the Syrian conflict. Khaled Khoja, who was elected the…

Several senior US and French officials, including US Senator John McCain, entered Syria illegally – without proper visas – on separate occasions, thus violating the country’s sovereignty, Syria said in a complaint submitted to the United…

Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) in Kobane, northern Syria, have seized a key district and now control 80% of the town, activists say. Kurds backed by Iraqi Peshmerga forces captured the security district including the police…

Kurdish fighters have captured a vital zone in the Syrian border town of Kobani after fierce clashes against "Islamic State" militants, a monitoring group says. They were backed by US-led airstrikes. Kurdish forces fighting jihadist…

  Rif Diamshq Province: The regime forces shelled areas in the farmlands surrounded by al- Salam highway in the Western Ghota coincided with opening fire on places in the same area.   The Islamic battalions targeted by shells the…

  Aleppo Province: Several shells landed on areas in the town of Nobbol which is inhabited by Shia people. Other shells struck areas in the regime- held neighborhood of al- Hamadaneyyi in the city of Aleppo causing material damages in…

  Reliable sources informed SOHR that the body of deputy of “al- Hesbah emir” was found beheaded. The sources reported that the body of deputy, who is Egyptian, was found near the power plant in the city of al- Mayadin with sign of…