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

January 2015

US-led coalition air strikes hit IS targets in Syria, Iraq

Coalition forces struck six IS targets in Syria and another 12 in Iraq the US military said Thursday. In Syria, the airstrikes hit around Kobani while in Iraq they focused on Ayn Al Asad, Ar Rutbah, Mosul, Sinjar and Tal Afar. Kurdish…

Syria Kurds kill 22 jihadists around Kobane: monitor

Kurdish fighters killed 22 jihadists around Kobane Thursday, days after recapturing the Syrian town, but the Islamic State group still controls hundreds of villages in the area, a monitor said. "Nineteen IS members were killed in…

Syria government airstrikes kill at least 8 in IS-held city

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say government airstrikes have killed at least eight people in a northern town held by the Islamic State.   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrikes targeted the city of…

Al Qaeda in Syria attacks Western-backed rebels

BEIRUT: The Syrian arm of al Qaeda attacked a Western-backed rebel group near Aleppo on Thursday, the rebel group and an organization monitoring the civil war said, threatening one of the few remaining pockets of the non-jihadist…

Nusra Front attacks FSA rebels in Aleppo, kills four

The Daily Star   BEIRUT: The Syrian arm of Al-Qaeda attacked a Western-backed rebel group near Aleppo Thursday, the rebel group and an organization monitoring the civil war said, threatening one of the few remaining pockets of the…

EU to provide €136 million in humanitarian aid to Syria

World Bulletin / News Desk The European Union announced Thursday €136 in humanitarian assistance to Syria. The European Commission -- the 28-nation-bloc’s executive body – said in a statement that half of the package will provide for…

30 Irish citizens left to fight in Syria and Iraq

An estimated 30 Irish citizens had travelled to fight in Syria and Iraq by the end of last month — up 15% on last year. The figures — compiled by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation — show the number is up on…

Expert: The US Strategy In Syria Is A Complete Mess

BY ANDREW TABLER Washington's nascent policy of "uncoordinated deconfliction" with Bashar al-Assad's regime in the fight against the "Islamic State"/ISIS may not be a formal alliance, but it does have the potential to foster…

IS stones a woman in al- Raqqa

Reliable sources reported to SOHR that IS militants stoned a woman in the city of al- Raqqa on charge of “adultery”. The sources confirmed to SOHR that IS militants stoned her in al- Ferdos Street until they thought that she died but she…

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