المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
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02/02/2015

At least 7 dead, 20 wounded when bus blows up in Damascus

At least seven civilians were killed and 20 injured on Sunday when a bus blew up in Syria's capital of Damascus near the Al Hamidiya marketplace, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The bus had Lebanese registry and Shiite…

Blast hits pilgrim bus in Damascus, killing seven

BEIRUT: At least seven people were killed when a blast ripped through a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in a central district of the Syrian capital on Sunday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not…

Syria airstrikes in Daraa kill 12 civilians: activists

Agence France Presse   BEIRUT: Syrian government airstrikes in an opposition-held town in the southern province of Daraa Monday killed at least 12 civilians and wounded two dozen more, an activist group said. "Twelve civilians…

ISIL in Syria withdrawing from Kobani outskirts

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish forces known as the YPG had taken 13 villages since Sunday night. World Bulletin / News Desk ISIL militants are withdrawing from areas around the Syrian town of Kobani, a group…

Hackers Use Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government

By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — To the young Syrian rebel fighter, the Skype message in early December 2013 appeared to come from a woman in Lebanon, named Iman Almasri, interested in his cause. Her picture, in a small…

Jordan prepared to exchange prisoners to free pilot

Jordan said it was still ready to hand over a jailed Iraqi militant to Islamic State in a swap deal if its captured pilot was released. Jordan's security and military agencies were making constant checks to see whether the pilot, Muath…

Turkey airport police hunt Syria-bound jihadis

Agence France Presse   ISTANBUL: Everything seems normal as passengers stream out of a routine flight from a Middle Eastern country after landing at a major Turkish international airport. But as they cross the air bridge from the…

Lebanon Army border shelling contains Syria jihadis

The Daily Star   BAALBEK, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army is pushing ahead with preemptive strikes, shelling the outskirts of the northeastern Bekaa Valley area of Ras Baalbek to prevent any attack by Islamist militants deployed on the…

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