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

12/04/2015

US plans for anti-Islamic State training drawing skepticism

ISTANBUL — The fight against the Islamic State group received a jolt of energy when the United States and Turkey sealed a pact to train and arm Syrian rebels. Two months later, the program faces delays and skepticism — as Turkish officials,…

U.N. official to visit besieged refugee camp in Syria

(CNN)The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency will make an emergency visit to the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria on Saturday, a spokesman says. Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl will…

US, allies conduct air raids in Syria, Iraq

WASHINGTON: US-led forces have targeted Islamic State (IS) militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday, the US military said on Saturday. In Syria, the air strikes hit IS positions near Al Hasakah and…

Syrian rebels shell Aleppo, killing at least 9

DAMASCUS, Syria • Syrian rebels shelled a government-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo early Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, Syrian state television and an activist group reported. Hours after the…

Rebels in Syria bombard government-held part of Aleppo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Insurgents bombarded a government-held part of Syria's second city Aleppo overnight, killing at least eight people, Syrian state media reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that tracks the…

IS holding 50 Syrian civilians

BEIRUT - Militants from the Islamic State group are holding hostage at least 50 civilians seized in a raid on a village in central Syria, a monitor said. They were kidnapped from the village of Mabujeh in Hama province on March 31, said…

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