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

19/04/2015

Anti-IS former Syrian general found killed in Lebanon.

Baalbek, Lebanon - A former Syrian army general who deserted in 2013 was found murdered in Lebanon near the border on Friday, with his family suspecting that Islamic State group jihadists killed him. "General Yehya Zahra, who had…

IS issuing photo IDs in Syria`s Raqa: Monitor

Beirut: The Islamic State group is now issuing photo identity cards in Syria`s Raqa province, but only to males, along with a range of administrative documents, a monitor and activists said Friday.   The Syrian Observatory for…

Islamic State Issues ID Cards and Driving Licenses

The Islamic State (IS) has started to issue ID cards and driving licenses for people living under their authority in Syria. Director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdulrahman confirmed that IS is issuing ID…

Life in ‘deepest circle of hell’

Johannesburg - ‘The deepest circle of hell,” is how UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has described the horror which has unfolded this week in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Just as Canadian…

18 killed by air strikes on Dar’a

Dar'a province: 18 civilians were killed today by air strikes on areas in Dar'a, including 8 civilians ( a woman with her daughter and 4 of her children ) were killed by aerial bombardment on Dael, 2 civilians were killed by aerial…

Activists: Syrian government air raids kill at least 16

BEIRUT (AP) — Two Syrian activist groups say government airstrikes on opposition-held towns near the Jordanian border have killed at least 16 people, including five children. The Local Coordination Committees activist collective and the…

Pro-Regime Syrians Support Army but Dodge Draft

Young Syrian men in regime-controlled areas are using any means necessary, including violent protests, to avoid military conscription -- even if they support the government. More than 80,000 soldiers and other pro-regime fighters have been…

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