April 2015

Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last major government-held town in Idlib province Saturday, giving the rebels a possible route to the coastal heartland of the Assad regime. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for…

Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last major government-held city in Idlib province on Saturday, in a blow that could expose the regime’s coastal heartland to rebel attack. The capture of Jisr al-Shughur in the…

Idlib Province: The number of people killed by aerial attack carried out on places in the center of the city of Jeser al- Shagour yesterday has risen to 27 at least, including 20 fighters of the Islamic factions. The death toll is expected…

Hama Province: The regime forces shelled places in the villages of Abo Hafkah and Jeb Aayed in the eastern countryside of Hama with no information about casualties.   The helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the village of Akash in the…

Aleppo Province: IS militants targeted positions of the rebel and Islamic battalions in the northern countryside of Aleppo.   Clashes erupted yesterday night between the regime forces against the Nusra Front, rebel and Islamic…

Daraa Province: The regime forces shelled places in the city of Inkhel as well as towns of Otman and al- Yadodah with no information about casualties.   Al- Quneitera Province: Unknown gunmen assassinated a commander of a rebel…

Rif Dimashq Province: A car loaded with bread and water had entered to the town of Beit Sahem in the south of Rif Dimashq and which witnessed a displacement movement from al- Yarmouk camp to it due to the ongoing clashes in the camp between…

A Greek Orthodox Church leader bemoaned the global apathy shown toward two Syrian bishops who were kidnapped two years ago, one of whom is his brother. Speaking ahead of the anniversary of the abductions on April 22, 2013, Orthodox…

The United Nations envoy to Syria said on Friday he will begin meeting in May with the country's government, opposition groups, and regional powers including Iran to assess by the end of June whether there is any hope brokering an end to…

By Abdulrahman al-Rashed Former Syrian political security chief Rustom Ghazaleh, one of the country’s most notorious figures for the past two decades, has died. As with the deaths of other prominent figures in Bashar…