May 2015

After taking control of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra last week, Islamic State group militants detonated explosives and destroyed the city’s notorious state-run Tadmor prison Saturday, a human rights group said. The prison housed…

Prison was a powerful symbol of Syrian government control in Palmyra Militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) blew up a major prison complex in the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday, according to…

Idlib province: Warplanes raided al-Arbaen mount, Sermen, Saraqib and Ariha, what wounded civilians in Saraqib. Warplanes also went in 20 air strikes on areas of al-Besheria, al-Kastan, Kafarmid, Baftamon, al-Ma'laqa, Heloz, Helan,…

Aleppo province: IS took control on Soran A'zaz town and the villages of al-Bel and al-Hasila in the northern countryside of Aleppo after violent clashes against rebels witnessed detonating a suicide car by IS. Sohra A'zaz is only 10 km…

Aleppo province: A missile fell on al-A'zamia neighborhood which is under control by regime forces what killed 5 civilians and seriously wounded others. Clashes continue around Soran Azaz between IS and rebels amid advances for rebels in…

Reuters | about an hour ago BEIRUT - A Syrian air force raid killed at least 59 civilians at a market in a town held by Islamic State militants in northern Syria on Saturday, according to a monitoring group. The strike on the town of…

BEIRUT — Syrian Army airstrikes killed at least 70 people, most of them civilians, and wounded scores in attacks on Saturday in the northern province of Aleppo. Activists said that civilian areas, including a packed market in a town held by…

An airstrike by the Syrian government has killed at least 71 people — most of them civilians — according to Syrian activists. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said military helicopters dropped the barrel bombs on the…

(CNN)At least 70 people were killed in a string of barrel bomb attacks Saturday on the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the opposition-run Aleppo Media Center. Human rights…

At least 45 civilians were killed in two separate attacks by pro-government forces in Syria on Saturday, the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. In this photo, residents walk amidst rubble at a site hit by what…