06/06/2015

Daraa Province: SOHR received a copy of statement issued by “the courthouse of Horan” about the ongoing clashes in the western countryside of Daraa between Shohadaa al- Yarmouk Brigade against Jabhat al- Nusra, rebel and…

Homs Province: The warplanes carried out several raids on places in the city of Palmyra in east of Homs. Clashes broke out between the rebel and Islamic battalions against the regime forces and allied militiamen on the…

Idlib Province: The number of civilians who were killed due to aerial bombardment on the city of Salqin in north of Idlib the day before yesterday has risen to 22, including a child and a woman. The clashes between Al- Fatah…

Lattakia Province: The Islamic battalions targeted by shells the regime positions in al- Krad Mountain in the northern countryside of Lattakia, amid violent clashes between the regime forces against the rebel and Islamic battalions…

Aleppo Province: 9 civilians, including at least 2 children, killed due to fall of shells launched by the rebels on the regime- held places in the neighborhood of al- Ashrafiyyi in the city of Aleppo while others were wounded too. The…

Hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in Syria are stranded in the desert just inside the Jordanian border, according to satellite images provided by Human Rights Watch. Each tiny dot on the map represents one or more people huddling…

The Higher Education Institution (YÖK) has reportedly written to universities warning them to first request permission from the Interior Ministry if they are planning on embarking on any sort of academic research concerning Syrian asylum…

RUDYARD GRIFFITHS Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jun. 05, 2015 1:40PM EDT Last updated Friday, Jun. 05, 2015 1:42PM EDT You say international response to the Syrian crisis is out of sync with reality.…

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - As many as 7,000 fighters from from Iran and Iraq have recently been deployed in Syria to defend Damascus and other areas controlled by the Shiite government of President Bashir al-Assad, a Syrian security force…

Turkish authorities have detained a Russian university studentnear the border with Syria, the country's Interior Ministry has said. In a statement reported by the Associated Press news agency a spokesperson for the department…