المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
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Daily Archives

16/07/2015

Syria civil war: Bomb damages Aleppo’s ancient citadel

A bomb explosion has caused part of the walls of Aleppo's ancient citadel to collapse. Built in the 13th Century, it overlooks Aleppo's Old City and is part of a UN-listed World Heritage site. Syrian government forces have been using…

Blast tears through Aleppo’s medieval citadel

An explosion in Syria's second city of Aleppo has destroyed a wall that belonged to the city's ancient citadel. The UNESCO World Heritage site has repeatedly been caught in the crosshairs of the country's civil war. The…

Blast in Aleppo does major damage to citadel wall

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A section of the wall of the ancient citadel in Aleppo was destroyed by an explosion in a tunnel under the city, state media and activists reported on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the damage…

23 dead in Syria regime raids on IS-held town

Beirut (AFP) - At least 23 people, among them a child, were killed in government raids on the Islamic State group-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Monday, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "container…

ISIS Hacks Syria Observatory for Human Rights Website

Syria Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) website was taken down by Islamic State hackers–ISIL Takfiri–on July 8, 2015. The ISIS linked hackers immediately claimed responsibility while providing details of their activity on the site,…

Keeping an eye on migration flows in the Mediterranean

Migration flows in the Mediterranean are nothing new. According to the official data, an average of almost 40,000 people (on the basis of monitoring between 1998-2013) cross the Mediterranean sea per year to reach its northern shores. It’s…

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