January 2016

It rose to 76 the number of people whose death was documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in the raids by warplanes during 24 hours on areas in the city of Al-Raqqah and two towns in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor,…

Revolutions and mass movements can only do so much with fanaticism and passion, as ISIL are finding out in Syria and Iraq as they are squeezed by the coalition, the Russian-backed Damascus regime, and a revived Iraqi army and its…

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, Russia has sent a number of engineers to the Syrian border town of Qamishli to strengthen the runway and increase the capacity of an airport there.…

A cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of a military officer last summer, a security source said Friday. “A court in Latakia on Thursday sentenced Suleiman al-Assad…

Islamic State militants kidnapped at least 400 civilians when they attacked government-held areas in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday…

The death toll from Saturday's air strikes on the Syrian city of Raqqa, de facto capital of the Islamic State group, has risen to 40 civilians, including eight children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. The…

Extremists seize government-held areas in push to drive regime from last foothold in eastern city An image from a November video shows a Russian airstrike on an Islamic State-held site in Deir Ezzour. Such strikes haven’t prevented…

The Islamic State jihadist group has announced plans to halve the monthly salaries of its members in Syria and Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Tuesday. The Britain-based monitoring group, which relies on a…

George Sabra, a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, attends a meeting in Istanbul July 4, 2013. Reuters/Murad Sezer BEIRUT The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition ruled out…

The Russian military is expanding its footprint in Syria, setting up operations at an airfield in a northeastern, mostly Kurdish province across the country from its main coastal base. In an adjacent province, locals say the United States…