June 2016

Deir Ezzor Province: Violent clashes are taking place since midnight yesterday in the area of Rasafa in Deir Ezzor, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the “Islamic State”, amid mutual targeting between both…

Latakia Province: warplanes carried out after midnight yesterday several airstrikes on places in Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia, amid clashes in the area between the regime forces and militiamen loyal…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by intersecting sources that 2 members from the regime forces who were detained by the fighters in Qudsayya area on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, they were released in exchange…

Islamic State's far-flung enemies in Syria and Iraq pressed ahead on Wednesday with major advances on multiple fronts that have put some of the greatest pressure on the ultra-hardline Islamists since they declared their caliphate…

Syrian rebels reopened a vital supply line by capturing two villages Wednesday from the Islamic State jihadist group as it came under pressure on a range of fronts in Syria and Iraq. IS has controlled large areas of both…

Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods of divided second city Aleppo killed at least 15 civilians today, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 10 of the dead came in raids just…

At least 10 people killed in attacks, which come after president Bashar al-Assad vowed to claw back ‘every inch of Syria’ A hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo in Syria has been put out of…

At least 20 people have been killed in air strikes in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitoring group has said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Wednesday that at least 10 people were killed in…

At least 15 people are reported to have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Three medical facilities were hit in the space of three hours, the UN says. One of the…

Syrian opposition forces backed by US airstrikes have lifted a siege on the frontline town of Marea in northern Aleppo province, pushing back Islamic State fighters, a monitoring group says. The rebels appear to have been…