October 2016

Turkish jets pounded US-backed Syrian Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria and killed up to 200 militants, state media quoted the military as saying Thursday. The warplanes hit 18 targets in Maarrat Umm Hawsh, a region north of…

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia on Wednesday that seizing the city of Aleppo will not help end the Syrian civil war and may further radicalize opposition forces. Speaking as officials from the US, Russia and Syria’s neighbors…

After the battle to restore Mosul started on Monday, questions and speculations surfaced regarding the whereabouts of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who made his first appearance in Mosul when the organization took over the city in 2014.…

Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and once its commercial center, has been under ferocious bombardment from Russian and  regime warplanes. The bombing campaign is intensified enough to reduce the intensely populated city to total destruction, as…

Homs Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces targeted areas in Burj Qa’ei town at the northern countryside of Homs, while SOHR received information about the arrival of a convoy of humanitarian aid to al-Hula…

Damascus Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Islamic factions targeted a regime forces’ position in the vicinity of Jobar neighborhood at the outskirts of the capital Damascus, and information about casualties in the ranks…

Hama Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces shelled areas in the city of Halfaya north of Hama province, followed by targeting by the factions for areas in the town Mharda at the western countryside of Hama,…

Deir Ezzor Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Clashes renewed between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the “Islamic State” in the outskirts of the neighborhood of al-Hwiqa in Deir Ezzor, in conjunction…

Aleppo Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces dropped down a drone belongs to the factions in al-Zahra neighborhood at Aleppo city, while three people including an old woman were killed by an explosion of a…

Idlib Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Warplanes targeted areas in Babulin village in the southern countryside of Idlib, which killed one person and injured several others, while warplanes targeted areas in the town…