October 2016

Rebels in Syria have announced a big offensive aimed at breaking the government siege of east Aleppo. A UK-based monitoring group says rebels fired "hundreds" of missiles on western Aleppo, killing at least 15 civilians.…

Syrian rebel fighters have launched an offensive against government forces in Aleppo to try and break a siege which has lasted for months. There are conflicting accounts of advances after hundreds of missiles as well as suicide car…

Forces use artillery barrages and reported suicide attacks to try and break siege Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades stand on a T-55 tank as they hold a position during…

Syrian rebels including jihadists counter-attacked the army and its allies on Friday aiming to break a weeks-long siege on eastern Aleppo, insurgents said. The assault, employing heavy shelling and suicide car bombs, was mainly focused…

The country has been criticised for supporting Syrian military action against civilians despite accusations from the UN, US, UK and France of perpetrating war crimes in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had…

Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have been kidnapped by besieged Islamic State diehards and used as human shields in the town of Mosul . The terror group seized families of men, women and children and are putting them in the line of…

Deir Ezzor Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Cargo planes dropped containers of aid over areas controlled by regime forces in Deir Ezzor city this morning. Rif Dimashq Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:…

Hama Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces shelled places in the town of Tayyibat al-Imam and Lahaya village at the northern countryside of Hama this morning, while the helicopters dropped barrel bombs on…

Homs Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Clashes are taking place in the vicinity of al-Mohr field in the eastern countryside of Homs, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the “Islamic State”, and…

Aleppo Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Syria Democratic Forces managed to control of the entire village of al-Wahshiyyeh in the northern countryside of Aleppo, after fierce clashes during the past 24 hours against…