January 2017

Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces shelled after midnight yesterday areas in the village of Qnitrat and the area around Banan village in the southern countryside of Aleppo, no information about…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed that more than 40 buses carrying hundreds of fighters and their families who refused to stay in Wadi Barada and rejected the agreement that was reached between the regime forces and those…

Syrian government forces took back control of an area near Damascus that provides most of the capital's water supplies after reaching a deal for rebel fighters to withdraw, pro-government media and a monitoring group said.The Syrian army…

After weeks of heavy fighting, rebel fighters began evacuating Wadi Barada, a valley in Damascus province that supplies most of the capital’s water, after a deal was struck with the Syrian government on January 28, local media said. The…

The Syrian army said on Sunday that it had recaptured a flashpoint area from rebels near Damascus that supplies water to the capital. Wadi Barada had been the scene of fierce fighting in recent weeks between regime and rebel forces that…

The Syrian army said on Sunday that it had recaptured a flashpoint area from rebels near Damascus that supplies water to the capital. Wadi Barada had been the scene of fierce fighting in recent weeks between regime and rebel forces that…

Syrian government forces have recaptured all the towns and villages in the Wadi Barada valley near Damascus, the Syrian military said on Sunday, in another blow to rebels who have fought for years to unseat President Bashar al-Assad.…

A little more than a year ago, the Dallas Morning News ran a picture of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy who washed up on the beach. The photo accompanied a column I had written about the rhetoric of the recent presidential…

Hama province: Aerial bombardment targeted areas of Taiba al-Imam, no casualties reported amid continued clashes between regime forces and rebels around the al-Dara hill in the southern countryside amid bombardment by the regime forces on…

Reef Dimashq province: Regime forces bombarded areas of Madaya and Beqen leading to injuries, Clashes took place between regime forces and rebels around al-Nashabia in al-Merej, al-Islam fighters shut down a drone in Hosh al-Dawahira…