March 2017

Several trusted sources reported to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the convoy of displaced residents and fighters of al-Wa'er neighborhood arrived at the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, after a trip started yesterday…

Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces stepped up the pace of shelling on areas in Jobar neighborhood at the eastern outskirts of capital, in a new round of shelling on this neighborhood, and this…

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Islamic factions shelled positions of the regime forces in the Qaramita checkpoint area in the western countryside of Hama, which damaged a Kornit missiles base belongs to the…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information from several reliable sources in Al-Raqqah city, which is considered the stronghold of the “Islamic State” organization in Syria, that the organization have withdrawn hundreds of…

The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after reports of a large number of civilians killed in bombings. Amid rising concern over a jump in civilian casualties…

U.S. Central Command has opened a full investigation into a U.S. airstrike in northern Syria the Pentagon says killed a number of top al Qaeda leaders, but which civilians claim willfully targeted a local mosque. Command officials are…

When Syria's war came to 73-year-old Joseph Mghazi's street in the Abbasiyeen neighbourhood of Damascus, he ignored his neighbour's entreaties to halt his habitual streetside backgammon games. "We would sit and play backgammon as the…

A US-backed force of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has taken control of an Islamic State-held airbase west of the jihadist group's stronghold of Raqqa. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and a monitoring group said Tabqa airbase had…

US-backed Syrian forces on Monday resumed their battle take the key town of Tabqa from ISIL after a pause in fighting to assess the safety of a nearby dam across the Euphrates river. "We permitted a team of engineers to enter the dam to…

US-backed forces in northern Syria have paused military operations near a dam held by the Islamic State group to allow engineers to fix any problems. The decision by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came a day after conflicting reports…