المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Monthly Archives

March 2017

Backgammon, football after war reaches Damascus district

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…

Syria fighters take control of IS-held airbase near Raqqa

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 fighters pause military action near Syria dam

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…

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