02/08/2017

Three of the leading international powers involved in Syria's war—the U.S., Russia and Iran—are looking to expand and fortify their military presence in the country by building and upgrading foreign bases, with some already in the…

The head of Special Forces said Friday that Russia had established a more credible foothold than the U.S. in Syria, and that Moscow could use this influence to essentially expel his forces. Addressing a security conference at the…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday the White House is looking to prevent another uptick in violence between the Syrian government and rebel groups once the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is defeated, and it may need Russia's…

Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are expected to stay in Lebanon's eastern border region for the near future, as a multilateral effort to resettle several thousand of them ran into further delays on Tuesday. Some 9 000 Syrian…

The Syrian Democratic Forces have announced that parts of its eastern and western axes have linked up in the southern part of Raqqa, Syria, while the the US-led global coalition to defeat ISIS said it does “not yet have confirmation” that…

In Besieged Eastern Ghouta, Rebel Infighting Increases Civilian Suffering While the Syrian government ramps up its offensive on the Eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, local residents have to also contend with bitter rivalries…

Islamic State militants attacked Syrian government forces and their allies in countryside east of Homs and Hama on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Heavy fighting raged around the mountainous Jabal al-Shomariya area…

International human rights groups have long pressed for information on the fate of prominent cyberactivist Bassel Khartabil Safadi. He was secretly executed in Syrian regime custody nearly two years ago, his widow says. A prominent…

Several reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Syrian programmer of Palestinian nationality Basil al-Safadi was killed in his place of detention, after being detained for more than 5 years, and in the…

The violations of the Eastern Ghouta truce continue, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented that the regime forces launched 5 shells on places in the outskirts of al-Nashabiyah town in the eastern Ghouta yesterday evening,…