October 2017

 One-month-old Sahar, her ribs protruding under translucent skin, breathed her last on Sunday in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, where a crushing regime siege has pushed hundreds of children to the brink of starvation. Only a trickle of…

Isis has killed at least 128 people in a Syrian town deep inside regime-held territory, a human rights monitor has said. Government forces managed to retake al-Qaratayn over the weekend, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed…

 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday Islamic State killed at least 128 people in the Syrian town of al-Qaryatayn in central Homs over a three-week period before the Syrian army recaptured it on Saturday. There was no…

U.S.-backed fighters captured Syria's largest oil field from the Islamic State group Sunday, marking a major advance against the extremists in an area coveted by pro-government forces. With IS in retreat, the Kurdish-led Syrian…

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrated winning the battle for Raqqa by recreating the "tank doughnuts" that ISIL did when they seized the city back in 2014. They also secured access for the international media to document that the…

With the Islamic State in retreat, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government have been in a race to secure parts of the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province along the border with Iraq. The Al-Omar oil field was a major…

US-backed militias said they captured Syria's largest oil field on Sunday, pressing their assault against Daesh in the east of the country. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they took the Al Omar field on the eastern bank of the…

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the violent clashes continued between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the “Islamic State” organization,…

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a local military commander in Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham was seriously injured by a mine explosion planted by the "Islamic State" organization in Mrijeb al-Jemlan area in the northern…

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the helicopters dropped again barrel bombs targeting areas in the town of Beit Jen and its farms southwest of Rif Dimashq; also the regime forces shelled the same areas using…