December 2017

Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Turkish forces expanded their shelling and targeted areas controlled by Syria Democratic Forces in the areas of Malkiyyeh, Villat al-Qadi, Shawargha and Mar’anaz, followed by the…

Latakia Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas in the northern countryside of Latakia were intensely shelled by the regime forces, where they targeted areas in Jabal al-Akrad and Kabani area causing material damage, but no…

Al-Quneitra Province, the Syrian Observatory for human Rights: The regime forces opened heavy machineguns fire on areas in the farms surrounding Jebbata al-Khashab town, causing material damage bit no information about casualties. Daraa…

Al-Raqqah Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The number of people who were killed in Al-Raqqah city as a result of more mine explosions during their movement in the city continues to rise, where a woman was killed in a mine…

Rif Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: clashes described as violent took place between the regime forces supported by gunmen loyal to them against fighters of Jaysh al-Islam, in areas in the front of Damascus-Homs…

Air strikes have killed 19 people in a village in Syria's rebel stronghold of Idlib. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes were either carried out by Syrian or Russian warplanes. Syria and Russia have not responded but…

The eighth round of Syria peace talks, aimed at ending the nearly seven-year-long conflict in the country, began Thursday in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, with the humanitarian crisis in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus at…

Syrian government troops have retaken a string of small rebel-held pockets near the country's capital and in the northwest over the past two weeks, a monitor told AFP Friday. After dealing a blow to Daesh (ISIS) in Syria's east,…

Major powerbrokers agreed Friday to hold a peace congress for Syria in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi in late January in a bid to speed up a political settlement for the war-torn country. Sochi will host a “congress of national…

Key power brokers were scrambling on Friday over plans to speed up a political settlement in Syria, with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura joining a second day of talks after negotiations in Moscow. A new round of peace talks backed by Russia,…