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

March 2018

More Syrian rebels agree to leave eastern Ghouta

Syrian rebels agreed to surrender a second besieged enclave in eastern Ghouta on Friday as their comrades in another insurgent pocket in the area continued their withdrawal after a month-long assault by the army. It will leave only one…

First rebels leave Syria enclave under Russian-brokered deal

A Syrian rebel group in Eastern Ghouta announced a cease-fire from midnight Friday, a spokesman said, after fighters and their families left under a Russian-brokered evacuation deal that is the first for the shrinking opposition enclave…

Urgent help needed as Afrin IDP numbers top 167,000

Humanitarian agencies are struggling to meet the health and aid needs of the civilian population of Afrin as the number of people recently displaced due to Turkey’s offensive climbs to an estimated 167,000. Concerns have also been raised…

Vanquished rebels exit Syria town

Carrying their light arms, hundreds of defeated rebels began evacuating with their families Thursday from a devastated town in eastern Ghouta, an effective surrender under a deal with the government after a long siege and bombing campaign…

Russia kills 37 civilians in Ghouta’s Arbeen

Russian air strikes killed 37 civilians in the Arbeen area of the shrinking rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. “Russian air strikes and incendiary weapons…

Nearly 170,000 flee violence in Syria’s Afrin

Nearly 170,000 people have fled after a Turkish-led assault on the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Afrin, the UN said Friday, pointing to the harrowing conditions faced by those displaced. "The estimate now is 167,000 people have been…

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