March 2018

Rif Dimashq province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: the regime forces backed by their allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities under the command of Russian officers and advisers continue their military…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that civilians are still displacing since today morning from the pocket controlled by Al-Rahman Corps in the southwest of the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus to the areas controlled by the regime…

Ongoing explosions are still rocking the capital Damascus, resulting from the fall of shells in areas in it, where the SOHR monitored the fall of shells on areas in the vicinity of Bab Touma, Al-Zablatany, Al-Abasyeen, in the outskirts of…

In a December phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Trump had an idea he thought could hasten a U.S. exit from Syria: Ask the king for $4 billion. By the end of the call, according to U.S. officials, the president believed …

Russia's efforts to sow chaos in the US elections is now well-documented. As is its ability to foment unrest in Ukraine. And Estonia. And Western Europe. And to harm people who defy it, whether at home or in the United Kingdom. But…

On a recent reporting trip the photographer Mauricio Lima and I, along with our driver and a Syrian fixer, came to this town in the middle of nowhere in northern Syria because it is the location of the media office and headquarters of…

As the Syrian government tightens its noose around the Eastern Ghouta and air strikes pound the enclave from above, doctors and medical staff are locked in a desperate battle to save the wounded. Fearful of targeted strikes, they…

The head of Syria’s main opposition group on Saturday accused the United Nations of failing to prevent violence raging in the war-wracked country, including the assault on the Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave. “We hold the United Nations, the…

Government forces have launched a brutal offensive to consolidate territory on the outskirts of Damascus. Warplanes have struck rebel-held areas, killing at least 30 civilians attempting to flee, according to a monitor. Russian…

The YPG and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said a Turkish air strike hit Afrin town’s main hospital on Friday night, killing 16 people. “Reports that Turkish armed forces bombed a hospital in Afrin are false,” the military…