May 2018

Daraa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a rocket shell landed on an area in al-Sabil neighborhood which is controlled by the regime forces in Daraa city, after midnight of yesterday, which caused material damage, and in the…

Hama province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces renewed the rocket  shelling this morning on places in al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama, while a rocket shell fell after midnight of yesterday on…

Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a person died affected by injuries he had from shooting by Turkish border guards while he was attempting to cross to their territory a few days ago, while gunshots were heard in…

Five members of the Syrian White Helmets were killed by masked gunman as they broke their Ramadan fast on Saturday morning, the group said. The rescue group said the assailants stormed their Al-Hader centre in the northern province of…

After seven years of war, Syrian government forces have taken full control of the area around their capital, Damascus, freeing up an overstretched military to move against the country’s few remaining rebel pockets. The battle for Damascus…

Iraq announced Friday it had carried out air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, the third cross border aerial operation inside a month in its war-torn neighbour. “Iraqi F-16 planes carried out (Thursday) morning raids…

Western diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday that Tel Aviv has informed Moscow about its decision to “expand the scope of its red lines” in Syria by preventing Iran from consolidation its military presence and that of its…

Syria's army has issued orders to return home for men conscripted for compulsory service in 2010, the year before war broke out, fighters and local media said on Saturday. The decision ends the drawn-out deployment of thousands of Syrians…

A massive explosion rocked the jihadist-held provincial capital of the Idlib Governorate this afternoon, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. According to the SOHR report, a car bomb was detonated along…

At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria‘s Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in…