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

October 2018

Airstrike on IS in eastern Syria inflicts casualties

Syrian state media and a war monitor say an airstrike on a pocket held by the Islamic State group in the country's east has killed several people. State news agency SANA said Wednesday's airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition killed several…

Japanese journalist held in Syria believed to be freed

A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago is believed to have been released, the government said on Tuesday. Jumpei Yasuda, a 44-year-old freelancer, was seized in June 2015, and appeared in a rare video released…

Human rights observer: Qatar paid $3 mil. ransom

Qatar paid a ransom for the release of journalist Junpei Yasuda, according to a Britain-based human rights watcher. The Yomiuri Shimbun was told this by Rami Abdel Rahman, chief of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who said the…

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