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

08/12/2018

ISIS fights to hang on a year after defeat in Iraq

A year after it was routed from Iraq in a devastating war that left entire neighborhoods and towns in ruins, the Islamic State group is fighting to hang on to its last enclave in eastern Syria, engaging in deadly battles with US-backed…

US-led coalition strikes kill 9 civilians in east Syria

Air strikes by a US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group in east Syria killed nine civilians on Friday, a monitor said. The Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by coalition airpower, has been fighting to oust IS…

US-backed fighters enter major IS-held town in east Syria

An opposition activist and a war monitor said United States (US)-backed Syrian fighters have broken through the defences of the last area controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group in the country. Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces…

Nine civilians killed by US-led coalition strikes in Syria

At least nine civilians have been killed by US-led coalition air strikes in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday. The coalition's air raids have been supporting the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces…

US and UK say alleged rebel chemical attack ‘fabricated’

The US state department said the purpose was to "undermine confidence" in the ceasefire in Idlib province. Syria and Russia said shells carrying chlorine gas injured about 100 people in the government-held city of Aleppo last month. State…

Algeria Mum on Fate of Syrian, Palestinian Refugees

Algeria has remained silent on the fate of around 96 Syrian and Palestinian refugees that it has kept in detention centers in the country’s south, pro-government sources said. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the 53 Palestinians and…

Outgoing UN envoy makes new appeal to Syria’s warring sides

The outgoing UN envoy for Syria is appealing on the country’s warring sides to form a committee that would negotiate a new constitution as a way of bringing the Mideast nation out of its protracted civil war. Staffan de Mistura says there…

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