December 2018

Um Mohammed says she was in search of a happier life when she decided to bring her family from the Netherlands to live under ISIS. "I thought the ISIS 'caliphate' would be perfect, like a utopia," says Um Mohammed, who describes having…

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said that Turkey will launch a military operation against the Kurds in northern Syria within days, in a decision that could signal a shift in…

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Turkey will launch a new operation against US-backed Kurdish militias in northern Syria "in the next few days", President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. The move, which he said would focus on…

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the "Islamic State" organization withdrew towards the eastern outskirts of Hajin town in the eastern of Deir Ezzor…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored more breaches targeted the demilitarized area and areas of Turkish – Russian truce, where the regime forces shelled this morning, the 13th of December 2018, places in the al-Sermaniyyeh area…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed violations by the regime forces in the Russian – Turkish truce agreement, which has been in effect since the 15th of September 2018, and the Putin Erdogan agreement which has applied…

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that unidentified gunmen wearing uniform of the Syria Democratic Forces assaulted a man from al-Mayadin city in the eastern…

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information from several reliable sources, that the Syria Democratic Forces managed to achieve a great advancement within Hajin…

Deir Ezzor Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored successive operations by the Syria Democratic Forces, in securing hundreds of civilians fleeing the “Islamic State”…

Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of security events caused by the security chaos in areas controlled by factions backed by the Turkish Forces in the…