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

January 2019

Hundreds of civilians, fighters flee IS stronghold in Syria

Hundreds of people have fled the Islamic State group's last major stronghold in Syria, including fighters who tried to sneak out among civilians, Syrian opposition activists said Monday. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S-backed and…

Hezbollah chief warns Israel against strikes in Syria

The chief of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has warned Israel against continuing strikes in Syria targeting mainly Iranian positions, saying it could fuel war in the region. Israel’s army has since 2013 claimed hundreds of attacks on what it…

Scores of civilians, fighters depart IS stronghold in Syria

Syrian opposition activists say scores of civilians and fighters have evacuated the Islamic State group’s last major stronghold in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says some 2,000 people, including 300 IS…

Hundreds of civilians, fighters flee IS stronghold in Syria

Hundreds of people have fled the Islamic State group’s last major stronghold in Syria, including fighters who tried to sneak out among civilians, Syrian opposition activists said Monday. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S-backed and…

Near IS holdout, Syrian fighters face women suicide bombers

Driving towards the frontline of what remains of the Islamic State group’s self-declared “caliphate” in eastern Syria, US-backed fighters pass huge craters from air strikes and buildings reduced to rubble. Backed by air strikes of the…

Weeding out extremists on Syria front line

A hesitation on a simple question or a callus on a trigger finger — it doesn’t always take much for US-backed forces to spot potential terrorists hiding among fleeing civilians. At a desert outpost held by the Syrian…

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