January 2019

The Islamic State (IS) group made a failed attempt to retake a village from US-backed forces in eastern Syria leaving 50 fighters dead on both sides. The failed assault came a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the…

The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, has spearheaded the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, alongside the US-led coalition. Wednesday it overran the last village held by IS in eastern…

Military operations against the Islamic State group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pocket of the jihadists' "caliphate" will be flushed out within a month, a top commander said. Mazloum Kobani, the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian…

Members of the Daesh group failed Thursday to break a siege imposed by U.S.-backed fighters in the last area they control in Syria, leading to fierce fighting that inflicted casualties on both sides, Syrian opposition activists said. The…

On Dec. 19, President Trump abruptly declared that he was withdrawing and bringing home the American troops in Syria. He announced in a video, “We have won against ISIS. Our boys, our young women, our men — they’re all coming back and…

Members of the Islamic State group failed Thursday to break a siege imposed by U.S.-backed fighters in the last area they control in Syria, leading to fierce fighting that inflicted casualties on both sides, Syrian opposition activists…

Aleppo province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: shooting was heard in Afrin city which is controlled by the “Olive Branch” factions who take their orders from Turkey, on Friday, the 25th of January 2019, caused by exchange of fire…

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the exit of new batches out of the “Islamic State” Organization’s areas on the east banks of Euphrates River, to areas…

The rocket shelling continues by the regime forces within the supposedly Russian – Turkish truce areas in Aleppo, Hama, Idlib, and Latakia, where the Syrian Observatory monitored a renewed bombing carried out by the regime forces targeted…

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the flights of the International Coalition warplanes over the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, in conjunction with…