المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
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January 2019

Explosion rocks Syrian Kurdish city of Afrin, 3 rebels killed

A car bomb exploded early on Wednesday in front of the Turkish-backed Islamist Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sharqiya’s headquarters in Afrin. The incident resulted in deaths and injuries among members of the militia group, a source at the…

Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys

Syria’s Bashar Assad has revoked special visas for EU diplomats and officials traveling regularly between Beirut and Damascus, complicating efforts to distribute aid to civil war victims, three senior EU diplomats said. Since conflict…

ISIS nearing territorial defeat in Syria, activists say

US-backed forces captured the last major town held by ISIS in eastern Syria on Wednesday, and are now sweeping surrounding villages for remnants of the militant group, activists said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Arab and…

Kurd-led forces overrun last ISIS-held village in Syria

Kurdish-led fighters overran the last village held by the Islamic State group (IS, formerly known as ISIS or the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) in Syria on Wednesday, January 23, confining its once vast cross-border "caliphate" to two…

Nearly 5,000 flee last ISIS enclave in eastern Syria

Nearly 5,000 people, including almost 500 Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters, have since Monday left the militant group's last bastion in eastern Syria, where ISIS continues to lose ground, a Britain-based monitor said.…

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