January 2019

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of violations in the demilitarized areas of Putin-Erdogan and the Russian – Turkish truce areas in the 4 provinces, where the regime forces targeted areas around the…

Areas of the abandoned battalion at the southeastern countryside of Idlib and other areas in Tal al-Toqan village in the eastern countryside of Idlib; were shelled by the regime forces, but no information about casualties, also the regime…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The US is coaxing the Kurdish militia groups to continue battle against Turkey rather than opting for negotiations with the Damascus government through supplying them with more arms and military equipment, media reports said. The US and…

A car bomb shook the Syrian regime’s coastal stronghold of Latakia on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen others, state news agency SANA reported. Authorities found a second explosive device in the same place and…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday that 21 people were killed in the Israeli air strikes against Syria on Monday. According to the observatory, the casualties included six Syrians who are members of the regime’s forces…

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.…