February 2019

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the rise in the number of people who died in al-Hool camp for displaced people in the southeastern countryside of Hasaka, as a result of the significant failure in medical care and health…

In Hama Province, 19 civilians were killed including about 16 women were killed in a landmine explosion from remnant of the "Islamic State" Organization in an agricultural tractor in Wadi al-Azeeb area in the eastern countryside of Hama.…

Since February 9 the Arab-Kurdish alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the US have been on an offensive against the last dregs of the Islamic State group in Syria. After more than a week ferocious fighting, here are some key…

Since February 9 the Arab-Kurdish alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the US have been on an offensive against the last dregs of the Islamic State group in Syria. After more than a week ferocious fighting, here are some key…

U.S.-backed fighters in Syria are set to capture the Islamic State group’s last enclave, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of defeat as U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of “100 percent…

US-backed fighters in Syria are poised to capture Islamic State’s last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of total defeat as US President Donald Trump…

Syrian government bombardment in towns and villages across southern Idlib over the last two days has killed at least eight children, a war monitor said. Civilians and monitoring groups told Middle East Eye that hundreds of artillery shells…

From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries' shared border. In that tiny patch on the banks of the Euphrates River,…

From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, ISIL has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries’ shared border. In that tiny territory on the banks of the Euphrates river, hundreds of…

The sound of mortar shelling and fighter jets whizzing by filled the air. At the base in this small village, fighters from the U.S.- backed Syrian Democratic Forces coordinate with their comrades about two kilometers (1.2 miles) away who…