October 2019

Media activists and a war monitor say Kurdish forces have clashed with Turkey-backed Syrian fighters inside a Kurdish-dominated town along the Turkish-Syrian border after a three-pronged attack. A member of the Kurdish forces…

A Kurdish news agency and a war monitor say Turkish troops have bombarded a convoy of vehicles taking residents of the northern city of Raqqa to a border town, inflicting casualties among them. The Kurdish Hawar news agency said the…

A Kurdish news agency and a war monitor say Turkish troops have bombarded a convoy of vehicles taking residents of the northern city of Raqqa to a border town, inflicting casualties among them. The Kurdish Hawar news agency said the…

Civilian victims are increasing as Turkish forces push deeper into northeastern Syria in an offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 10 civilians died in border areas of…

Some 100,000 people have fled their homes in north Syria, the UN reports, as Turkey presses on with its cross-border offensive on Kurdish-held areas. Many people are sheltering in schools or other buildings in Hassakeh city and the town of…

Turkish officials have said their only goal in Syria is to push back a Kurdish foe, but their second objective is much more ambitious and could lead to a military quagmire, mass displacement, and international sanctions targeting Turkey’s…

Fighting raged in northeastern Syria on Friday as Turkish forces and their proxies tried to seize key Kurdish-held towns on the third day of a long-threatened offensive. The Syrian Democratic Forces -- the autonomous Kurds' de facto army…

Turkish warplanes and artillery hit Kurdish militia targets in northeast Syria on the third day of an offensive that has killed hundreds of people, forced tens of thousands to flee and turned Washington’s establishment against President…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has obtained a video showing one of the pro-Turkish “al-Mahdy” division fighters involved in the so-called Operation “Peace Spring”, taking pride to have killed several SDF fighters. “The bodies of…

Deir Ezzor Province - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a violent explosion was heard today evening in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, it turned to be caused by the explosion of an IED planted by unidentified persons on one of…