April 2020

Rami Abdulrahman, SOHR founder and director, has been awarded the prestigious Stern’s Nannen-Preis Special Prize, Germany, for “dedicating his life to serving the truth in the past few years…and for his unparalleled courage and exceptional…

SOHR sources say that a civilian died of injuries sustained, after being shot today by the security forces of Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), during participation in protests against the opening of a crossing with the regime. Thus, he became…

 SOHR sources say that two grenades exploded in a house in the city of Bosra al-Sham in rural Daraa, injuring several members of the same family. On April 21, SOHR activists reported that a ten-year-old child was killed in Tssil town in…

SOHR activists say that Hayaat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) executed yesterday a civilian from the village of Ma'amal Oshhagi in Mabata area, north of Aleppo. According to Observatory sources, the young man was a refugee in Turkey, before being…

Late on April 29, the U.S.-led coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched a large security operation in the district of al-Sur in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. While the UK-based Syrian Observatory for…

On April 27, at around five in the morning, Israel targeted residential areas of southern Damascus, killing three civilians, injuring four and causing significant material damage to homes. The attack was carried out by Israeli…

Members of the Syrian opposition group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) in northern Syria have prevented a Turkish military column from entering the city of Darat Izza in the west of Aleppo province today, increasing the recently strained…

Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has prevented a Turkish convoy from entering the key town of Darat Izza in the western Aleppo countryside, the New Arab reported on April 29. According to the UK-based outlet, militants of…

TOPSHOT – Turkish army tanks gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018 at Hassa, in Hatay province. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) The Turkish military deployed dozens…

SOHR activists say that sporadic explosions were heard in western part of Daraa governorate, caused by Israeli shelling targeting military posts of regime forces and Iranian militias in Tal Ahmar and rural Ma'ariya, west of Daraa, and the…