April 2020

Al-Sweida governorate- Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have reported that an armed group attacked the house of commanders in local factions in the town of Salkhad in rural Al-Sweid, accompanied by heavy gunfire in the…

The Syrian Observatory has monitored this evening artillery shelling by regime forces from their positions in southern rural Idlib, targeting the town of Kansafra and the village of Al-Fatira in Jabal al-Zawiya in rural Idlib. Meanwhile, a…

The Syrian Observatory has monitored today clashes with machine guns between Islamic State members on one side, and regime forces and loyaists on the other, near Boufayyad Dam, east of Al-Salamiya in eastern rural Hama. The clashes have…

Health authorities of the "Self-Administration" in Al-Qamishli have quarantined arrivals from Damascus, where two civilian planes from Damascus airport landed. On April 7, the Syrian Observatory monitored smuggling operations of arrivals…

Reliable sources have informed SOHR that Haya'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) imposed today an amount of $ 500 as an annual tax on the owners of shops on the main street in the city of Sarmada, north of Idlib, in support of "Bayt al-Mal of…

Two alleged members of Syria’s intelligence services, including a senior official, are due to appear in a German court on Thursday for the world’s first trial of abuses blamed on Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The main suspect, Anwar…

On April 22, the Turkish military shelled several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northern governorate of Aleppo. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) observed an artillery bombardment carried out by Turkish…

Thursday begins the first trial for a state to torture in Syria. The prime suspect is a former colonel. Two suspected former intelligence officials stand accused of crimes against humanity, when the first case of state-orchestrated torture…

“Heavy clashes erupted between the two sides, as a result, two Iraqi KH were killed while five other members were injured, they were transported to the Fatimah al-Zahra hospital in al-Mayadin,” the London-based monitoring group said in a…

Turkey has deployed dozens more Syrian militants in Libya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed on April 23. “Turkey continues to transfer mercenaries to Libya to fight alongside the National Accord…