May 2020

Syrian protesters, displaced from their homes in the rebel bastion of Idlib which had been under assault by government forces earlier this year, gather outside a Turkish army base near Syria's northwestern city of Idlib on May 25,…

The U.S. Navy has released a video and images showing two fully-armed Russian Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets flying dangerously close to one of its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes over international waters in the Eastern…

COVID-19 has exacerbated Syria’s economic crisis to unprecedented levels. In recent weeks alone, the Syrian pound has lost more than half its value. President Bashar al-Assad argued that Syrians could not endure any more economic hardship.…

A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs last month on the door of a Damascus butcher shop. (Yamam Al Shaar/Reuters) BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is confronting the biggest challenges to his hold on power…

Idlib Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the killing of a person due to an IED explosion in the car he was traveling in Sarmin in the eastern countryside of Idlib. This incident comes as a part of…

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has obtained new information about the commander of "Al-Sham Corps", Mohammed Al-Bowaydani, who was arrested by "Haftar's forces" in battles in Libya. Al-Bowaydani is from Al-Jilani alley in Bab Amr…

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the killing of a man in Al-Tadamun neighbourhood in Jablah city due to the explosion of a grenade while tampering with it. This incident comes in the wake of proliferation of weapons in…

Reliable sources have told Syrian Observatory that a large Russian convoy, escorted with U.S. patrol, headed this morning to "Dirna Aghi" area of "Jal Agha/Al-Jawadiyah" district, east of Al-Qamishli.   According to SOHR sources, eight…

SOHR activists have monitored fierce clashes in the Turkish-controlled city of Ras Al-Ain (Sere Kaniye) in northern Al-Hasakah, between two groups of "Al-Hamzat Division".   According to SOHR sources, the two sides used rockets and heavy…