May 2020

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…

Turkish forces continue bringing in military and logistical reinforcement to their positions in the area of "Putin-Erdogan". SOHR activists have reported seeing a new Turkish military column of nearly 25 armored vehicles crossing into the…

The head of Al-Afad'lah and Al-Bosha'ban tribe, Howeidi Al-Shallash Howeidi, called upon the Autonomous Administration in northern and north-eastern Syria for releasing prisoners in its custody, who are accused of belonging to ISIS but the…

Turkish-backed factions are still exploiting the poor living conditions of the Syrian civilians and inhumane situation of displaced people, attempting to attract them to join fighting under Turkey's command on the side of the "Government of…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory further details about the second phase of the agreement between "Putin" and "Erdogan" on the opening of Aleppo-Al-Hasakah international highway (M4).   According to SOHR sources, the…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that Russia has brought in military reinforcement of the "5th Corps" to north-eastern Syria, in order to be stationed in positions of the Iranian-backed militias in the Syrian desert.…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored tense calm prevailing throughout the area of "Putin-Erdogan", as ceasefire in the area entered its 82nd consecutive day. This calm was interrupted by regime rocket attacks on Jabal Al-Zawiyah,…

The following is a transcript of a conversation with Antony Blinken, former United States Deputy Secretary of State, former Deputy National Security Advisor and currently foreign policy adviser for former Vice President Joe Biden's…

Aleppo Governorate - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored this evening clashes with machine guns between a group of gunmen from a family in the city of Al-Bab and members of "Sultan…

Aleppo Governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that an elderly Kurdish man died of a heart attack in the town of Musaka in Raju district, while confronting shepherds. The shepherds released their sheep on his…