May 2020

Turkish forces and their proxies have shelled Aridah village in the western countryside of Tal Abyad in northern Al-Raqqah with artillery. No casualties have been reported.   Yesterday, SOHR sources reported that Turkish forces shelled…

Syrian Observatory sources have reported seeing Turkish military reinforcement crossing into areas under the control of "Peace Spring" factions today. Nearly 30 vehicles and trucks carrying logistical supplies have entered Ras Al-Ain city…

The Syrian and Turkish leaders rule over regimes that make it difficult for internal or external rivals to overthrow them Then Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Istanbul on 9 May 2010…

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Syrian civil war continues to wreak havoc on the lives and rights of the communities residing in the last rebel held areas in the North-West of the country. New research conducted by Amnesty…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: reliable sources have told SOHR that unknown gunmen detonated a building which used to be Self-Defence Forces' headquarters in Theban town in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored members of Iranian-backed militias, Lebanese Hezbollah and Syrian regime commemorating the "Quds Day" in Saraqeb city in the eastern countryside of Idlib. the Palestinian "Liwa al-Quds",…

The State Department’s top official for Iran thinks Russia and Syria see more benefits to a potential Iranian drawdown.   U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook looks on during a briefing at the State Department in Washington…

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, an Iranian member of parliament and former chairman of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said his country has spent about $20-30 billion on Syria, and Iran must be reimbursed in…

With a succession of quick victories, Turkish-supported forces in Libya have rolled back the gains of a would-be strongman whose allies, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, now face tough choices. A…

Satellite imagery has emerged showing at least one MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet at an air base in Libya under the control of forces aligned with rogue general Khalifa Haftar. This follows reports that six MiG-29s, as well as a pair of…