May 2020

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the rubble of a house that according to the Syrian authorities was attacked by an Israeli airstrike, in the Damascus suburbs of Hajira, Syria, Monday, April 27,…

A Syrian court has ordered a travel ban on the cousin of the country's president and one of its wealthiest businessmen in the latest measure to contain a financial dispute that has pried open divisions in the Assad family.…

Makhlouf, one of the country's richest men, had his assets ordered seized earlier this week. Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf had his assets ordered seized earlier this week.Louai Beshara / AFP via Getty Images file…

In Dec. 2010, a government inspector confiscated the wares of a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi, overturning the cart from which he sold fruit and confiscating his scales. Shortly afterwards, after trying and failing to…

Authorities say Makhlouf, who heads Syria's largest mobile operator Syriatel, owes the state $185m. Makhlouf has kept a low profile throughout Syria's nine-year…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored a U.S. routine patrol in north-eastern Syria. Several U.S. military vehicles toured Al-Shaddadi town in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, as a part of U.S. forces daily activity in the area.…

Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have confirmed that an explosion rocked Al-Matar neighbourhood in Daraa Al-Mahattah in Daraa city. The explosion was caused by detonating an IED in an outdoor market in…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored a new vigil this afternoon in Daraa Al-Balad in Daraa city. The protesters chanted slogans demanding the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias leave Syria.   The protesters also chanted…

Reliable sources have told SOHR that a new prisoners swap took place between "Hurras al-Din" organization and regime forces, in Taftnaz area in north-eastern Idlib.   According to SOHR sources, "Hurras al-Din" agreed to release three…

Syrian Observatory activists have reported that regime forces targeted a car in Al-Zaqoum area in Sahl Al-Ghab in the north-western countryside of Hama. The attack injured the car's occupants, including a child, and burned down the car.…