May 2020

The Syrian government ordered the seizure of assets belonging to President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria’s richest men, as well as his wife and children, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters. The…

In April, a series of articles were published by a Russian media outlet criticising Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the corruption of his regime. One of them referred to a poll - supposedly conducted by the Foundation for Protection of…

A former Syrian intelligence officer has denied that he was involved in beating and torturing detainees in prison as he faced trial in a German court for crimes against humanity. In a written statement, read by his lawyers on Monday, Anwar…

Turkish forces heightened on Monday security measures in the Nabah al-Salam area northeast Syria where it continued to conduct joint patrols with Russia as part of the Sochi agreement signed between the two sides in Moscow last October.…

The Syrian opposition activist on May 17 said that several Iraqi militiamen were killed after unknown warplanes attacked Iran-backed fighters in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border. According to an international media report, the strikes…

While a ceasefire in Syria has reduced combat between rebels and government forces, mercenaries from the two sides are still fighting in Libya on behalf of their Russian and Turkish backers. Turkey supports some Syrian rebels and Libya's…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that a fighter of "Jaysh Al-Sharqiyyah" was shot dead by Turkish forces in the northern countryside of Al-Raqqah.   According to SOHR sources, altercation took place between Turkish…

Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that unknown gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two members of the regime's "9th Division" in kafr Shams town in the northern countryside of Daraa.…

Reliable sources have told SOHR that a group of SDF "commando forces" launched a campaign of raids and arrests in several neighbourhoods in Al-Raqqah city and countryside.   According to SOHR sources, the campaign, which lasted for five…

Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have confirmed that a man was fund dead and dumped in the area between Al-Taybah and Al-Jizah in the eastern countryside of Daraa with marks of torture on his body.   The…