June 2020

Deir ez-Zor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched a raid in the village of Al-Zar, east of Deir ez-Zor, after a group of wanted persons went to the village. The…

SOHR activists say that Russian forces stationed in the village of Deir Ghosn near the Syria-Turkey border, have provided food aid to the residents, while people refused the aid and demanded them leave the village. According to Observatory…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented today the death of a citizen working as a driver, as a landmine exploded in a combine harvest in the town of Al-Ghariya Al-Gharbya, east of Daraa province. An increasing number of…

 Since the death of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 , in an armed uprising backed by the west, Libya, once a leading producer and exporter of oil, has been convulsed by internal fighting that has left thousands dead; the economy…

Just over a year ago, we at Overt Defense reported on a new kinetic variant of the Hellfire AGM-114 missile – the Hellfire AGM-114R9X. It appears the Kinetic Hellfire has been deployed again this week, in a strike in Idlib which reportedly…

Twelve Iranian-backed fighters were killed on Saturday night in drone strikes in the Deir ez-Zor region of eastern Syria, according to a UK-based Syrian opposition war monitor. The Iranian positions were hit by eight strikes…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, today, Monday, that dozens of As-Suwayda people went out in a demonstration in front of the city's Al-Sair square, demanding the departure of Bashar al-Assad and the overthrow of his regime and…

An explosion rocked the center of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwestern Syria, with dozens of people wounded and killed, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The explosion originated from a car bomb in the center of the al-Hal…

There is now chaos among the Syrian mercenaries that Turkey sent to Libya in order to support the forces of the Government of National Accord in its war against the national army. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that this…

A US drone struck a vehicle carrying two senior commanders of Huras al-Din, one a Jordanian leader and the other a Yemeni leader of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group. According to local reports, a US drone strike in northwest…