August 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has left its mark on almost every country in the world, but it has the most destructive potential in a war-torn state with a precarious health infrastructure, like Syria. Indeed, after almost a decade of…

The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria likely used a unique variant of the beloved Hellfire missile to kill a mercenary trainer who recently worked with an al Qaeda-affiliated militant group there, according to photos from the scene of…

A US soldier stands in an armoured personnel carrier as the US forces pull out of their base in the Northern Syrian town of Tal Tamr, on October 20, 2019. - US forces withdrew from a key base in northern Syria today, a monitor said, two…

The United States was involved in a reportedly deadly clash in Syria Monday, where Russian and Turkish troops were also targeted in a separate incident marking the ongoing violence of a civil war well into its 10th year. The official…

Working from a field office in Yemen, Sonia Almassad ensures that UN relief aid reaches those who need it, in the war-torn country. She was previously posted in her home country, Syria, where she negotiated with armed groups on…

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture of Salim Jamil Ayyash, one of four men wanted for the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, is shown in this undated handout picture released at the Special Tribunal for…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that a group of some 50 militiamen affiliated to the regime-backed "National Defence Forces" (NDF) have been trapped in a mine field in Al-Mayadeen desert in the eastern countryside of…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have monitored a state of tension prevailing in the SDF-controlled town of Al-Susah in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor in the wake of armed fight in the town.…

SOHR activists have documented the injury of a civilian in Kafr Taal area in the western countryside of Aleppo, as regime forces targeted the car he was traveling in with a thermal missile. Meanwhile, regime forces renewed rocket attacks on…

Syrian Observatory sources reported that the "General Intelligence branch" launched a security campaign, backed by the Turkish forces, against ISIS cells in Ihtemaylat town in areas under the control of "Euphrates Shield" factions in the…