October 2020

Reliable sources have told the Syrian Observatory that communication has been lost with a group of "Al-Abbas Brigade" militiamen of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Syrian desert for days.   According to SOHR sources,…

As the Turkish army continues withdrawing its troops from Murek military post, which is located in regime-controlled areas in the northern countryside of Hama, SOHR activists have reported seeing tens of Turkish military vehicles and trucks…

Syrian Observatory activists have monitored rocket attacks by regime forces this morning, on positions in Sfuhen, Fulayfel, Al-Faterah, Kansafrah and Bayanin in the southern countryside of Idlib, but no casualties have been reported.  …

Syrian Observatory sources have reported that regime forces, stationed in Sahl Al-Ghab shelled Al-Ziyyara town, shelled Tal Waset village and its surrounding areas in the northern countryside of Hama. However, no casualties have been…

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad attends the Arab Summit, 28 March 2007 in Riyadh The European Union has imposed sanctions on seven ministers in Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. This is…

A court in St. Petersburg has rejected a defamation lawsuit by a man in Bryansk who accused the news outlet Fontanka of falsely identifying him as one of the Russian mercenaries who executed, dismembered, and burned a Syrian war deserter in…

A top White House official traveled to Syria earlier this year to discuss with the Assad regime the release of at least two Americans believed to be held by them, a report said. The secret talks between Kash…

Iran has proposed a mechanism to resolve the battle between neighboring Armenia and Azerbaijan through talks with Russia and Turkey, two countries with which it coordinates an ongoing effort to end the war in Syria. In a…

A top White House official met with the Assad regime in Syria recently to negotiate the release of US hostages, according to Trump administration officials and others, The Wall Street Journal reported. The secret meetings…

Bashar al-Assad, the defiant president of Syria, may never go on trial, at least not as long as his patrons in Russia don’t wish to replace him. But an ongoing trial in a German court in the quiet city of Koblenz against two regime…