November 2020

An inscription reading ‘Islamic State, State of Raqqa, Islamic Services Commission, Unified Taxation Office’, painted on a wall of a destroyed building in Raqqa in northeast Syria. Photo: EPA-EFE/AHMED MARDNLI The Interior…

 Mazlum Kobane, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks with AFP during an interview in the countryside outside the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah, in the province of the same name, on Jan. 24, 2019. Photo by…

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a videoconference call with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad from Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow SPUTNIK/AFP Syria's President Bashar al-Assad told his…

© Getty Images The Trump administration announced a new set of sanctions targeting Syria's oil industry on Monday. A statement from the Treasury Department indicated that a handful of high-ranking Syrian government…

In call with al-Assad, Russian leader who sent troops to back Syrian forces suggests large areas of war-torn nation enjoy peace. Putin’s comments on Monday came in a video call with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a…

Syrian Observatory activists have reported seeing tens of trucks leaving Turkish posts in regime-controlled areas in Idlib, Hama and Aleppo countryside, heading to rebel-held areas. Nearly 140 vehicles, including trucks carrying cement…

Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have monitored tens of residents demonstrating in Daraa Al-Balad, Nahteh and Al-Mata'iyyah in Daraa province as a part of "supportive protests" of Al-Karak Al-Sharqi town,…

Aleppo Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Turkish backed military police and Turkish intelligence handed over the body of a young man from Afrin, killed under torture in Maarratah prison, to his family this morning.  …

Daraa Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Two unknown gunmen opened fire on two members of the Russian-backed 5th Corps on the road between Sahem Al-Golan and Al-Shajarah in the western countryside of Daraa, injuring them…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored Russian forces conducting a new military patrol, consisting of four armoured vehicles, accompanied by two helicopters.  The patrol roamed the villages of Sarmsakh Tahtani and Mabada in…