December 2020

Idlib Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented the injury of a civilian in indiscriminate gunfire by masked gunmen in northern Idlib today. According to SOHR sources, a verbal argument took place…

A Russian military convoy of 20 vehicles was seen arriving today in Al-Qamishly airbase from Ain Issa, via M4 highway. The vehicles were carrying military and logistical supplies for Russian posts in the region.   Yesterday, SOHR…

Al-Hasakah Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have confirmed that unknown gunmen assassinated an Iraqi refugee in front of his tent in the third section of Al-Hawl camp, which is allocated for the Iraqi refugees in…

"In the debate about the future Biden foreign policy I’m seeing people self-identify as ‘progressive realists,’ ” Michael McFaul, ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, wrote recently. This unfamiliar label, brandished…

BEIRUT (Reuters) - They gather in groups, wearing black, in the shadow of buildings gutted by the explosion that shook this city on Aug. 4. Men, women and children from Christian and Muslim sects cradle portraits of their dead. Samia…

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Asma Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and members of her immediate family for harming efforts to reach a political solution in the nearly decade-long civil…

The coronavirus is surging in a region of northern Syria struggling from the devastating effect of a near-decade of war. Hospital staff attend to a patient in the city of Manbij, northern Syria Northern Syria – The…

Syrian Observatory sources say that regime forces have informed the family of a young man, who was forcibly disappeared for nearly seven years, that he died in Sednaya prison.   According to SOHR sources, the young man was from Nawa city…

Conflict, poverty, and economic shocks drove food crises in “hotspots” in almost every region of the world in 2020. While Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, and Yemen are said to be on the brink of famine, …

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of a regime soldier after being shot by snipers of opposition factions on the frontline of Al-Barij village in the southern countryside of Idlib.   Meanwhile, rebels fired a guided…