December 2020

Daraa Governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that members of the 8th Brigade of the Russian-backed "Fifth Corps" raided a house in the town of Samad in Daraa countryside, and arrested a man after returning from…

Fifty years ago, on November 13, 1970, Hafez al-Assad seized power from rival factions of the ruling Baath Party. Dubbed the “corrective revolution” by his new regime, Assad’s coup d’état represented the defeat of a leftist faction…

Aleppo Province - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists say that a young man has died of his wounds sustained during clashes on December 14, in the Janderas area west of Afrin, which is under the control of Turkish forces…

5 years ago the Canadian government began accepting thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war Mayada Khalaf and her family moved to Windsor in 2016, after fleeing Syria. (Stacey Janzer/CBC) About four years ago, …

Deir ez-Zor province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was injured today, as a Hummer military vehicle was targeted by RPG fired by unknown gunmen, near the water…

Syrian Observatory activists have reported seeing a new Turkish column of nearly 30 vehicles carrying military and logistical supplies crossing into the Syrian territory, via Kafr Lusin border crossing in northern Idlib. The vehicles headed…

Al-Hasakah Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable sources have told SOHR that it is expected that water supply will return to Al-Hasakah city and its surrounding areas in the next few hours, as maintenance teams and a…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable sources have informed SOHR that regime security services continued security campaigns in areas under the control of regime forces in Deir Ezzor, targeting military…