January 2021

Syrian Observatory activists have reported an explosion of a secondary gas pipeline in Al-Sukhnah area in the far Homs desert, near the administrative border with Deir Ezzor, after being attacked with an IED explosion. The identities of…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: A grenade exploded by mistake in a military post of the "Self-Defence Forces" in Jadid Ekaydat village near eastern bank of Euphrates river in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.…

 Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and John Kirby, the chief Pentagon spokesman, greet Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III outside of the Pentagon on Austin's first day in his new role on Jan. 22, 2021 in…

Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis is a senior fellow for the Defense Priorities think tank and a former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army who deployed into combat zones four times. He is the author of “The Eleventh…

Syrian children play among flooded tents at a camp for displaced Syrians near the town of Kafr Lusin by the border with Turkey, Jan. 19, 2021. (AFP) Joseph Haboush, Al Arabiya EnglishFriday 29 January 2021…

Deir Ezzor Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: As Iranian forces and their proxy militias seek to expand and strengthen their presence in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria, reliable sources have informed SOHR that the…

Syrian Observatory activists have confirmed that the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) continue the siege they imposed over the security zone and regime-held neighbourhoods in Al-Hasakah city for the 19th consecutive day, as Asayish Forces…

Although a week has passed after the end of the deadline given to foreign mercenaries to leave Libya, thousands of Syrian fighters have not returned so far. According to the Libyan-Libyan agreement reached on October 23, 2020, all foreign…

As the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in regime-held areas is noticeably escalating, reliable medical sources in regime-controlled areas have informed the Syrian Observatory that at least 49,000 new Covid-19 cases have been detected…

As attacks on checkpoints of regime forces and security services in different areas of Daraa province, Syrian Observatory activists have monitored several armed attacks by unknown gunmen, which targeted 12 checkpoints in a few hours, in…