Shadow Network of Militias Backs Iran
For decades, Iran has built and operated a network of loyal armed groups around the Middle East that seek to expand Tehran’s military footprint and gain political influence in the region.
These groups often…
Monthly Archives
February 2021
Arrested six months ago | HTS releases American journalist “Bilal Abdul Karim”, under…
Reliable sources have informed SOHR that HTS has released the journalist "Bilal Abdul Karim", who holds U.S. citizenship, more than six months after his arrest in Idlib countryside.
According to SOHR sources, the release came under…
Twelve million Syrians now in the grip of hunger, worn down by conflict and soaring food prices
Malnourished child receiving support under a supplementary feeding programme. Food prices in Syria have hit record highs with prices of basic foods increasing by a staggering 251 percent in the last year alone. Families are finding it hard…
Demanding better financial and living conditions and rejecting mandatory conscription | Teachers…
Deir ez-Zor governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
SOHR sources from eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor have reported that teachers in the town of Al-Shuhayl staged a vigil in the town, protesting their living conditions and…
Understanding the Feuds Plaguing the U.S.-Turkey Alliance
ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 17: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (R) hold a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara on October 17, 2019 in Ankara, Turkey. After leading a delegation to…
Despite their large presence in Syrian desert | Pro-Iranian militias’ role in desert poses big…
In light of major military operations in the Syrian desert, including intensive ISIS operations in western Euphrates, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Homs and Sweida, or anti-ISIS security campaigns by regime forces and loyal militias, supported by the…
Military patrols | U.S. forces conduct new patrol in Al-Malikia (Derek), and residents call on…
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored today, U.S. forces conducting a new patrol in al-Malikia (Derek) area in Al-Hasakah countryside. The patrol roamed the neighbourhoods of the city, where U.S. soldiers met with a number…
Joint patrol | Russian and Turkish forces tour villages in Ain Al-Arab countryside (Kobani)
Aleppo Province - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have reported seeing Russian and Turkish forces running a new joint patrol this afternoon in Ain Al-Arab countryside (Kobani). A patrol of eight Russian and Turkish…
Iran begins joint naval exercise with Russia in Indian Ocean
India will also join the defense maneuver, according to the Iranian navy.
A handout picture provided by the Iranian army's official website on Sept. 11, 2020, shows an Iranian Nasr missile being fired from a navy warship during the…
US journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem released by HTS after six months
Bilal Abdul Kareem (second from right) was freed after HTS held him for six months following his reports on the treatment of Tauqir Sharif (right), a British aid worker (Supplied)
Syrian militant group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham…