المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

US envoy to Syria Robert Ford to retire

World Bulletin / News Desk U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford is retiring at the end of the month, current and former U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ford, a career foreign service officer and a fluent Arabic speaker, was instrumental…

Syria crisis: US condemns Aleppo barrel bomb raids

US Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned the use of barrel bombs in the Syrian city of Aleppo by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Kerry said it was the "latest barbaric act of the Syrian regime". Aleppo has been divided…

Dutch priest keeps faith in Syria’s besieged Homs

Beirut — There is little food or hope left in Syria's besieged Old City of Homs. But an elderly Dutch priest has remained there in solidarity with the Syrians he considers countrymen. Father Frans van der Lugt has spent nearly five decades…

Russia says Syria to remove chemical weapons this month

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria plans to send a large shipment of toxic agents out of the country this month and can complete the removal process by March 1, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.…

26 killed in Syria regime barrel bomb raids on Aleppo: NGO

At least 26 people were killed in aerial attacks with explosive-packed barrel bombs in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.   The group said 12 men, 11 children and three women were…

150 dead in Aleppo after barrage of barrel bombs

A three-day air bombardment with improvised barrel bombs and conventional munitions has killed more than 150 people, mostly civilians, in the city of Aleppo in the immediate wake of the first round of the Geneva II peace talks. At least 18…

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