المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Influx of refugees into Swedish town

Some Swedish towns are struggling to cope with an influx of Syrian refugees, after the government there guaranteed asylum to fugitives from the civil war. The right-wing Swedish Democrat party claims ethnic Swedes are angry at the cost…

15 fighters killed by clashes in Reef Dimashq

Reef Dimashq: 15 fighters from Islamic battalion were killed by clashes against regime forces and NDF in Der-Shrobem area in Sednaya yesterday . the fate of tens of fighters is still unknown . Mortar bombardment by regime forces on areas…

Damascus softens its stance as next Geneva talks near

(CNN) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem announced Friday moves that appear to be intended to ease the strife in Syria and show that Damascus is amenable to changes, just before a peace conference scheduled for Wednesday in Geneva,…

Syria proposes prisoner exchange

Syria's foreign minister has said Damascus is ready to offer a prisoner exchange with rebels. Speaking in Moscow, Walid Muallem also said he had presented a ceasefire plan for the second city Aleppo to his Russian counterpart, Sergey…

Activists: 1,069 killed in Syrian rebel infighting

BEIRUT (AP) - Two weeks of fighting between an al-Qaeda-linked group and other rebel forces in Syria has killed more than 1,000 people, an activist group said Thursday, as clashes raged between the rival factions in a northwestern town.…

Losses in regime forces in Reef Dimashq

Reef Dimashq: Regime forces bombarded areas of Mazare'a Ela'ab and Aliya near Douma, no reports of casualties. Four regular forces including ( colonel, lieutenant colonel, first lieutenant, sergeant) , were killed due to dropping their…

Syria: Extremists Restricting Women’s Rights

(New York) – Certain extremist armed opposition groups are imposing strict and discriminatory rules on women and girls that have no basis in Syrian law, Human Rights Watch said today. The harsh rules that some groups are administering in…

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