المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Syrian rebels face another foe: Al Qaeda-linked militants

BAB AL HAWA, Syria — A group of Free Syrian Army rebels, run out of their hometown in northwestern Syria, hunkered down in an office with blacked-out windows. Their commander had been killed and beheaded by an Al Qaeda-linked group a…

Dozens of Syrian rebels and Kurds killed in clashes

(Reuters) - A surge of clashes in Syria's oil-producing northeast has killed dozens of rebels and Kurdish fighters in the past two days, activists said on Thursday, in fighting that highlights a struggle for territory and resources.…

Egyptian welcome mat pulled out from under Syrian refugees

(Reuters) - Syrian Ghassan el-Shahada enjoyed tolerance and an affordable life when he first fled to Egypt as a refugee. But everything changed after the army took over in July. Where once they were welcomed as brothers, Syrian…

Syrian opposition hurt by delay

ISTANBUL—With a U.S. attack on Syria on hold, Western-backed rebels said they feared they had lost their best chance of promptly ousting President Bashar al-Assad and sidelining Islamist extremists. Rebels in Syria, already frustrated with…

Russia, U.S. work on deal to disarm Syria of poison gas

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva on Thursday to hear Russia's plans to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons and avert U.S.-led military strikes, an initiative that has transformed diplomacy in the…

7-year-old’s story shows pain, worry of Syrian refugees

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (CNN) -- I never imagined I would find myself in Lebanon, on the outskirts of the brutal civil war in Syria. As a 32-year-old woman from Chicago, I didn't know what to expect. When I got on the plane last week, it…

Assad Demands End to U.S. ‘Threats’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted that the U.S. give up its "policy of threats" and halt arms shipments to rebels before his government turns over its chemical weapons, as U.S. and Russian delegations arrived in Geneva for talks…

Syria gas attack symptoms confirmed by doctors group

Syrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms against government troops in clashes Saturday near Damascus, while an international aid group said it has tallied 355 deaths from a purported chemical weapons attack earlier this…

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