المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Air strike, clashes near Damascus

The Syrian military carried out an air strike on a suburb of the capital as rebels clashed with soldiers around the Damascus region on Monday, a monitoring group said. “A fighter bomber carried out a raid on Daraya as rebels and soldiers…

Friends of Syria heading to Morocco to boost opposition

The Friends of Syria nations that support regime change meet in Morocco on Wednesday for the first time since the creation of a new opposition coalition seeking wider international recognition. Arab and Western states will consider two…

Fighting continues around the Syrian capital

The Syrian military on Monday (December 10th) shelled several towns near the capital as clashes continued around Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "A fighter bomber carried out a raid on Daraya as rebels and soldiers…

Syria rebels hope arms will flow to new fighter command

Syrian rebels expect greater military help from Gulf Arab states after they announced a new command structure which aims finally to unite President Bashar al-Assad's armed opponents, rebel commanders said on Monday. Rebel fighters…

Syrian sectarian fighting spills into Lebanon

Passions aroused by the war in Syria continued to spread in Lebanon on Sunday, as four people died in clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian government. Lebanon’s National News Agency said fighting broke out in the port…

More than 80 Syrians were killed yesterday,

The dead include: 26 unarmed civilians (5 children) , 38 rebel fighters, 1 defected soldier and no less than 16 regular soldiers. 26 Unarmed Civilians: - In Reef Dimashq 10 were killed. 3 men and a child were killed by bombardment on…

Syrian rebels elect head of new military command

Syrian rebel groups have chosen Brigadier Selim Idris, a former officer in President Bashar al-Assad's army, to head their new Islamist-dominated military command, opposition sources said on Saturday. Idris, whose home province of…

Syria: Rebel Prisoners On Their Religious War

To the soundtrack of multiple rocket launchers and small arms fire, I met six men who the Syrian authorities told us were jihadist rebel fighters captured by the army. We were in a Ministry of Interior prison near Damascus in an area now…

NATO set to send missiles to Turkey’s border

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen confirmed on Monday that the military alliance is expected to deploy Patriot missiles to Turkey's border as a preventive measure against spillover from Syria’s civil war. Rasmussen told CNN’s…

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