المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Nasrallah and yesterday’s hymn sheet

Is Hassan Nasrallah a “Zionist agent”? Normally, the answer should be: God, forbid! And, yet, this was the charge leveled against him last week by, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Jamaleddin…

Is the Fazıl Say affair a case of ‘blasphemy?

Turkish pianist Fazıl Say, a world-renown musician, went on trial the other day before an Istanbul court on charges of insulting religious beliefs. The trial made international news, as many media outlets interpreted the affair as a…

Top Lebanese intelligence official killed

Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan, who led the investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, was killed by a huge car bomb in Beirut on Friday. The…

Qaddafi’s former spokesman arrested in Libya: government

Mussa Ibrahim, who served as the last spokesman for deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, was arrested on Saturday southwest of the capital, the prime minister’s officeMussa Ibrahim, who served as the last spokesman for deposed Libyan…

Qatar to channel goods via Egypt to rebuild Gaza: officials

As Israel stops another pro-Palestinian ship carrying humanitarian cargo for Gaza on Saturday, Qatari and Palestinian officials said that their Gulf state will start to channel goods and materials to rebuild Israeli-blockaded Gaza via…

Yemen-style solution not suitable for Syria: Turkey

Yemen’s power transfer deal, which allowed President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, is no longer a suitable model for a solution in Syria, the Turkish foreign minister said at a news conference in Sanaa on Saturday. “The Yemen solution…

Arab artists: Ayman Dedaban stands for equality and justice

Ayman Yossri Dedaban was born in 1966 and has participated in many international exhibitions, showcasing his talent in multimedia materials around Ayman Yossri Dedaban was born in 1966 and has participated in many international exhibitions,…

Man who foiled Syria-linked terror plot assassinated in Beirut

The bombing in Beirut on Friday afternoon was reminiscent of scenes from Lebanon’s civil wars from 1975-1990, as an explosive-bearing car shattered a street near Sassine Square in Ashrafiyeh, an affluent and predominantly Christian suburb.…

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