Posts Tagged: syrian observatory for human rights
Monitor: Death Toll Doubles in Southwest Syria Offensive
Air strikes on Wednesday and Thursday have doubled the death toll in the Syrian army's 10-day offensive against insurgents in the southwest, rebels and a...
Monitor: Syrian Offensive Knocks Hospitals Out of Service
Bombardment by pro-government forces forced three hospitals out of service overnight in rebel-held southwestern Syria as a Russian-backed offensive gathered pace, the Syrian Observatory for...
Syria Points Finger at Israel for Overnight Explosions
JNS.org - Syrian TV reported on Tuesday that Israeli missiles fell near Damascus international airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Syrian Observatory for Human...
Report: Hezbollah Rejects Russian Request to Withdraw From Syrian Positions
JNS.org - Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shi’ite terrorist organization, has rejected Russian demands to withdraw its forces from the Lebanese-Syrian border, a prominent Syrian-rights group indicated Thursday. According...
Syrian Army Bombards Rebels in Flashpoint Southwest Region
The Syrian army and its allies bombarded rebels in the southwestern Deraa region on Friday, killing at least six people, a war monitor said, in...
UN Fears for 2.5 Million in Syria’s Rebel-Held Idlib as Fighting Escalates
An escalation in fighting and air strikes in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province leaves 2.5 million civilians with "no place else to go" within their shattered...
Syrian Villages Besieged by Rebels Come Under Attack: Monitor
Two pro-government Shi'ite Muslim villages in northwest Syria have come under fresh attack from rebel forces which have besieged them for years, prompting retaliatory air...
Air Strikes Kill at Least 44 in Syria, Monitor Says; Russia Suspected
Air strikes on a village in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province killed at least 44 people overnight, the highest death toll in a single attack on...
Reports: Strike on Central Syrian Military Airport Was Likely an Israeli Operation Targeting Hezbollah Arms Depot
An overnight strike on a military airport near the central Syrian city of Homs was likely an Israeli operation targeting a Hezbollah weapons depot, according...
Explosions Reported at Military Airport in Central Syria
Explosions were heard in and around Syria's Hama airport on Friday, Syrian state media said, without elaborating on the cause of the blasts, and a monitoring body...
Thousands Leave Ghouta in Surrender of Enclave to Syrian Government
Thousands of people departed eastern Ghouta for Syrian rebel territory near the Turkish border on Tuesday, the third group to leave under a deal brokered...
Syrian Rebels, Russians Said to Be Negotiating End to Ghouta Suffering
A Syrian rebel group in one besieged eastern Ghouta pocket said on Friday it would try to negotiate an end to an army assault there,...
Monitor: Islamic State Takes Damascus Area After Rebels Pull Out
Islamic State fighters holding a small district in Damascus have gained some ground after driving out Syrian army units that moved into a neighboring area that rebels abandoned last week, a war monitor said. In fighting that lasted...
Turkey Says Its Forces Won’t Stay in Syria’s Afrin Region
Turkish forces will withdraw from the Syrian border region of Afrin, leaving it to its "real owners," once it has been cleared of "terrorists," Turkey...
