Syrian human rights observatory

Six Iran-backed terrorist killed in strikes over Syria-Iraq border

Some reports state that the airstrikes have been attributed to Israel, and that four Hezbollah terrorists were among those killed.

 A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard on the Iraqi side of Iraq-Syria border, January 27, 2022.
Smoke rises after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs October 6, 2012.

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Homs in Syria, injure three civilians

 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah carry flags and pictures of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Maroun Al-Ras village, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon June 8, 2018.

Were Hezbollah members really killed in an ‘accident’ in Syria? - analysis

SIX-YEAR-OLD Awan Al-Aziz stands in a tent at a refugee camp near the Turkish border in Syria in June. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Lebanon to start returning Syrian refugees, despite rights groups' fears


Hezbollah to increase forces in Syria over fear of Israeli attacks - report

The report comes after alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted the international airport in Aleppo and sites near Damascus on Wednesday evening.

 Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

Russians headed to Turkey for talks on Syrian offensive in Idlib

Eight Turkish military personnel were killed on Monday in shelling by Syrian government forces in Idlib province, where Ankara has sent reinforcements in the last week.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad visits Syrian army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, October 22, 2019

Iranian targets in Syria – before and after Israeli strikes

Israel attacked dozens of military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds Force and the Syrian Arab Army.

Al Mazzeh airport, Syria, released on November 20, 2019.

Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million

About 85 percent of the dead were civilians killed by the forces of the Syrian government and its allies.

A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018.

UN Syria aid chief says Security Council must see need for ceasefire

Some 390,000 trapped civilians are afraid to venture out of their houses, and water, food and electricity supplies have run out.

A man runs amid dust after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria

Syria's Ghouta residents 'wait to die' as bombs fall

The area is being hammered by one of the heaviest bombardments in seven years of war that has killed at least 250 people in 48 hours.

A civil defense member reacts at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Report: Air strikes kill more than 30 in Syria's Idlib

Syrian state media carried no reports of air strikes on Monday in Idlib but said the army and its allies had expanded their control around the air base.

Smoke rises near the stadium where the Islamic State militants are holed up after an air strike by coalition forces at the frontline, in Raqqa, Syria

Rockets and gunfire test new Russia-backed truce near Syria's Homs

The Syrian Observatory said on Friday around 70 rockets had fallen in 24 hours on Eastern Ghouta in the heaviest bombing since the de-escalation zone was declared.

Homs, Syria

Air strikes, clashes persist on third day of Syrian truce

The rebels warned on Saturday they would abandon the truce if government truce violations persisted.

Smoke rises near Bustan al-Qasr crossing point in a government controlled area, during clashes with rebels in Aleppo, Syria December 5, 2016

Syrian media: Trump will seek ‘understanding’ with Moscow to back Assad

Idea of storming country has been dropped, commentator says.

A man holds a baby saved from under rubble, who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo

For first time in conflict, Assad launches airstrikes on US-backed Kurds

The YPG makes up a significant portion of the US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish and Arab alliance that fights against Islamic State insurgents in Syria.

A militiaman of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Tel Tawil village, northeast Syria, fires an anti-aircraft weapon in the direction of Islamic State fighters