Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Several Israeli missiles destroyed in air raid near Homs, claims Syria
- Middle East
- July 9, 2018, 19:34
Syrian official media on Monday reported that the country’s air defences had destroyed several Israeli missiles and hit a warplane attacking an airbas(...)
Assad steps up efforts to crush last besieged enclaves in Syria
- Middle East
- April 19, 2018, 18:23
The Syrian government stepped up its efforts on Thursday to retake the opposition’s last besieged enclaves, as rebels prepared to withdraw from one an(...)
Fighting resumes in eastern Ghouta despite ‘humanitarian pause’
- Middle East
- February 27, 2018
Air strikes and rocket fire continued into the night on Tuesday, after a five-hour lull ordered by Vladimir Putin failed to provide aid to the rebel-h(...)
New wave of bombing hits Syria’s eastern Ghouta ahead of UN vote
- Middle East
- February 23, 2018
A new wave of bombs struck Syria’s eastern Ghouta district on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a UN Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire(...)
Over 50 children among scores dead in Syria ‘extreme escalation’
- Middle East
- February 20, 2018
A fierce government assault on a besieged rebel-held suburb outside the Syrian capital has become one of the deadliest attacks of the country’s seven-(...)
Turkey to US: end Syrian Kurd support or risk confrontation
- Middle East
- January 25, 2018, 09:49
Turkey urged the United States on Thursday to halt its support for Kurdish YPG fighters or risk confronting Turkish forces on the ground in Syria, so(...)
Dozens reported killed in air strike in Isis-held Syrian town
- Middle East
- June 27, 2017, 18:47
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday dozens of people were killed in an air strike believed to have been carried out by the US-led (...)
Residents of east Aleppo have sent out desperate messages imploring the international community to save civilians still in besieged districts of the S(...)
US secretary of state John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss Syria, officials said on Wednesday, as a deva(...)
Hospitals in Aleppo overwhelmed by wounded
- Middle East
- September 26, 2016
Medical supplies were running out in the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo, with victims pouring into barely functioning hospitals as an all-out R(...)



