THE Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the deaths of at least 145 people in a “sectarian massacre” earlier in May in the coastal city of Banias, the watchdog says. The number of identified victims, among them children and babies, has risen in the past two weeks because “dozens were missing, their bodies buried [...]
The Syrian town of Deir al-Zour, located far from the capital, has seen some hard months. Fierce fighting between regime forces and rebels killed hundreds of civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and left much of the town destroyed. Show More Summary
Concern about the possibility of broader war in the Middle East grew Monday after reported airstrikes on Syrian military installations.The reported strikes killed 42 Syrian soldiers, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday, citing medical sources. Show More Summary
At least 62 bodies found in Syria’s Banias: watchdog (via AFP) The bodies of at least 62 murdered residents have been found in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Banias, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The latest incident was condemned by the opposition Syrian National Coalition, which said reports [...]
Government forces and militias loyal to President Bashar al Assad invaded, Thursday (2), the coastal town of Baida, killing at least 50 people, including women and children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The group, which operates in Britain and disseminates reports of opposition activists, said the death toll could exceed 100. Many [...]
State forces and militias loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stormed the coastal village of Baida on Thursday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The pro-opposition monitoring group said the final death toll was likely to exceed 100. Show More Summary
Forces loyal to Syria's leader have stormed a village in a "massacre" that has left at least 50 people dead, reports say.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said President Bashar al Assad's troops and militias raided the coastalShow More Summary
The Syrian regime forces backed by Hezbollah forces and Iranian expert officers were on Thursday tightening the noose on rebels holed up in a key area of the central city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights watchdog said. “The Syrian army, supported by back-up forces and expert officers from Iran and Hezbollah, has [...]
(BEIRUT) — Activists say Syrian government troops are advancing in a push to oust rebels from the central city of Homs. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says troops loyal to President Bashar Assad regained control Thursday of the Wadi Sayeh district in the center of Homs. Show More Summary
(BEIRUT) — Syrian activists and state media say President Bashar Assad’s forces have captured a strategic town near Damascus after a five-week battle with rebels. The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman, says government troops regained control of the town of Otaybah, east of the capital, late Wednesday. Show More Summary
(BEIRUT) — Two Syrian activist groups say they fear the past six days of clashes in two Damascus suburbs may have killed hundreds of people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the number of dead could be as high as 250. Show More Summary
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 80 corpses found in town of Jdeidet al-Fadel after days of fighting.
Gunmen killed a government official in a Damascus restaurant, Syrian state media and activists reported Friday as regime troops and rebels fought fierce battles near the Lebanese border. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the official, Ali Ballan, was gunned down late Thursday in Mazzeh, a western neighborhood of the Syrian capital. Ballan [...]
Opposition fighters have taken control of most of the Dabaa military complex, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
(BEIRUT) — Syrian activists say rebels have captured large parts of a military base in the strategic central Homs province, near the border with Lebanon. The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that opposition...Show More Summary
From Reuters: BEIRUT - March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria's two-year conflict, with more than 6,000 people killed, a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
The group opposes President Bashar al-Assad but has monitored human …
DAMASCUS — The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has now declared this past March the bloodiest month on record during the Syrian civil war. According to estimates, up to 6,000 have been killed in the violence the past month. The human rights group is an outspoken opponent of the Assad regime, but continues to observe [...]
More than 6,000 people were killed in Syria's civil war in March, including at least 2,080 civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K. activist group. That makes March the bloodiest month in the history of the two-year conflict, surpassing August 2012 when 5,400 people died. Show More Summary
The brutal civil war in Syria claimed more than 6,000 lives in March alone - making it the deadliest month since the conflict began a little more than two years ago, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Monday. The group said 6,005 people were killed in Syria last month. That's more than all [...]
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that more than 6,000 Syrians were killed in March, making it the deadliest month in the country’s two-year long civil war. Nearly one-third of those deaths were civilians. The group — which opposes Bashar al-Assad and his regime — has documented more than 62,000 deaths [...]