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


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

Rights group: Israel abuses arrested Palestinian minors; IDF: Denies claim

Human Rights Watch interviewed five Palestinian minors whom the authorities arrested or detained in separate incidents for allegedly throwing rocks.

Palestinian children take part in a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day.

HRW: Too many countries' security measures coming at expense of human rights

HRW report slams US and allies for allowing their military focus on fighting IS “to overshadow efforts to push Damascus to end its abuses.”

A Turkish soldier stands guard as Syrian Kurds wait behind a border fence near the southeastern town of Suruc on September 22

Syria's death toll now exceeds 140,000

Activist group says the last month has been the bloodiest of the nearly three-year conflict.

Bombing in Syria