Doctor Emad Taher Ismail was killed days after talking about the outbreak of the virus in Syria Syrian Regime continues to deny the Corona virus crisis 21-March-2020 At a time when most countries of the world are taking exceptional and unprecedented measures to deal with the spread of Corona virus, the Syrian regime insists […]
Arrival of Bait Jinn displaced to Daraa
The first group of displaced people from Bait Jinn town, in southwestern Rif Dimashq, arrived at dawn on Saturday to Al-Ghariyah town in eastern rural Daraa. The convoy consisted of six buses containing 170 people, including one hundred civilians. The opposition factions in Bait Jinn reached an agreement with the regime’s forces on Monday requiring fighters, […]
More Victims in Rural Idlib and Rural Hama
The towns and villages of both eastern rural Hama and southern rural Idlib are being subjected to heavy airstrikes by Russian and Syrian regime warplanes. For the fourth consecutive day, the air raids are targeting the towns and villages of eastern rural Maarrat al-Nouman city. Camps for displaced people in the area have been included […]
Death of an Entire Family in Kafr Batna Bombing
Regime forces targeted Kafr Batna town in Rif Dimashq on Monday with 11 surface-to-surface Elephant Rockets. This killed a mother and four of her children, who were displaced from the town of Bait Naim, and injured four women, a child and a man. The victims are: 1- Baysan Khalifah (child) 2- Shahd Khalifah (child) 3- […]
Massacre of the Displaced in Al-Hasakah
A car bomb exploded in the Abu Fas area located in south-west Al-Shaddadi in rural Al-Hasakah, in the midst of an assembly of displaced civilians from Deir ez-Zor. The explosion led to the death of 9 people and the injury of 43 others. The journalist Dilishan Ibish is amongst the victims. Additionally, reporters Hogir Mihemed […]
War Planes Target Residential Areas, Market, and Camp in Khan Sheikhoun
War planes targeted residential areas and a popular market in the centre of Khan Sheikhoun (southern rural Idlib), killing five people and injuring approximately 15 others. After more than six hours, rescue teams of the civil defence managed to save eight people trapped underneath the rubble, among them women and children. War planes also targeted […]
International Alliance Targets the Displaced in Ar-Raqqa
War planes of the International Alliance targeted the al-Badiah School in the village of al-Mansour (rural Ar-Raqqa) on Wednesday morning, killing at least 40 people. The al-Badiah school is a place of refuge for the displaced. Al-Mansour village lies under the control of ISIS. Victims identified include: the al-Qadhi family the Salamah family the al-Kharraz […]
Syria Six Years On: Continuous Violations and Absent Justice
Six years ago, popular protests of an unprecedented nature erupted across Syria. This took place after approximately half a century of emergency rule in which all forms of participation in public life outside the control of the state was halted, including political parties and organisations as well as NGOs. Syria was a closed state in […]
Agreement Reached to Forcibly Remove Residents of al-Wa’er
The negotiating committees of those representing the residents of the al-Wa’er district of Homs and the Syrian regime have reached an agreement to forcibly remove a section of the residents of the district in exchange for the lifting of the siege and handing it over to the Russian side presiding over the agreement. The agreement […]
Regime Forces Target Displaced People in Wadi Bardah
Regime forces targeted a gathering of civilians in the village of Deir Qanoon close to Wadi Bardah in western rural Damascus with artillery shells, killing 12 people. The bombing also targeted “Reem Hall” which acted as a shelter for the displaced. The bombing came from an artillery tank situated in the village of Kfeir al-Zeit.