Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Suspected Jordanian Airstrikes Leave Nine Dead in Syria

Nine civilians, including two children, were killed on Thursday in suspected Jordanian airstrikes, likely targeting drug traffickers in Syria, as Jordan intensified border controls in response to increased smuggling attempts from Syria. At least nine civilians, including two children, were killed Thursday in air strikes on Syria likely to have ...

Syria: Deadly Air Strike Hits Pro-Iranian Forces

An air strike targeting pro-Iranian armed groups in the town of Al-Mayadeen in the Deir Ezzor countryside in eastern Syria has killed five people, including a senior Hezbollah commander, Al-Hadath reported, citing special sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said explosions had sounded in the town of al-Mayadeen in rural Deir Ezzor, ...

Blast Kills 7 Children in Southern Syria

Seven children were killed in southern Syria's Daraa province on Saturday when an "explosive device" detonated, state media reported. "Seven children" were killed "and two other people were injured, one of them a woman, when an explosive device planted by terrorists" went off in the city of Sanamayn, state news agency SANA reported, quoting a ...

Hezbollah-Linked Syrian Official Killed in Damascus Car Bomb

A car bomb killed a Syrian officer working with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Damascus Saturday, a war monitor said, with state media reporting one dead without identifying the victim. Bombings targeting military and civilian vehicles still occur intermittently in the Syrian capital more than 12 years into a devastating civil war. "A ...

Three Pro-Iran Fighters Killed in Eastern Syria Strike

A war monitor on Saturday said three pro-Iran fighters, including at least two Iraqis, were killed in an overnight air strike in eastern Syria near the Iraq border. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike occurred in Deir Ezzor province. Iran wields significant influence in the area, which is regularly targeted by Israel, ...

Two People Killed in Israeli Strike on Syria

Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on southern Syria on Wednesday, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. According to the NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike targeted the service centre of a foundation affiliated with pro-Iranian groups including Lebanon's Hezbollah. The strike was near ...

Bashar al-Assad's Aide Luna al-Shibl Dies After Car Crash

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday three days after being injured in a car crash, Assad's office announced. "The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic mourns the death of the adviser Luna al-Shibl, who passed away today after a serious car accident", it said in a statement. "She served in recent years ...

Pro-Iran Groups and Kurdish-Led Forces Fighting Leave 13 Dead

Fighting between pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces killed 13 people, mostly civilians, a war monitor said Friday. Six children were among the victims of intense shelling of Dahla in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Fighting erupted on Wednesday when ...

War Monitor Denies Claims Iran Moving Forces Through Golan

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Thursday denied claims that 40,000 Iran-backed militiamen had entered the Golan Heights from the Syrian borders. Israeli army officials had claimed a day earlier that Iran was moving troops into Lebanon, according to a Haaretz report. Some Israeli media outlets reported that around 40,000 fighters ...