Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish soldier killed, three injured during operation against Kurdish militia in northern Syria, says Ankara

Three more soldiers were injured in the 'operation region', the defence ministry said in a statement after clashes with the militia on Thursday, but gave no further details

Israel fires missiles into south Syria; ‘Some missiles shot down, others have hit target’, says Syrian human rights group

An Israeli missile attack targeted Syrian military positions held by the government and its allies early on Wednesday. The missiles were fired into the south of the country close to the Golan Heights, an area occupied and annexed by Israel. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 370,000 people and drawn in world powers since it started with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.

Russian airstrikes on market in northwestern Syria kill 23, says Britain-based observatory; Moscow denies responsibility

Russian airstrikes on a market in northwestern Syria killed 23 people on Monday, a monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the country's last major opposition bastion.

130 fighters killed in 48 hours in northwest Syria in clashes between regime forces and jihadist combatants, says human rights monitor

Fighting raged in northwest Syria on Thursday with clashes between regime forces and jihadist-led fighters killing 130 combatants in two days, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Air strikes by Syria and Russia kill 28 people in embattled Idlib despite ceasefire announced by Moscow

Assad Regime and Russian airstrikes have killed 28 people including seven civilians in embattled Idlib, Northwest Syria

Hundreds flee as US-backed Syrian forces battle for last Islamic State bastion Baghouz bordering Iraq

Nearly 600 civilians fled the Islamic State group's last bastion in eastern Syria on Tuesday, as Kurdish-led forces and the US-backed SDF boxed holdout jihadists into an ever-shrinking pocket.

After Donald Trump's announcement of withdrawal from Syria, US-led military coalition begins pulling out troops

On 19 December, Trump said he had ordered the withdrawal of all US forces in Syria, which are believed to number around 2,000

Syria regime kills 22 rebels in truce zone near Idlib province, says UK-based human rights organisation

Fighting erupted when Syrian regime's troops seized a position in a rural area in the north of neighbouring Hama province that had been held by the Jaish al-Izza group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Islamic State ousted US-backed forces from its holdout in eastern Syria, says monitoring group

Islamic State overran large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a "caliphate" across land it controlled. But the jihadist group has since lost most of that territory.

Thousands head home to Syria's Idlib after Russia, Turkey reach deal on demilitarised buffer zone in rebel bastion

The civil war in Syria has killed more than 3,60,000 people and displaced millions more since it erupted with the brutal repression of anti-government protests in 2011.