Syrian Observatory
Squeezed In Raqa, IS Jihadists Ramp Up Counter-Attacks
As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists...
Syria Army At Gates of IS-Held Town On Road To East
The Syrian army has reached the last jihadist-held town on the road to its besieged garrison in the east, a monitoring...
US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa
A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said...
Clashes Rock Syria Truce Zone
Clashes erupted overnight in a rebel-held enclave outside Damascus, which was also hit by government air strikes...
Deadly Strike Hits Syria Rebel Town Despite Truce
An air strike killed eight civilians late Monday in a rebel-held town east of Damascus where a truce was supposed to...
Jihadist Takeover In Syria’s Idlib Raises Attack Prospect
The jihadist takeover of Syria's key Idlib province raises the prospect that the region could become the next target of...
Jihadists Control Syria’s Idlib After Rebel Pull-Out
A former Al-Qaeda affiliate took control of the northern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday two days after agreeing to end...
Syria Strikes Hit Near Damascus Despite Ceasefire
Syria's regime carried out air raids on one of the last rebel strongholds near Damascus Sunday, a monitor said, a day...
Lebanese Mediator Killed In Fighting Near Syrian Border
A Lebanese mediator was killed on Saturday in a second day of fighting between the powerful Hezbollah group and...
Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...
Jihadists Battle Rebels For Control of Key Syria Province
A former Al-Qaeda affiliate was locked in fierce clashes Friday with a leading rebel group for control of one of the...
Rebel Ambush Kills 28 Regime Fighters Near Damascus
At least 28 Syrian government soldiers and pro-regime fighters were killed Wednesday in a rebel ambush in the Eastern...
Opposition Infighting In Syria’s Idlib Kills 14
Infighting between two of the most powerful factions in Syria's opposition-held Idlib province has killed at least 14...
Rebel-Kurd Clashes Kill 11 In North Syria
Nearly a dozen Syrian rebels have been killed in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish...
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 4 At Kurdish Checkpoint In Syria
A suicide car bomb attack killed four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in northeast Syria, the Syrian...
Air Strikes Pummel Syria’s Raqa As US-Backed Forces Advance On IS
Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed...
Kremlin Says ‘contradictory’ Reports On Baghdadi Death
Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...
US-Backed Forces Say Advancing Against IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed forces said Monday they had seized a new neighbourhood from the Islamic State group in the jihadist...
Syria War Has Killed More Than 330,000
More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third of them...