Rami Abdel Rahman

13,000 flee ISIS bastion Manbij since start of assault: Monitor

At least 13,000 civilians have fled the Islamic State group bastion of Manbij in northern Syria since the launch of a US-backed offensive there, a monitor said Monday. 

Jul 04, 2016, 17:14 PM IST

Air strikes on Syria's Idlib kill 16 jihadists: Monitor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 60 air raids targeted the Abu Duhur military airport in Idlib province which Al-Nusra and allied Islamist fighters seized in September.

May 13, 2016, 03:29 AM IST

IS cuts regime supply route to Syria's ancient Palmyra

IS and the regime both control parts of the area between Homs and Palmyra.

May 11, 2016, 07:20 AM IST

Qaeda in Syria seizes key hilltops from regime: Monitor

Fighters from Al-Nusra Front, Jund Al-Aqsa, and other groups seized the central Al-Eis hilltop and surrounding hills as well, says Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.

Mar 08, 2016, 05:30 AM IST

Islamic State bombing kills two dozen in Syria's Homs

A double suicide bombing killed at least 22 people Tuesday in the central Syrian city of Homs, state media said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Jan 26, 2016, 20:21 PM IST

Syrian Army enters rebel bastion in Latakia province: Monitor

Syrian regime forces advanced on Tuesday into the main bastion of rebels in the northwestern province of Latakia, the coastal heartland of President Bashar al-Assad`s clan, a monitor said.

Jan 12, 2016, 16:28 PM IST

Syria rebels using caged captives as 'human shields': Reports

On Friday, at least 70 people were killed and 550 wounded in regime bombardment of Douma. 

Nov 02, 2015, 10:37 AM IST

40 dead as Syria govt rockets hit Damascus suburb: Monitor

Forty people were killed on Friday when rockets fired by Syrian government forces crashed into a market in a rebel-held area outside Damascus, a monitor said.

Oct 30, 2015, 16:19 PM IST

IS blows up columns in Syria's Palmyra to execute 3: Monitor

The Islamic State jihadist group executed three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up, a monitoring group has said.

Oct 27, 2015, 03:00 AM IST

23 civilians dead in Syria regime raids on IS-held city

At least 23 civilians, including eight children, have been killed in regime air raids on a market in a jihadist-held city of eastern Syria, a monitoring group said.

Sep 29, 2015, 05:35 AM IST

Israel hits back after Golan rockets fired from Syria

A rocket fired from war-torn Syria strayed into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights Sunday, prompting the Israeli army to respond after the second such incident in as many days.

Sep 28, 2015, 01:44 AM IST