530 killed in areas covered by Syria truce in first 23 days
A total of 530 people were killed in the first 23 days of a truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
Mar 22, 2016, 16:45 PM IST
Islamic State forces kill 26 Syrian soldiers near Palmyra - monitor
Islamic State fighters killed 26 Syrian soldiers on Monday west of Palmyra, a monitoring group said, after days of advances by government forces backed by Syrian and Russian air cover.
Mar 21, 2016, 22:32 PM IST
Raids kill 39 civilians in IS bastion in Syria: Monitor
Air strikes killed at least 39 civilians on Saturday in Raqa, the Islamic State group`s main stronghold in Syria, a monitoring group said.
Mar 19, 2016, 19:29 PM IST
Syrian Army retakes village in Aleppo province from Islamists: Monitor
Nusra Front is not covered by the US-Russia truce agreement to halt the fighting in Syria and Moscow.
Mar 08, 2016, 14:34 PM 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
At least 135 killed in first 7 days of Syrian truce
The London-based NGO said the victims included 45 people from rebel fighters and Islamist factions and 32 civilians, including seven children and seven women.
Mar 06, 2016, 04:16 AM IST
Syria ceasefire begins under US-Russia deal
Guns fell silent across Syria on Saturday after a landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect, the first major truce in five years of civil war that have claimed more than 270,000 lives.
Feb 27, 2016, 08:31 AM IST
Syrian government retakes town near Aleppo road from Islamic State: Observatory
Islamic State is not included in a US-Russian plan aimed at bringing about a halt to the fighting in Syria that is due to take effect on Saturday.
Feb 25, 2016, 14:19 PM IST
Islamic State attack shuts Syrian govt supply route for second day
An important Syrian government supply route to Aleppo was shut for a second day on Tuesday because of an Islamic State attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Feb 23, 2016, 16:10 PM IST
Death toll in southern Damascus bombings reaches 62
Four blasts hit the Sayeda Zeinab district, which is home to a Shi`ite shrine. Another 180 people were wounded.
Feb 21, 2016, 23:57 PM IST
US-led strikes in Syria kill 38 civilians in past two days: Monitor
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, said on Thursday that at least 38 civilians were killed in air strikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition in Hasaka province in northeast Syria in the past two days.
Feb 19, 2016, 05:28 AM IST
500 killed so far in military campaign in Syria's Aleppo
As many as 500 people have been killed since the Syrian army launched a wide-scale offensive in the province of Aleppo, a monitor group reported on Wednesday.
Feb 10, 2016, 20:04 PM IST
More than 500 dead in Syria regime`s Aleppo offensive
More than 500 people, including dozens of civilians, have been killed since a major Russian-backed regime offensive in Syria`s Aleppo province began this month, a monitor said Wednesday.
Feb 10, 2016, 15:37 PM IST
Islamic state frees 270 of 400 people it kidnapped from Syria's Deir al-Zor
Islamic state group released from its prisons 270 of 400 civilians, most of them women and children, it kidnapped when its fighters attacked government-held areas in Syria`s eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
Jan 20, 2016, 04:39 AM IST
ISIS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria: monitor
The Islamic State group abducted at least 400 civilians including women and children after capturing new territory in an assault on Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor , a monitor said today.
Jan 17, 2016, 15:06 PM IST
Nearly 60 dead in Russia raids on Qaeda-run Syria jail
Russian strikes today on a prison complex run by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate killed at least 57 people and wounded 30 others, many critically, a monitor said, giving a revised toll.
Jan 10, 2016, 01:59 AM IST
'People exit rebel-held area in Syrian peace deal'
Dozens of people left the last insurgent-held area in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday under a local peace deal between the government and insurgents, a group monitoring the war said.
Dec 09, 2015, 13:10 PM IST
Jets believed to be Russian hit Syrian town near Turkish border: Monitor
Warplanes believed to be Russian carried out several air strikes on a Syrian town near the Turkish border on Friday, a monitoring group said, one of several reported close to the boundary this week.
Nov 27, 2015, 21:26 PM IST
Heavy Russia raids in Syria area where plane downed: Monitor
Russian warplanes carried out heavy raids in Syria's northern Latakia province a day after Turkey downed one of Moscow's jets in the area, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.
Nov 25, 2015, 20:20 PM IST
Watch: After fighter jet, Russian chopper blown up in Syria
The helicopter was destroyed by the Free Syrian Army's 1st Coastal Brigade when it was on the ground.
Nov 25, 2015, 09:29 AM IST
