Latest "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" stories

US-backed Syrian forces raid camp of ISIS families, arrest 9

A spokesman for the U.S.-backed coalition said coalition forces will provide support during the operation “for early warning and situational awareness.”

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

3 years ago

The ruins of buildings are pictured July 1, 2019, at the site where the U.S. military carried out a strike against al-Qaida-linked jihadists in Syria's northwestern Aleppo province.

US military strikes al-Qaida militants in Syria

The U.S. military says it has struck an al-Qaida leadership and training facility in northern Syria where attacks threatening Americans and others were being planned.

4 years ago

Did ISIS militants blow themselves up in a city that was liberated nearly 2 years ago?

Islamic State militants blew themselves up following clashes with the U.S.-backed Syrian forces in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which was liberated from the extremists nearly two years ago, a war monitor said Wednesday.

5 years ago

Trump triggers another resignation after sudden Syria policy shift

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

5 years ago

ISIS gunmen kill 40 US-backed fighters in eastern Syria

The Islamic State group killed at least 40 U.S.-backed Syrian fighters, captured several alive and regained areas they lost earlier this month in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border in some of the most intense fighting in weeks, a war monitor and an agency linked to ISIS said Saturday.

5 years ago

US-backed group in last push to defeat ISIS in northeast Syria

A U.S.-backed Syrian fighting force said Tuesday it has begun the final stage of its campaign to clear Islamic State group militants from northeast Syria.

By Philip Issa, The Associated Press

5 years ago