Rebel rockets kill 19 in Aleppo, hit hospital – monitor
Rockets fired by insurgents killed 19 people and hit a hospital in government-held parts of Aleppo city on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Syrian army advances inside Palmyra amid heavy bombardment
Syrian government forces advanced into Palmyra on Saturday with heavy support from air strikes and artillery, state media and a monitoring group said, taking control...
Syrian air strikes kill 31, rebels bombard Damascus -monitor
SYRIAN government air strikes on rebel-held areas near Damascus killed at least 31 people on Wednesday, and insurgents bombarded the capital with rockets that killed...
Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria
The hardline Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group monitoring...
Islamic State seizes most of south Damascus refugee camp
The hardline Islamic State group took control of large parts of a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus on Wednesday, witnesses and a monitoring...
Blast in Syria kills top al Qaeda commander, three others
By Mariam Karouny Al Qaeda’s official Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday the death of its top military commander, who insurgent sources said...
Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 from Christian villages
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence...
US steps up air strikes on Kobani
By Humeyra Pamuk and Tom Perry The United States and its allies have dramatically stepped up air strikes in the past two days near the...
Coalition jets strike Islamic State near Turkish border – Kurdish sources
By Ayla Jean Yackley U.S.-led forces launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters who are besieging a Kurdish town near the Syrian border with Turkey...
Air strikes in Syria hit Islamic State at Iraqi border
By Tom Perry Five air strikes hit Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria near the Iraqi border on Wednesday, a group that tracks the Syrian war...
