The Syrian Observer is on holiday, and we will be back online in the new year, on January 4, with more daily news and features on Syria.
The Syrian Observer is on holiday, and we will be back online in the new year, on January 4, with more daily news and features on Syria.
Representatives at the Vienna II conference agreed to disregard all points that were scheduled for discussion, even those which remain disputed, in order to settle one specific issue: the elimination of ISIS and other terrorist groups
Countries sponsoring terrorism must come to see they have reached an impasse and need to change their positions if recent Security Council resolutions are to be successful, top advisor to President Assad tells Lebanese TV
Syrian president attends ceremony led by Sheikh Adnan al-Afyoni at Al-Akram Mosque in Damascus
Northern countryside of Homs witnesses barrage of shelling from the air and ground, killing 11 people in 48 hours
Medics say 10 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed when their neighborhood was targeted with two missiles loaded with toxic sarin gas
Assad forces bombard western Damascus with mortars and barrel bombs shortly after reports emerge of a regime gas attack on the area
As if the injustices of war were not enough, I suffer from the injustice of the male society in which I live. Women like me have no right to dream or to express their opinions, even if they work as paramedics in field hospitals.
Around 9,000 Syrian children in Egypt have been forced to drop out of school with only a basic level of education
Committee approved to negotiate on behalf of all opposition political and military wings, says general coordinator
Armenia’s top envoy to Syria says Ottoman genocide of around 1.5 million people continues to leave destructive cultural impact on generation after generation of Armenians
Chinese Foreign Ministry announces it will host Syrian FM as Beijing attempts to play a more active role in finding a solution to the crisis
Ra’fat Salman Abu Rahhal killed by opposition fighters in the east of the capital, activists claim
Security Council members urged to protect Syrian civilians as opposition demands an end to Russia’s indiscriminate attacks
“Hezbollah finds itself in an awkward position as its militia is unable to launch a wide response against Israel for fear of its response, which may result in more human losses in Hezbollah ranks, especially since a third of its fighters have perished in Syria”
Opposition factions in Aleppo are currently fighting on several fronts, including against ISIS and Kurdish militias in the northern countryside, and against the regime in the province’s south, west and north
Witness describes encounters with Tutari after he was transferred to Adra Prison in 2011 following the Sednaya Prison uprising
Sunday mass marks an end to tribute for the hundreds of thousands killed by Ottoman forces a century ago
Chinese foreign minister announces plans following Syria talks between UN Security Council members last week
