Aleppo Through Two Views: Order as Law, Power as Terror
THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
January 12, 2026
The military operation ended on Saturday morning in record time and with minimal losses
The military operation ended on Saturday morning in record time and with minimal losses
Syrian Minister of Interior Anas Khattab has paid tribute to security officer Muhammad Massat, who was killed while confronting a suicide bomber in Aleppo.
Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) have yet to issue an official statement days after the death, Enab Baladi writes.
A report highlights the devastating legacy of the 2014 Sinjar massacre, when ISIS abducted thousands of Yazidi men, women, and children.
In an official statement, the SDF Media Center said that relevant security agencies had conducted a thorough review of camp records and found no unregistered departures from the camp, according to +963.
With Damascus having largely avoided large-scale terrorist incidents since the height of the war, the bombing signals a dangerous resurgence of unchecked militancy, SOHR argues.
While significant progress has been made, Farhan cautioned that it is too early to draw definitive conclusions or identify those responsible for the violence, al-Araby al-Jadeed writes.
The attacks resulted in six civilian injuries, including children, Shaam Network reports.
Heba’s uncle, acting as her guardian due to her father’s absence from the “liberated areas,” declined the option of an autopsy, according to Enab Baladi.
Over the past five months, the rate of suicides has seen a notable increase, with women having higher suicide rates, according to Syria TV.
A report from the pro-Assad regime website Global has revealed a 90% increase in suicide rates, according to Damas Post.
Advancements in the field of cosmetic procedures are occurring rapidly in Syria, Athr Press reports.
The reasons behind these incidents are largely attributed to the deteriorating living conditions faced by the majority of the population, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
225,621 cases of depression were recorded in Syria last year, according to al-Watan.
The demand for addictive drugs and psychiatric drugs in Syria has increased significantly, according to Orient Net.
Ammar Youssef expected the poverty rate to exceed 90 percent in Syria, according to Shaam Network.
Most civilians were killed by suicide bombs and booby traps according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights
The psychological pressures and strains created by the war in Syria are pushing some to try to take their own lives writes Sowt Al-Asima.
Syrian activists and humanitarian workers have warned of increasingly dire conditions for approximately one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon at an Amnesty-sponsored conference of activists and humanitarian workers reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Hassakeh and Raqqa have been hit by a number of explosions that the Islamic State have claimed responsibility for and which have targeted commanders and civilians alike reports Alsouria Net.
The women is believed to have been a member of the Islamic State, who have previously clashed with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham reports Alsouria Net.
Regime loyalists have taken to social media to express their anger with the handling of the crisis in Syria by the leadership reports Alsouria Net.
The Islamic State have taken responsibility for the gun and bomb attack, which four civilians reports The Syrian Monitor for Human Rights.
Years of conflict have left many Syrians mentally scarred and seeking psychiatric services to help them cope writes Al-Watan.
The Rukban camp is home to 50,000 displaced people, who are in desperate need of help, and their situation is getting worse reports Asharq al-Awsat.
Child marriages are becoming more common in Syria and effects that they can have on the children involved can be devastating reports Sada al-Sham.
Since the start of the war, thousands of Syrians have been murdered in regime prisons writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed
Judicial sources point to likely suicide but say that foul play is a possibility, Al-Watan reports
State media reports on suicide blast which rocked a transport hub in the regime-held city
News of the 25-year-old performer’s death in the Lebanese capital was met with an outpouring of sorrow on the social media site
Assad supporters voice discontent as regime institutions prioritize delivery of humanitarian aid to families of fallen soldiers over paramilitaries
Authorities report three people killed, 11 others injured due to suicide bombings targeting Hama city
Minister in the Syrian temporary government and others killed in explosion targeting a meeting of around 50 people in the southern Syrian city
Convoys have not reached any of the humanitarian besieged areas during the past month, de Mistura announces
States that support terrorism are exploiting the suffering of Syrian people for political gain, top diplomat tells audience at UN
Suicide bombing targets checkpoint of ultra-hardline Islamist group in town of Harbel, opposition commander says
The alliance of Islamist groups led by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front “seized the entrance” to the Abu Duhur airport
City has endured a suffocating siege by regime forces since the Syrian revolution erupted in March 2011
Surviving two years of oppression, tyranny, exploitation and denial of basic human rights, a group of Syrian women fled ISIS rule arriving in the northern city of Kobani
The Ministry of Health claims 40 percent of Syrians in need of psychosocial support
The video released online showed images of a man purported to be Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh, who was captured by ISIS in December, engulfed in flames inside a metal cage
Humanitarian crisis threatens southern suburbs of Damascus as siege continues
Suicide bomber explodes vehicle in Mazraaet Khreis, west of Salamiya city
Opposition shoots down helicopter in Aleppo
Human Rights Watch says rebel factions have been using child soldiers in roles ranging from sniper to suicide bomber
Assad’s advances in Qalamoun could improve Lebanon’s security situation
Efforts are underway to coordinate between the southern and northern fronts
Doctors say symptoms of this depression range between partial and complete impediment.
ISIS statement said no rebels from the western-backed Free Syrian Army had participated in the battles.
The death toll is likely to rise due to the critical conditions of many injured citizens
Rebels were close to taking over the central prison of Aleppo after two suicide bombs were detonated
The terrorist, wearing an explosive belt, infiltrated a group of celebrating students and blew himself up, according to sources
Opposition and regime give conflicting accounts of the cause of the blast
State news agency claims the bomb was a suicide bomber, opposition says mortar attack
Two suicide bombers attacked the city’s central Marjeh square during rush hour, killing at least 14
At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack that targeted a building that houses pro-Assad fighters in a city in midland Syria, a Syrian observatory said Monday.
The jihadist al-Nusra Front claimed on Thursday that two of its men were responsible for a deadly suicide attack on the Syrian interior ministry the day before, via its official Twitter account.