The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/syrian-observatory-for-human-rights/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Syrian Observatory for Human Rights | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/syrian-observatory-for-human-rights/ 32 32 Kurdish commander urges US to intervene in Syria, says he’d welcome Israeli help https://www.timesofisrael.com/kurdish-commander-urges-us-to-intervene-in-syria-says-hed-welcome-israeli-help/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:53:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3736597 Syrian government forces take country's largest oil field despite US call to stop advance, as Kurdish-led SDF withdraws from areas it controlled since pushing out ISIS in 2017

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]]> Bus blast in eastern Syria kills at least 5 defense ministry staff; ISIS suspected https://www.timesofisrael.com/bus-blast-in-eastern-syria-kills-at-least-5-defense-ministry-staff-isis-suspected/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:02:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3666572 Attack on bus carrying oil facility guards is similar to terror group's behavior during civil war; jihadist attacks on government relatively rare since Assad regime's fall

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]]> Syria vows investigation after video shows forces killing worker in Sweida hospital https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-vows-investigation-after-video-shows-forces-killing-worker-in-sweida-hospital/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:51:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3617546 Interior Ministry promises accountability, but rights groups demand independent probe into apparent shooting of hospital employee by Syrian security personnel during July clashes

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]]> Syria starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in bid to restore calm https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-starts-evacuating-bedouin-families-from-sweida-in-bid-to-restore-calm/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:41:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3602697 Government aims to move some 1,500 Bedouins out of city after a week of deadly clashes with Druze; officials say Damascus will also allow displaced residents to return

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]]> Calm reported in Syria’s Sweida as tribal fighters withdraw https://www.timesofisrael.com/calm-reported-in-syrias-sweida-as-tribal-fighters-withdraw/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:28:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3601927 More than 1,000 dead following week of violence in Druze-majority city that saw Israel strike regime forces in effort to aid locals

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]]> ISIS claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall https://www.timesofisrael.com/isis-claims-first-attack-on-syrian-government-forces-since-assads-fall/ Fri, 30 May 2025 10:46:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3561761 Terror group says bomb targeted 'vehicle of the apostate regime' in southern province Sweida last week, leaving 7 soldiers dead or wounded; also hit US-backed Free Syrian Army

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]]> Lebanon says it will retaliate for gunfire from Syria amid deadly fighting on border https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanon-says-it-will-retaliate-for-gunfire-from-syria-amid-deadly-fighting-on-border/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:09:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3504750 War monitor says 5 Syrian soldiers killed Monday, during clashes that began Saturday, when 3 Syrians were killed in Lebanon in alleged Hezbollah abduction

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]]> Syrian fighters execute 35 in 72 hours, mainly officers from former regime, monitor says https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-fighters-execute-35-in-72-hours-mainly-officers-from-former-regime-monitor-says/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:46:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3468792 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says many of those killed were from religious minorities, rebels used 'unprecedented level of cruelty and violence'

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]]> Heavy Israeli airstrikes reported on Syrian military sites in coastal Tartus region https://www.timesofisrael.com/heavy-israeli-airstrikes-reported-on-syrian-military-sites-in-coastal-tartus-region/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:29:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3440481 Latest raids said to hit sites including air defense units and surface-to-surface missile depots; war monitor calls them 'heaviest strikes in Syria's coastal region since 2012'

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]]> Syrian rebels oust regime forces from key central city of Hama, on route to Damascus https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-rebels-oust-regime-forces-from-key-central-city-of-hama-on-route-to-damascus/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:25:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3433319&preview=true&preview_id=3433319 Assad's troops retreat from strategic city, which had remained in government hands throughout entire civil war, less than a week after Islamist forces took Aleppo

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]]> Netanyahu holds assessment on Syria as jihadists enter Aleppo in lightning assault https://www.timesofisrael.com/jihadists-turkish-backed-allies-enter-aleppo-in-lightning-assault-on-syrian-regime/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:17:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3429706 Alliance led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch takes control of some 50 towns and villages, in Assad regime's biggest loss of territory in years

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]]> Over 90 said dead, including 15 Hezbollah operatives, in alleged Israeli strike in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-90-said-dead-including-15-hezbollah-operatives-in-alleged-israeli-strike-in-syria/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:18:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3425152 Unverified report from Britain-based war monitor also claims operatives from IRGC-backed Al-Nujaba group among 61 pro-Iran fighters killed in strike on city of Palmyra

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]]> Syria says Israeli airstrikes targeted several sites in country’s center, wounding 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-says-israeli-airstrikes-targeted-several-sites-in-countrys-center-wounding-7/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:59:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3360373&preview=true&preview_id=3360373 Unconfirmed report from war monitor says three-Iran backed fighters were killed in attacks on makeshift petrol stations affiliated with Hezbollah in Homs, weapons depots in Hama

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]]> Five pro-Iran fighters killed in Syria drone strike near Iraqi border – war monitor https://www.timesofisrael.com/five-pro-iran-fighters-killed-in-syria-drone-strike-near-iraqi-border-war-monitor/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:25:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3352059 Strike occurred in Syria's oft-targeted eastern Deir Ezzor province, where Iran wields significant influence, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

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]]> Iran says IRGC general killed in alleged Israeli strike in Aleppo Monday https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-irgc-general-killed-in-alleged-israeli-strike-in-aleppo-monday/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:22:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3305128 Saeed Abyar, Quds Force adviser, said to have been stationed in Syria since 2012; unverified report from war monitor puts death toll at 16

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