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The Sunni extremists of Islamic State (IS), according to their opponents in the extreme east of Syria attacked. A leader of a Kurdish-dominated Syrian...

Islamic State (IS) killed seven hundred prisoners in eastern Syria in two months time. That says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that relies on local sources.

Heavy fighting between Islamic State and US-backed troops has led to dozens of deaths in recent days. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Egyptian police and security services have since the end of October at least forty human rights activists, lawyers and political activists detained. This is stated by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on the basis of interviews with persons representing the families of the detainees. The organization speaks of a 'massive arrest campaign.'

The Syrian government condemned the evacuation of aid workers from the Syrian civil protection movement White Helmets by Israel from Southwest Syria. The regime in Damascus calls the evacuation a 'criminal operation.'

An air strike has cost the lives of dozens of people in eastern Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights talks about 54 deaths, including 28 civilians.

Hundreds of Syrian refugees have returned from Lebanon to their homeland yesterday. They form the vanguard of nearly 4,000 Syrians who have indicated that they want to try their luck again in their native country. A drop on a glowing plate.

A Lebanese young man who himself is supporter of Brazil, was stabbed to death by a fan of Germany on Wednesday evening. This is reported by various local news sources, including Gulfnews.

A total of 38 people were killed in air attacks on a village in north-western Syria. This is reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in the United Kingdom, which speaks of a bloodbath.

Combat devices of the US-led coalition in Syria have attacked two positions of the Syrian army in the eastern Syrian desert. This is reported by the Syrian state media and Hezbollah's military media.

The rocket attack by Israel on an Iranian base in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, certainly killed fourteen people. According to the British-based organization, eight Iranians are among the dead.

Israel has again carried out rocket attacks in Syria. The target was an army base south of the capital Damascus. State press agency SANA has shown images of the havoc caused by the missiles. This shows how the fire service tries to extinguish multiple fireplaces.

According to preliminary results, the Shiite movement Hezbollah won the parliamentary elections in Lebanon. According to Lebanese media, Hezbollah and the small Christian and Sunni parties supporting the movement are gaining more than half of the 128 seats.

The Syrian armed forces have begun to shoot an encircled stronghold of Islamic State (IS) just south of the center of Damascus. It is assumed that this heralds the recapture of the enclave of fighters of IS and of the al-Nusra front linked to al-Qaeda.

American missiles fired at Syria will all be shot from the air and the launchers will be attacked. The Russian ambassador in Lebanon has announced this.

The Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam accused government troops on Saturday of throwing a bomb with poisonous chemicals on civilians in Douma, the last rebel city in East Ghouta. In addition, more than five hundred people would have been injured.

Heavy bombing of the Syrian city of Douma, where rebels still resist the army of President Assad and his allies, killed 27 people, including five children.

A convoy with almost 7000 members of a rebel group, their relatives and other civilians, left from a besieged part of East Ghouta near Damascus. They travel to the northwest of Syria. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

An air raid on Arbin in East Ghouta killed fifteen children and two women. That is what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced on Monday evening.

Damascus demanded the departure of Turkish soldiers from Afrin on Monday after they had conquered the largest city in the region on Syrian-Kurdish forces during the weekend.

Turkish forces have again carried out air strikes on Friday evening at the Syrian city of Afrin, which was controlled by the YPG. According to the Syrian-Kurdish militia, the only large hospital is bombed. Nine people have been killed as a result. The mortar bombardments also continued.

A convoy of relief goods entered the northern part of the jihadist stronghold Oost-Ghouta on Thursday. The International Red Cross reports that the convoy consists of 25 trucks. Together they deliver 340 tons of food.

Sick and wounded civilians have left the Syrian rebel enclave East Ghouta. An official from the rebel group Jaish al-Islam said that patients could leave Tuesday after an agreement was reached about a medical evacuation. They would be on a UN list with about a thousand people who urgently need medical help.

The Syrian army completely surrounded the city of Douma on Sunday. That reports a military news agency from Hezbollah, which is allied with the Syrian government.

The Syrian state television reported Friday that fighters and their families have started with the departure from East Ghouta. In this heavily besieged and bombed enclave east of the capital Damascus insurgents still serve the service.

A convoy of relief goods was in the besieged region of East Ghouta near the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday and all goods were unloaded. This has been announced by the Red Cross. The thirteen trucks have since returned from Douma, the largest place in the area that has been surrounded for years.

The Syrian army and its allies have owned more than a third of the rebellious enclave in East Ghouta near Damascus since the beginning of the ground offensive a week ago. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Syrian army has attacked positions of the rebels in the East-Ghouta region, east of the capital Damascus. In addition, it claims to have different agricultural land and six villages and towns.

At least 36 pro-Syrian fighters were killed during a series of bombings by the Turkish Air Force in the Syrian Afrin region. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Saturday.

Despite a file proposed by Russia and Syria, the fighting continues in the Syrian East Ghouta. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Wednesday that the Syrian army supported by militia has captured territory in the battles with the rebels.