The Latest Breaking News from SOHR

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) issued a report on narcotic manufacturing and cannabis cultivation in areas under Iran-backed militias' influence in Deir Ezzor. Through ongoing monitoring of the manufacture of narcotics, SOHR identified the locations of seven illicit drug-manufacturing laboratories in areas under the control of Iranian-backed militias…

US forces established a third military base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah on Saturday, a war monitor reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the new military base was set up in Naqara village, three kilometers southwest of Qamishli city in Hasakah province. The two other…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) renewed its appeal to all relevant international bodies to urgently remove old and unexploded wat ordnance in Syria. War ordnance, such as old landmines and unexploded IEDs, bombs, shells, projectiles, grenades, and other munitions continue to pose a threat to the safety and…

The security branches of the Syrian regime have seized large quantities of wheat stored by farmers, and others working in the grain trade, in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, while sources confirmed that large parts of the crops would be transported to Iraq, where Iranian militias sell them at…

The Syrian “mercenaries” who Russia recruited and transferred to Ukraine have not yet participated in any of its military operations there, a London-based war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the number of mercenaries is estimated at 2,000 and none has been killed in Russia’s war…

Turkey has resumed the back-and-forth transfer of Syrian mercenaries operating in Libya following the decision in late June to halt the transfer process until the end of 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed on Wednesday that nearly 250 Syrian mercenaries were sent back to Syria from Libya…

Iranian militias continue to purchase real estate in Moadamiyat al-Sham city in the western countryside of Damascus, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The Observatory said the Syrian man from Deir Ezzor named "Mersal," a relative of Maher al-Assad's wife, is buying the real estate. Maher al-Assad is…

Dozens of prisoners were released in Syria on Monday under the general amnesty issued on the eve of Eid al-Fitr. A presidential decree called for “granting a general amnesty for terrorist crimes committed by Syrians” before April 30, 2022, “except for those leading to the death of a person,” the…

Head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed that Israel targeted this week military sites in the vicinity of Damascus countryside. The strikes hit military targets for groups loyal to Iran and the Palestinian Liberation Army in Rakhla town, and near al-Madajen between the towns of Ambiya and…

The Russian army has expanded its military operations in the Syrian desert region since early April, following the decline of its operations in March and late February, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The Observatory indicated that the Russian fighter jets launched 240 air raids on the Syrian desert…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) documented the death of 499,657 people since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising.