Posts Tagged ‘Syrian Observatory for Human Rights’

ISIL Destroys Part of Palmyra Historic Temple

Local Editor The so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group has blown up parts of the Temple of Bel in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor and activists said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said late Sunday that the terrorist group had placed explosives inside the famed temple, […]

Monitors: ISIS Kills 17 Captives in Palmyra

According to monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, ISIS has killed at least 17 people captured during the fall of the city of Palmyra (Tadmur in Arabic). The slain are said to have included both Syrian troops and civilians seen as “pro-government,” and at least some of the slain were reportedly beheaded. These […]

Western backed ISIS now controls half of Syria

Islamic State is thought to be holding sway over half of Syria’s landmass after its seizure of Palmyra, where it has reportedly begun massacring a rebellious tribe and faces no opposition to sacking the city’s ancient ruins. “There are no forces to stop them [entering the ruins],” Rami Abdurrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human […]

IS seizes full control of Syria’s Palmyra

The Islamic State (IS) group seized full control of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday, a monitor said, putting the world heritage site at risk of destruction. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP that regime troops had pulled back from positions in and around Palmyra, including from an army intelligence outpost, […]

ISIL threatens ancient Roman World Heritage site at Palmyra, Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has taken at least a third of the town near the Syrian historical city of Palmyra, according to reports by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Losing Palmyra would be a major blow to the Bashar Assad regime as it would clear the way […]

ISIS near to total control of Syria’s ancient Palmyra – monitoring group

Ancient city of Palmyra in the heart of the Syrian desert (Reuters / Handout) Islamic State militants have taken control of almost all of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a UNESCO landmark, according to a monitoring group. The city was captured after bloody clashes with the Syrian Army on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for […]

Report: US-Led Airstrikes Kill 170 ISIS in NE Syria

A new report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that 170 ISIS fighters have been killed in the last 48 hours in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh Province, in a flurry of airstrikes by the US-led coalition. Hasakeh is mostly under the control of the Kurdish YPG, and ISIS has been keen to advance there […]

Syrian rebels take largest remaining army base in Idlib

A rebel coalition seized the Syrian government’s largest remaining military base in northwest Idlib province on Tuesday, after an explosion and heavy clashes, a monitor said. “All regime forces have withdrawn from Al-Mastumah, the largest regime base in Idlib, leaving it completely in the hands of opposition fighters,” Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian […]

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