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June 21, 2022

The “military police” loyal to Turkey arrests three citizens of Janders district in Afrin countryside

Activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a joint patrol between the “military police and Turkish intelligence” arrested three citizens of Jandiris district in Afrin countryside, this week, one of them from the village of Tal Salur and the others from the people of Barjaka village, without clear charges against them.

June 20, 2022

New attacks and royalties..Continuous violations by the National Army factions in Afrin

Aleppo Province: The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that members of the Ahrar al-Sharqiya faction severely beat a citizen of the village of Sindyanka in the district of Jindires, and seized his motorcycle and mobile phone, in addition to insulting him with profanity, without clear reasons.

In the midst of talking about violations against the people of Afrin and their property, a member of the Levant Front faction sold a house in the old neighborhood of Afrin for 3,000 US dollars, to a displaced person from the people of Hasaka, owned by a citizen of Qasim in Bulbul district.

June 19, 2022

A third assassination incident within hours in Daraa governorate.. A young man was shot dead by unknown persons in the eastern countryside of Daraa

The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that unidentified gunmen assassinated a young man in the town of Sidon in the eastern countryside of Daraa governorate.

June 18, 2022

After the arrest of one of the leaders of the first row in the organization in the areas of Turkish influence, the international coalition forces backed by the Syrian Democratic Forces carry out an airdrop and arrest a person south of Al-Hasakah

The sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the International Coalition forces, backed by the Syrian Democratic Forces, carried out an airdrop operation on a house after midnight Friday-Saturday, in Al-Sa’dah village in the southern countryside of Al-Hasakah, and arrested a person from inside the house, who is likely to be affiliated with the “Islamic State” organization This comes after the arrest of a leader of the first echelon in the organization in the countryside of Jarablus, which is under the influence of the Turkish forces and their loyal factions, northeast of Aleppo.

June 16, 2022

Within “Erdogan’s safe zone”… Continuous arrests by Ankara’s factions and kidnappings in the “Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch” areas

For his refusal to drop a case against the Al-Fateh Brigade faction, yesterday, Wednesday, a patrol of the “Al-Fateh Brigade” faction kidnapped the mayor of Tal Hussein village in the Azaz countryside, north of Aleppo, to pressure him to withdraw a complaint filed by the Mukhtar against a leader of the faction, against the background of his seizure of agricultural land estimated at an area About 130 hectares and registered in his name through false identification papers and the land is known as the land of security

June 8, 2022

SDF arrests a person smuggling into regime areas and shoots his son in Deir Ezzor countryside

Deir ez-Zor province: activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a military force affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces raided the house of a person smuggling goods to the areas under the control of the regime from SDF areas, where the house is located in Shanan village in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, and he was arrested, while the force launched The raid shot the smuggler’s son while he was trying to escape, as a result of which he was injured and was taken to the hospital.

June 5, 2022

Tension in the Jabal al-Sheikh area in the western countryside of Damascus, against the backdrop of the regime’s security services besieging a town and threatening to storm it

The sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the town of Beit Saber, located in the western countryside of Damascus within the Jabal al-Sheikh area, is witnessing tension and the recruitment of military reinforcements belonging to the security branches of the regime.

June 2, 2022

The health requirements for travelers coming to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year 1443 revealed the requirement to submit a negative PCR test result for the Corona virus for a sample taken within 72 hours before the date of departure to Saudi Arabia.

The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored missile shelling carried out by the regime’s ground forces, targeting the Kabinah hills in “Jabal Al-Akrad” north of Lattakia. For Human Rights, a member of the “Ahrar al-Sham” Islamic 

Aleppo province: activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that on May 28, members of a patrol belonging to the Levant Front faction arrested two citizens, from the village of Baadanli in Rajo district in Afrin countryside, following a raid carried out by the faction’s members in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Afrin city. The elements accused them of involvement in terrorist operations, planting explosive devices and carrying out bombings in the city of Afrin.

May 31, 2022

As part of the policy of restricting the people of Afrin.. Attacks and arrests in an arbitrary manner to obtain ransoms

Aleppo province: activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that on May 28, members of a patrol belonging to the Levant Front faction arrested two citizens, from the village of Baadanli in Rajo district in Afrin countryside, following a raid carried out by the faction’s members in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Afrin city. The elements accused them of involvement in terrorist operations, planting explosive devices and carrying out bombings in the city of Afrin.

May 27, 2022

The Military Intelligence Division arrests more than 10 farmers for refusing to sell wheat to the regime from al-Mayadin, east of al-Zour

The sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that patrols of the “Intelligence Division” of the regime forces arrested 11 farmers from the areas of Al-Baloum and Al-Taybeh in the city of Al-Mayadin in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, because they did not sell part of the wheat crop to the regime and sold it in the free market.

May 26, 2022

For unknown reasons, “Asayish” arrests employees in “Al-Hol State” in Hasaka countryside

Al-Hasakah Governorate: The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the “Asayish” forces arrested employees of the administration office of Al-Hol camp, which shelters families from the “Islamic State” organization, southeast of Al-Hasakah, and took them to the security centers, without knowing the reasons.

May 25, 2022

Dead and wounded as a result of violent clan fighting between the factions loyal to Ankara Ras al-Ain (Sere Kaniye)

Al-Hasakah Governorate:The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that, against the background of the killing of a member of Ahrar al-Sharqiya belonging to the al-Akidat tribe last night in Ras al-Ain city at the hands of a leader from the al-Mawwali clan within the Hamzat faction, al-Akidat tribe mobilized all the militiamen loyal to it in Ras al-Ain (Sere Kaniye). ) and its countryside in Hasaka countryside, and both the Al-Qar’an and Al-Adwana clans provided support through the militants and weapons to the Agaidat, so that the militants began a violent attack with the early morning hours of Wednesday, a violent attack on militants from several factions present in the city from the rest of the Syrian regions, and the Al-Akidat clan managed to control several neighborhoods in Ras al-Ain, in addition to controlling military headquarters and weapons for factions from outside Ras al-Ain. Violent clashes resulted in the death of 3 fighters and the injury of 8 others from the factions that were attacked by al-Akidat elements. The latter also managed to capture 8 members of the factions, while 3 civilians, including a child, were wounded. A woman was injured due to clashes between neighborhoodsThe city is in a state of fear and panic, while clashes are still continuing, amid the arrival of military reinforcements for the tribe to the city from the countryside.

May 23, 2022

The death toll from the latest Israeli targeting on the outskirts of the capital and Damascus International Airport has risen to 4 soldiers and a civil servant

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of a soldier in the regime forces, who hails from Daraa governorate in southern Syria, as a result of his wounds sustained as a result of the recent Israeli bombing of the Damascus International Airport area last Friday, May 20. And the regime’s air defense batteries in the vicinity of the capital and its international airport to 5, and they are “3 air defense officers and a member of the regime forces – head of the workers category in the shipping department within the Directorate of Ground Operations.”

May 22, 2022

A child was killed in a landmine explosion in the countryside of Manbij, east of Aleppo

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a child as a result of the explosion of a landmine from the remnants of the war on the outskirts of the western town of Al-Hamr, in the countryside of Manbij city, east of Aleppo, within the control areas of the “Manbij Military Council” forces affiliated with the SDF, thus, it rises to 103, including 5 women and 43 A child, the number of civilian martyrs he documented since the beginning of last January, as a result of the explosion of mines and objects remnants of war in Syria, in addition to the injury of 119 people, including 9 women and 70 children. Damascus countryside.

May 21, 2022

In two separate incidents, a gunman was killed while trying to plant an explosive device in the car of a leader in the Military Intelligence Division, and a member of the Fourth Division was assassinated in Daraa

Sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that two gunmen tried to plant an explosive device under the car of a leader in the “Military Intelligence Division” near the government complex in the city of Daraa, before they were detected by the leader’s escort and clashes with them, which led to the killing of one armed man, the other fleeing, and the injury of a female citizen. She was at the scene of the incident. In a related context, unknown gunmen assassinated a person working in the ranks of the “Fourth Division” after he was shot dead near the city of Jassem in the western countryside of Daraa.

May 20, 2022

Within the “safe zone”, the so-called “National Army” factions continue their violations against the people of Afrin by assaulting them and arresting more citizens

Activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that on May 17, armed men from the so-called “National Army” factions loyal to Turkey severely assaulted with sticks and metal wires a citizen of the village of Weleka in Rajo district, against the background of the citizen’s objection to the killing. The families of the armed men cut down olive trees and graze sheep in the people’s fields. A member of the “Amshat” faction in Sheikh Al-Hadid district severely assaulted a citizen of the district on May 13, and insulted him in front of the people, without knowing the reasons.

May 18, 2022

In an ambush by the “Islamic State” organization, two members of the regime forces were killed and wounded in the Syrian Badia

Two members of the regime forces were killed and others were wounded, in an ambush by members of the “Islamic State” organization, which targeted a group of regime forces members, while they were near the Wadi Al-Zakara area, which separates the Al-Dawa area and Jabal Al-Amour in the Syrian Badia.

May 16, 2022

Unidentified persons kidnapped a dignitary of a clan on the road to Al-Hasakah-Tal Tamer and demanded a ransom for his release

Unidentified persons kidnapped a notable of the Al-Maamra clan, after his car was stopped near the village of Al-Kharta on the Al-Hasakah-Tal Tamer road in northeastern Syria.
The kidnappers also demanded a ransom of 100,000 US dollars for his release.

May 15, 2022

Citizens find the body of a burnt woman in Qamishli countryside

Al-Hasakah Governorate: The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have monitored an escalation in crimes within the areas of influence of the Syrian Democratic Forces, where 3 crimes took place during the past 24 hours within Al-Hasakah governorate alone, where the sources of the Syrian Observatory reported that the people had found the body of a woman in her thirties, in Wadi Al-Dosa within the village of Tal Ouda Harb in the southern countryside of Qamishli, her face was burnt, and her body had bullet holes in the chest and neck.

May 13, 2022

SDF raids 4 areas east of the Euphrates and arrests several people on charges of “collaborating with the Islamic State”

Deir Ezzor Governorate:The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a campaign of raids and arrests carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces, in several areas in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor within their areas of influence. The “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that, after midnight Thursday-Friday, the Syrian Democratic Forces raided a house in the village of Darang, east of Deir ez-Zor, and arrested a person and his son, without information about the charges against them until now, and on May 4th The Syrian Observatory indicated that a military force affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces raided the house of a doctor in the town of Thiban in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and arrested him, along with 3 of his brothers, without information until now about the reasons for the arrest. It is also mentioned that the doctor hails from the town of Mahkan, which is under the control of the regime forces on the other side of the RiverEuphrates.

May 12, 2022

The random release of detainees brings back feelings of sadness for the families of the detainees and the forcibly disappeared, whose fate is unknown

The process of releasing a limited number of detainees recently who were languishing in the regime’s prisons constituted a great shock for many families of detainees and forcibly disappeared persons who are still languishing behind these prisons, as families faced great difficulty in finding information on places of detention or even Knowing their fate, whether they were killed inside prisons or if they are still alive, after many families were shocked by the absence of their children among the newly released

May 10, 2022

Gunmen kidnap the head of the Daraa Peasants’ Association, along with his nephew, from the western countryside of the governorate

The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that unknown gunmen kidnapped the head of the Daraa Peasants’ Association, accompanied by his nephew, while they were passing through the town of Muzayrib in the western countryside of Daraa, this morning.

May 9, 2022

A member of the “Syrian Front” was killed on the fighting axes in Sherawa district in Afrin countryside, and Turkish forces bombed villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo

The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the killing of a member of the “Al-Jabha al-Shamiya” faction on the axis of the village of Anab al-Mutabe’ah in Sherawa district in Afrin countryside, as a result of violent clashes with heavy and medium machine guns with the Kurdish forces, in conjunction with intense artillery shelling by the Turkish forces and their loyal factions on The villages of Tat Marash and Abyan belonging to Sherawa district within the areas of deployment of Kurdish forces and the regime in the countryside of Afrin, north of Aleppo.

May 8, 2022

Gunmen kidnapped an engineer from the town of the northern countryside of As-Suwayda

Activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have monitored a new kidnapping incident that took place in As-Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. Unknown gunmen kidnapped an engineer from the post office of Attil town in the northern countryside of As-Suwayda.

May 7, 2022

A ransom meeting…the “military police” in the city of Afrin release a citizen

Aleppo Governorate: The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the “military police” in the city of Afrin released a citizen of the village of Kakhira in Ma’batli district on May 5, in exchange for a ransom of $2,000, who had been arrested on May 1. And that while he was heading to the city of Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

May 6, 2022

While they were trying to enter the “Spring of Peace” area through smuggling, SDF arrested three people, including a female citizen, north of Raqqa

The sources of the Syrian Observatory reported that the Syrian Democratic Forces arrested three people, including a woman, while they were trying to enter the areas controlled by the Turkish forces and the “National Army” factions through smuggling from the countryside of Tal Abyad city, in the northern countryside of Raqqa.

May 5, 2022

Unidentified assailants kill a citizen in front of his family in his house in Raqqa city

Al-Raqqa Governorate: Yesterday, an armed gang attacked the house of a young man in Al-Tayyar neighborhood in Al-Raqqa city, and killed him in front of his family after they were handcuffed, before they fled to an unknown destination.

May 4, 2022

One dead and one wounded in a new fighting between the pro-Ankara factions in Ras al-Ain (Sri Kanye/

Al-Hasakah Province: The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the outbreak of new fighting with machine guns this afternoon between members of the Military Police on one side and members of the Ahrar al-Sharqiya faction on the other side in al-Rawiya village, west of Ras al-Ain city, northwest of al-Hasakah within the so-called Spring of Peace area. A member of Ahrar al-Sharqiya was killed, and a member of the Military Police was also wounded, amid crowds on both sides, as members of the 20th Division and Qaqaa prepared their members in the area because they are close to Ahrar al-Sharqiya.

May 3, 2022

In successive batches, the regime’s services continue to release detainees languishing in its prisons, and more than 150 prisoners have been released during the last 48

The regime’s security services continue to release batches of detainees held in its prisons against the background of the presidential pardon issued by the President of the Syrian regime yesterday, April 30, which provides for “granting a general amnesty for terrorist crimes committed by Syrians before the date of 4/30/2022, except for those that resulted in to the death of a person.

May 2, 2022

On the night of Eid al-Fitr, a young man was shot dead by members of a checkpoint belonging to the “National Army” in the countryside of Afrin, and the dead man’s clan attacked the faction’s checkpoints in Sharan and Bulbul districts

The sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that members of a checkpoint belonging to the “Suqur Al-Shamal” faction, which is affiliated with the so-called “National Army” loyal to Turkey, killed a young man from the southern countryside of Aleppo, after targeting a car he was traveling in with another person when they were passing by from The checkpoint located in the village of Qezel Basha / Al-Ras Al-Ahmar in the Bulbul district.

April 30, 2022

In the fifth targeting in Daraa in 24 hours… a gunman was killed while trying to assassinate a member of the regime’s security services in the Kashef neighborhood

Daraa Province: The activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that unknown gunmen shot dead a “first assistant” within the ranks of the regime’s “military security” in Al-Kashef neighborhood in Daraa city, which led to his injury, and the target also opened fire on the attackers, which led to One of them was killed and his body was taken to Daraa National Hospital.
It is noteworthy that this was 5 attacks in Daraa during the past 24 hours, in the context of the security chaos prevailing throughout the province.

April 28, 2022

While they were attending a Ramadan Iftar banquet, 11 people were killed and injured in an attack on the house of the head of the Public Relations Office of the Deir ez-Zor Civil Council

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented that the death toll of the massacre that was committed yesterday rose to 7, after an attack by gunmen likely to be from the cells of the “Islamic State” organization, which targeted the house of the head of the relations office in the Deir ez-Zor Civil Council, in addition to wounding 4 others, in the Abu Khashab area. In Deir ez-Zor countryside, according to the sources of the Syrian Observatory, the head of the relations office in Deir ez-Zor council had gathered some of his friends for a Ramadan breakfast before they were exposed to the armed attack.