Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Independent Rapporteur on Protection of Rights while Countering Terrorism, expressed concern that hundreds of very young boys have been wrongly separated from their mothers under 'unproven' belief that they pose a security risk

The city of Palmyra was bombed by Israel, most likely to hit positions of pro-Iranian militias in the area, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an independent international organisation, among other sources

Over 500 testimonies collected by dozens of journalists, filmmakers and human rights activists in Syria and Iraq are now part of an online archive called the Daesh Prison Museum

Hezbollah is continuing to reduce its presence in Syria by bringing back to Lebanon its fighters who had supported the Syrian regime

At least 12 civilians were killed in Turkish attacks against the PKK in Syria, carried out following the attack on the Aerospace Industry headquarters in Ankara province that killed five people