‘OPERATION PEACE SPRING’

As images emerge of detainees being released from former Syrian regime prisons, and with the world’s attention turning to Damascus in preparation for Syria’s transition, countless families continue to endure …

To the attention of the following mandate holders: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Special Rapporteur on Minority …

On 9 October 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the military Operation Peace Spring in the areas of Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tell Abyad/Girê Spî in …

Introduction: Five years have passed since the Turkish occupation of areas of Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tall Abyad as a result of the military operation dubbed “Peace Spring”, which began …

Five years have passed since the Turkish occupation of areas of Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tall Abyad as a result of the military operation dubbed “Peace Spring”, which began on …

Introduction: On March 21, 2024, while the pediatrician Abdullah al-Ibrahim was working in his clinic located in the middle of Tall Abyad/Girê Spî City, a man named Abu Mesh’al, a …

Introduction: The al-Sultan Family, who hails from the west countryside of Tall Tamer Town, endured a horrific tragedy as members of the opposition Syrian National Army (SNA) executed one of …

Diyar was fortunate enough to survive torture at the hands of Turkish intelligence forces in the opposition Syrian National Army (SNA)-run prisons located in Afrin. He, then, decided to displace …

Introduction: On February 27, 2024, a widely circulated video on social media showed a girl being violently beaten with sticks and iron bars. Some men and boys/children took turns assaulting …

Executive Summary: In mid-March 2023, Nisreen Mohammed, an alias, was astonished when a group of armed men stormed her house in Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê City, and took away her husband …