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 …
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On 29 April 2024, during the Brussels VIII Conference on supporting the future of Syria and the Region, a coalition of international and Syrian organizations hosted a joint side event …
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Northern Syria: Escalation of Arbitrary Arrests in Turkish-Occupied Territories
by editorIntroduction: In February 2024, years after displacement, Hanan Hussein returned to his village in Afrin countryside in order to take care of his elderly mother following his father’s death. He …
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Launching the Missing Persons’ Families Platform in North and East Syria (MPFP-NES)
by editorThe issue of the missing persons, arbitrary detained, and the enforced disappeared stands out as one of the most important issues reflecting the nature and essence of the conflict in …
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49 Syrian organizations welcome the verdict issued by the Criminal Court in Paris sentencing three senior Syrian intelligence officers to life imprisonment
by editorOn May 24, 2024, the Paris Criminal Court issued a life imprisonment sentence against three high-ranking Syrian security officials close to Bashar al-Assad: Major General Ali Mamlouk, Major General Jamil …
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Joint Statement by Syrian and International Civil Society Organizations and Victims’ Associations in support of investigating Bashar al-Assad for chemical attacks
by editorNGOs have documented hundreds of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have conducted detailed investigations into a limited number …
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Voices of Local Communities in Northern and Eastern Syria to the Brussels VIII Conference
by editorIntroduction: On March 5, 2024, Synergy Association for Victims and Analysis and Strategic Study Organization (ASSO), in cooperation with the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Northeast Syria (CSO-NES) and …
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Northern Syria: Women as Victims in Various Forms, from Domestic Violence to Violations and Conflict-Related Crimes
by editorIntroduction: 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 …
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The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic: Tasks, Terms of Reference and the Role of Victims’ Families in Guiding its Work
by editorIntroduction: On June 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution A/77/L.79 to create the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP). This new …
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Northern Syria: Arbitrary Detention and Torture as Systematic Policy in SNA-Held Areas
by editorExecutive 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 …