View from hill overlooking Ain Issa displacement camp in Syria, May 2018. © Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The de facto authorities of two areas of northeast Syria are unlawfully restricting the movement of people who escaped from Islamic State (also known as ISIS)-held areas in displacement camps, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities from the Syrian […]
World Health Organisation (WHO) : Syrians die of heat and disease in the south amongst them 12 children
World Health Organisation (WHO) asked to provide access to reach 210,000 displaced people who have fled the fighting in southern Syria and in urgent need to medicines and health services, and amongst them in need for evacuation. The organisation continued to say that with temperature rise to 45 Celsius, no less than 15 Syrians including […]
SYRIA 2017/2018 Amnesty International Annual Report
SYRIA 2017/2018 Parties to the armed conflict committed war crimes and other grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses with impunity. Government and allied forces, including Russia, carried out indiscriminate attacks and direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects using aerial and artillery bombing, including with chemical and other internationally banned weapons, […]
Russia Makes a Killing off its Military Support to Assad
Human Rights Watch Published in Atlantic Council Lama Fakih Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Divisionlamamfakih Show More Services Print Russia’s state-owned arms company has reaped enormous profits from its support to Bashar al-Assad’s government, which is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. EXPAND The office building of Rosoboronexport company in […]
Attacks on Healthcare in Syria Look Like a Bloody Strategy of Forced Displacement
Chatham House 23 February 2018 Dr Abdulkarim Ekzayez Academy Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security There is reason to suspect health facilities are being deliberately targeted in eastern Ghouta in a bid to weaken the resilience of the community to make it more amenable to evacuation. A damaged ambulance in front of Arbin Hospital in […]
Human Rights Watch Report 2018: Syria
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/syria The fight against the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) emerged as the top priority for Syria’s multiple warring parties in 2017. The government, with the assistance of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, retook large parts of Central and Eastern Syria from ISIS while US-backed Syria Democratic Forces controlled Raqqa. The race to secure territory […]
HRW: Syria/Russia: Airstrikes, Siege Killing Civilians
Allow Urgent Aid into Besieged Eastern Ghouta and End Indiscriminate Attacks Print Children in the rubble of damaged buildings in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria. (Beirut) – Syrian government and Russian forces have escalated their airstrikes on Eastern Ghouta, a suburb approximately 15 kilometers from the center of Syria’s capital Damascus, killing dozens of civilians in apparently […]
Syria: ‘Surrender or starve’ strategy displacing thousands amounts to crimes against humanity
Whole civilian populations who have suffered horrific sieges and been subjected to intensive bombardments have been given no choice but to leave or die under so-called “reconciliation” agreements between the Syrian government and armed opposition groups, said Amnesty International in a comprehensive new report published today. The government’s campaign of sieges, unlawful killings and forced […]
‘You want freedom? This is your freedom’: Rape as a Tactic of the Assad Regime
We always hear about acts of violence against women committed by ISIS and other groups in Syria and Iraq. Why is rape by pro-regime forces under documented? It is more difficult to convince the victims of pro-regime forces to speak out, and their abuses are probably more difficult to document. The main reasons are […]
Breaking Aleppo: A report by Atlantic Council
After nearly five years of bitter fighting, bombardment, and siege, the Bashar al-Assad regime, Iran, and Russia finally broke Aleppo on December 22, 2016 defeating the opposition and displacing much of the local population. This represented a critical turning point in the Syrian civil war and shifted the balance of power between the United States, […]
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