Ten Years On Since the Homs Clock Tower Massacre Homs: The city of Homs lies in centre-west of Syria, bordering Lebanon to the west and its governorate extending eastwards up until the Iraqi borders. Its sister, the city of Hama, borders Homs to the north, which is only 40 kilometres away from it whilst the […]
SHRC Welcome UK new sanctions against Assad’s regime
UK Foreign Office, London SHRC Welcome UK new sanctions against Assad’s regime The Syrian Human Rights Committee welcomed the initiative of the UK government to impose sanctions on six Syrian regime influential actors, for grave human rights violations in Syria, at various levels, and called for more effective measures to compel Bashar al-Assad to respond […]
War Criminal Zahr al-Deen Killed
The Syrian Regime has announced the killing of Brigadier-General Isaam Zahr al-Deen in Hawijat al-Sakr, Dayr Az-Zour, by a land-mine explosion. Zahr al-Deen is among the most prominent militia leaders produced by the Syrian army, who enjoyed powers outside of the military establishment alongside immediate supervision from the presidential palace. He formed his own special […]
Regime Forces Commit Genocide in Aleppo
The districts of eastern Aleppo are witnessing a genocide committed by regime forces and its supporting foreign militias after they entered the districts which had been under the control of opposition forces until yesterday afternoon. Upon their immediate arrival into the districts of Sheikh Sa’eed, Saliheen, al-Firdaws, al-Jaloum, and al-Ma’adi, reports of summary executions of […]
International Day of Human Rights: Syria Examines the Human Rights System
In 1948, Syria participated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, so that it would be a humanitarian tool combining all values which respect humanity, allowing humans to live with dignity and help them achieve their best in nurturing and developing their communities. Since its inception 67 years ago, the declaration has been a fundamental […]
Genocide: The politics of Blockade
Throughout history, the political strategy of laying siege on cities has been practiced on a wide scale in many regions across the world, the most famous examples in our recent history being that of Sarajevo in the 1990s (blocked off by the Serbian army), the siege of Grozny imposed by Russian forces, and the blockade […]