January 15, 2019
Crushing of Society: the Annual SNHR Report
6,964 civilians, including 1,436 children and 923 women (adult female), were documented as being killed at the hands of the parties to the conflict in 2018. Of this total, 4,162 civilians, including 713 children and 562 women, were killed by Syrian regime forces, and 467 civilians, including 169 children and 51 women, were killed by Russian forces
January 13, 2019
Syria: Deadly School Attack Was Unlawful
When I got out of the pickup, I walked a few meters toward the place where the second [projectile] fell. When the third fell, the pressure, it threw me onto the truck. I remember there were two girls, students walking toward me
January 12, 2019
Syrians Arrested, Killed Under Reconciliation Agreements
The government has violated additional portions of the agreements: hundreds of arrests have occurred prior to the end of the registration period in places such as Damascus, Hama, and, more recently, in Deraa and the Idlib countryside
January 9, 2019
Detainees: Umm Osama was rescuing wounded son , ‘She is not a terrorist’
The Assad regime considers her a dissident as a previous employee in the Explosives Department of the Scientific Research Center in Homs
January 9, 2019
New Reports Find Assad Regime Continues With its Brutal Tactics
The Syrian Coalition said that these figures make it imperative that the international community shoulder its responsibilities to hold the Assad regime accountable for the widespread crimes it is committing against civilians in the opposition-held areas
January 9, 2019
January 8, 2019
Concerns mount over refugees as ‘Norma’ brings Lebanon strong winds, snow, rainfall
Monday’s weather will be cloudy along with wind speed that exceeds 80 kph. Temperatures will drop further, with snow expected below 1,000 meters
January 4, 2019
Ali Mamlouk’s visit to Italy is a stab in the back of Syrian victims of Assad’s torture
Unfortunately, this feeling of being ignored by Italy has been reinforced with the latest elections which have been won by the Northern League and the Five Stars Movement, two parties which had several times expressed their support towards Russia and Assad regime’s ‘fight against terrorism’
January 4, 2019
A New Constitution is Not the Solution for Syria
While implementing a comprehensive and inclusive process certainly poses challenges, it not only can create a superior document, with more public buy-in, but the experience of participation can help citizens learn how to have peaceful dialogue across political differences
