April 17, 2023
Syria is largest narco-state in world as it earns more from Captagon than from its legal exports
Captagon is a synthetic stimulant composed of amphetamine and caffeine, and it is an internationally-recognized illegal drug (UNODC, 2021).
January 21, 2023
A Reading of the Real Estate Documents Restoration Law No. 33 of 2017
Law No.33 threatens to further jeopardize property rights in Syria, already undermined by the ongoing armed conflict
January 6, 2023
The United States and Türkiye Take Joint Action to Disrupt ISIS Financing
Prior to his arrest in July 2021, then-ISIS finance leader ‘Abd-al-Rahman ‘Ali al-Ahmad al-Rawi (al-Rawi) established financial channels throughout Russia, Europe, China, and Africa to transfer existing ISIS funds and generate additional ISIS revenue.
January 2, 2023
American Coalition for Syria Concerned about Growing Rapprochement between Türkiye and the Assad Regime
ACS urges both the U.S. and Turkish governments to work towards a political solution to the conflict in Syria in accordance with United Nations Security Resolution 2254.
December 22, 2022
Assad must face trial for his atrocities against the Syrian people
This is a good start, although, given the scale of the crimes committed, what is really required is the formation of a special international criminal tribunal at The Hague dedicated to Syria-related cases would serve to accelerate the criminal-justice accountability process.
December 21, 2022
SNHR Obtains Hundreds of Death Certificates for People Forcibly Disappeared by the Syrian Regime, Whose Families Have Not been Notified of Their Deaths, Which Have Not Been Announced by Civil Register Offices
The Syrian Regime Has Killed Hundreds of Forcibly Disappeared Persons in its Prisons, Including Prominent Activists from the Uprising against its Rule.
December 11, 2022
EXPLAINER: What’s at stake in Turkey’s new Syria escalation
Iran, a key ally of the Assad government, strongly opposed Turkish plans for a land offensive earlier this year but hasn’t commented publicly on the possible new incursion.
August 13, 2022
a letter to the US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield
The House Foreign Affairs Committee recently approved the measure by voice vote, and it is awaiting floor consideration. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., has introduced a companion bill.
August 1, 2022
SNHR condemns Syrian Democratic Forces’ arrest of at least 16 media workers in Raqqa city on July 30
Since the end of June of this year, SNHR has documented the escalation of arbitrary arrests/detentions and recruitment by the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the serious suppression of freedoms in the areas under their control, which has been reflected in various aspects of life
