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

July 19, 2022

The world must act to restore funding to Syria to avert a humanitarian catastrophe

If come December, international relations deteriorate and the final border crossing into Syria is closed, it is the people of Syria who will pay the highest price.