Human Rights Journalism

1. Background In late December 2024, the Türkiye Gazetesi website reported that the new authorities in Syria, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, were seeking assistance from Türkiye for various services. This…

Summary: On 26 February 2025, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) submitted a report to the Damascus Governorate on a series of property rights violations and other related violations. This…

This publication was funded by the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of (Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights/STJ) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European…

Background In this report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) monitors a series of violations committed by armed militia groups in the towns of Nubl and al-Al-Zahraa, located in the…

Background: After the Turkish army and allied factions from the opposition’s Syrian National Army (SNA) established military control over the Afrin region in northwest Syria in March 2018, the predominantly…

Executive Summary This detailed report is based on 38 interviews with direct victims or their relatives. It outlines various housing, land, and property rights violations, such as seizure, looting, extortion,…

Background The government of Syria (GOS) has been for years seizing vast swathes of agricultural land in the countryside of Hama and Idlib provinces in northern Syria through occasional confiscation…

On 9 October 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the military Operation Peace Spring in the areas of Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tell Abyad/Girê Spî in…

Background On 13 September 2024, Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria witnessed a large-scale wave of protests, held in the city of Idlib, as well as Killi, Binnish, Qurqania, Kafr Takharim…