Investigative Reports

Introduction: In late 2018, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) started confiscating houses and businesses belonging to Christians-who were forced by war to leave the city- citing their absence.[1] Up to 550 …

 Background: In 2019, throughout August, October and November, Daraa Province bore witness to rampant insecurity that effected a sharp and marked rise in assassinations, killings and attacks against security facilities …

1. Recommendations To the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (CoI), the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons …

Summary: In September and October 2018, several public facilities and properties in Idlib Province were seized and robbed by the armed opposition groups in control of the area, especially by …

Introduction: Having controlled the full range of rural Hama in early January 2019, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS[1] was fast to seize and confiscate several public facilities and privately-owned properties, in addition …

Executive Summary: The 13th of November 2019 coincides with the 59th anniversary of the fire of the Shahrazad Cinema in Amuda City, al-Hasakah Province in northeast Syria, which the city …

1. Executive Summary: Today—November 8, 2019— marks the 7th anniversary of the spark that catalyzed the clashes witnessed by the city of Ras al-Ayen/Sari Kani in al-Hasakah province, northeast Syria, …

Background In March 2019, the Lawyers’ Syndicate in the province of Daraa issued new decisions, which were actually amendments of previous decisions of disbarring more than a third of the …

Background The events which the city of al-Qamishli/Qamishlou witnessed in March 2004 were a turning point, as they reshaped the relationship between the Syrian Kurds and the Syrian authorities, for …