Executive Summary On 20 January 2022, militants of the Islamic State (IS)—identified locally as Daesh—attacked the al-Sina’a Prison, located south of the Ghweiran neighborhood in al-Hasakah city, in northeastern Syria. …
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130 Syrian Organizations Demand the International Community Start Holding ISIS Members Accountable in Syria
On 20 January 2022, ISIS attacked Al-Sina’a prison in Ghuwayran area of Al-Hasakah city, where more than 5,000 ISIS members and leaders are being detained. The attack spread fear among …
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A Complaint to Three UN Special Rapporteurs Addressing the Destruction of Graves and Cemeteries by Various Parties to the Syrian Conflict
Over the last few years, parties in the Syrian conflict vandalized and destroyed several cemeteries, historic sites, and religious objects. In some cases, actors carried out the violence for revenge. …
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Northeastern Syria: The Revolutionary Youth Attacks Journalists and Protestors
On 24 September 2021, members of the self-proclaimed Revolutionary Youth (RY)—locally referred to as Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger—attacked a group of protesters that assembled in front of the United Nations’ headquarters …
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North-Eastern Syria: False Claims in the Case of the Killing of Ameen Issa al-Ali
News has spread recently on the killing of Ameen Issa al-Ali ,35, in the prisons of the Autonomous Administration’s internal security forces (Asayish), leading to conflicting images and accounts of …
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Executive Summary It has been 59 years since an unjust special census was carried out in Syria’s Kurdish-majority province of al-Hasakah, which resulted in thousands of Syrians being stripped of …
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Northeastern Syria: Group of Teachers, One Activist Arbitrarily Detained by the Autonomous Administration
Introduction In this report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documents a series of arbitrary arrests in different areas across northeastern Syria, carried out by security forces affiliated with the …
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Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) confirmed that at least 38 arrests were carried out by the Opposition-Syrian National Army (SNA) and groups affiliated with them in Ras al-Ayen/Serê Kaniyê …
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Fake News by SANA: US-Dropped Thermal Balloons Set Fire to Crops in al-Jazira Region
In the second half of May 2020, Syrian, Arab and international media outlets posted news claiming that US forces in northeastern Syria have set fire to wheat and barley crops …
