Kidnapping Civilians

In the city of Hama and its countryside, the Syrian security services continue to arbitrarily arrest civilians, for 9 civilians were arrested upon trying to obtain passports from the Immigration …

Summary Abductions are still ongoing in the province of Idlib, which is mostly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), due to rampant insecurity and absence of checkpoints at the entrances …

In November 2018 and February 2019, 13 civilians belonging to two different families were kidnapped by security services and the militias backing them in Hama province. The kidnapped persons were …

Introduction: Between December 2, 2018 and January 8, 2019, seven civilians were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Idlib province. Two of the kidnapped were killed; a child and a media …

On the evening of December 9, 2018, a woman died, and a man got injured while escaping a kidnapping operation, undertaken by unidentified gunmen on the International Highway (Abu al-Duhur …

After a relative decrease, abductions for ransom are firmly back in al-Sweida province, as 21 persons kidnapped between October 1 and November 13, 2018, and only five of whom returned …

   On November 8, 2018, the Syrian army troops launched a military operation in As Suwayda eastern Badiya, resulting in the liberation of the remaining hostages who were held by …

On October 19, 2018, relief worker Alaa Elaiwi, accompanied by a young man, who was also kidnapped, managed to escape his kidnappers 32 days after his abduction and exposure to …

On October 15, 2018, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham/HTS and other Islamic brigades conducted a massive raid and arrest operation in the village of Ein Laruz, Idlib, which ended with the death …