Syria

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 …

Introduction The areas, held by the armed opposition groups/anti-Syrian Government factions, in the provinces of Idlib and Hama are yet suffering a state of rampant insecurity, with which robberies and …

Introduction: Ali[1] is yet hoping for someone to hear him; someone to prevent putting him and 10 other detainees of the Hama Central Prison on the death row; he who …

Summary: Following the Syrian security services release of 17 female arrestees/detainees with their children in a “prisoner swap deal” on October 8, 2018, the two sides to which were the …

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 …

On January 10, 2019, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS[1] has militarily taken over the full range of Idlib province, in addition to massive areas in western rural Aleppo and northern rural Hama[2] …

On 1 March 2019, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) published its report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the 7 April 2018 attack on …

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 Hama city, no less than 25 estates were confiscated, “attached or prevented from being disposed of, [while violators are] to be held accountable” by Syrian security services or persons …