Background Since February 2020 the Northern Democratic Brigade/Liwa al-Shamal al-Democrati, operates under the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has seized dozens of houses whose owners had displaced or migrated owing to…
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Press releases & statements
A complaint to the Office for the Protection of Children in Armed Conflicts of the Autonomous Administration, Regarding the Recruitment of 17 Male and Female Minors
On 18 November 2020, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) made a formal complaint to the Office for the Protection of Children in Armed Conflicts, which was founded by decision…
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Thematic Reports
Deir ez-Zor: Dozens Arbitrarily Arrested during SDF’s “Deterrence of Terrorism” Campaign
Executive Summary The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) embarked on numerous raids and arrested dozens of people in its control areas in Deir ez-Zor province, located east of the Euphrates River,…
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Thematic Reports
Front Lines Aflame: Crop Fires Ravage Syria’s Jazirah Region, Scorching Fields and Destroying Harvests
Executive Summary Over the last several years, summer crop fires in north east Syria have become a reoccurring issue. Largely commencing in early May, these fires overlap with wheat and…
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Thematic Reports
“Child Recruitment” by Parties to Conflict in Syria, a Lasting Phenomenon
by n.tarekExecutive Summary More than nine years into the start of the protests/conflict in Syria, violations of the rights of children continue to be committed— whether killing and subjecting them to…
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Human Rights Journalism
Raqqa: Three Activists Arrested by the Autonomous Administration for Reasons yet Unknown
In three separate raids, the intelligence office in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of the Autonomous Administration, arrested three prominent local activists in the province of Raqqa in February 2020,…
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On October 13, 2019, activists shared photos and a footage for what they said bodies of two female volunteers of the Kurdish Red Crescent who were executed by an armed…
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Thematic ReportsEditor’s Picks
New Details Partially Gainsay US Account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Death
Executive Summary On October 26, 2019, the US forces embarked on a military operation in the village of Barisha[1] in the suburbs of Idlib Province. The operation ended with the…
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Introduction Barava Khalaf Farho was 21 when she was captured with her two children in 2014 by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq’s Sinjar (also known as Shingal). she had…