1. Introduction and Background: In July 2025, Sweida Governorate witnessed a large-scale military escalation accompanied by grave violations against members of the Druze community, amidst a severe deterioration of …
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Summary In early March 2025, the veneer of stability that marked the first days of post-Assad Syria shattered following deadly insurgent attacks against government forces along the coast by armed …
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‘You’re a Druze… We Will Burn You and Your Motorcycle’: Gross Violations against the Druze (April–May 2025)
1. Executive Summary This in-depth investigation documents recurring patterns of gross human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, torture and degrading treatment, looting of property, sectarian discrimination, and hate …
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Syria: The Role of Hate Speech in the Massacres that Took Place in the Coastal Region in March 2025
1. Introduction: The Violence that Swept Syria’s Coastal Region in March 2025 On 6 March 2025, the first spark of what came to be known as the “Coastal Events” was …
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War Crimes: Turkish/SNA Attacks on Tishrin Dam Killed Civilians, Endangered the Vital Resource
by s.hasanBackground Since 8 January 2025, 24 civilians have been killed, including three journalists and a theater actor, while more than 200 others have been injured in a series of airstrikes …
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“As If an Earthquake Had Struck”: Turkish Airstrikes Are Killing Life in Northeast Syria
Executive Summary Over the last quarter of 2023 and January 2024, the Turkish Armed Forces launched three air campaigns into northeast Syria, targeting critical civilian infrastructure across the region. The …
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No One Left Behind: Advocating for Justice In All Corners of Syria on the Sidelines of the Brussels Conference
On 29 April 2024, during the Brussels VIII Conference on supporting the future of Syria and the Region, a coalition of international and Syrian organizations hosted a joint side event …
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Northwest Syria: Syrian-Russian Attacks Killing Civilians and Hammering Critical Infrastructure
“Many fall wounded and dead that day. I do not know their names. Our grief is huge impairing our ability to focus.” With these words, a local of Idlib province, …
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What is the case about? The criminal complaint filed by ECCHR and Syrians for Truth and justice (STJ) addresses the human rights violations that Islamist armed militias have been committing …
