War Crimes

On the evening of June 11, 2019, Ranim Khattab, 20, was sitting with her young child in Kafr Lousin camp when Turkish border guards fired directly at the rudimentary dwellings …

The Attack Against Al-Shifaa Hospital On 12 June 2021, at approximately 7:00 PM Syria local time, several artillery rockets struck  al-Shifaa Hospital[1] in the city of Afrin, controlled by Turkey …

Executive Summary On 9 October 2019, Turkey launched the sweeping “Peace Spring” offensive into northeastern Syria, backed by several factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA), an affiliate of the …

Four members of the Issa family died and two were injured in the ground shelling on their house in the al-Safawiyeh village, east of Ain Issa city, in the northern …

Eid al-Fitr used to bring joy and merriness to the people of the Syrian city of Daraya; however, since 19 August 2012, the holiday has been haunted by a painful …

Every five years, the United Nations reviews the human rights situation its 193 member states through a process called The Universal Periodic Review (UPR).  This year, The Advocates for Human …

Russian and Syrian government forces escalated their artillery attacks on Idlib province in early June 2021. This recent violent bombing campaign continued to the end of July 2021 and killed …

Background The Turkish Ministry of Defense posted two tweets on their official Twitter account on 14 July 2021. In the first tweet, the ministry claimed that “another war crime came …

Executive Summary The present report is concerned with the issue of Islamic State (IS) members joining the ranks of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) of the Syrian Interim Government …