Afrin

Syrians for Truth and Justice/STJ documented the arrest of no less than 66 persons, including five women, in the Kurdish majority Syrian district of Afrin, as carried out by armed…

1. The arrest toll in the last six months of 2019:       At least 506 arrests, among them 30 women and 8 children under the age of 18, were made…

Arbitrary arrests/detentions by the Turkish forces and groups affiliated to the National Army against people of the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin,[1] increased in November 2019 compared to the number they…

Turkish forces and allied armed groups of the National Army,[1] have decreased their detentions and arrests in the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin to 54, including a woman, in October compared…

Introduction: The National Army of the Syrian Interim Government, which was formed by the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, increased its detentions and arbitrary arrests against civilians…

Background On January 20, 2019, the Turkish Army, allied by the Syrian armed groups, officially announced the start of military operations[1] in the Syrian/Kurdish city of Afrin. Reports providing a…

We, a group of human rights organizations from the Middle East and North Africa, express our grave concern regarding Turkey’s military operation in northeastern Syria and its plan to resettle…

Houria woke up in panic to footsteps of strangers in her house at the midnight of August 25, 2019. Seeing them, the two men strangers drugged beaten and insulted Houria,…

Syrians for Truth and Justice-STJ presents this paper to the UNGA in order to highlight the situation in the Afrin district, a Kurdish majority area fully part of Syria. We…