In September 2020, arbitrary arrests/detentions and enforced disappearances spiked dramatically in the Syrian Kurdish-majority region of Afrin, slamming the demands of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian…
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,…
Introduction On 28 May 2020, eight women at least with a newborn were found held in a military headquarters of the Hamza/Hamzat Division affiliated to the National Army, operating under…
STJ has documented the arrest of at least 40 people, among them two women, throughout June 2020, in the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin by the National Army, affiliated to the…
Background On 9 October 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the launch of a military operation by the Turkish Army and allied Syrian opposition groups – of the National…
Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ), documented the arrest of 17 people, among them a woman, during May 2020, in four of the seven districts of the Kurdish-majority city of…
Introduction The Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) security force carried out summary executions against 10 people, including a woman, in various parts of Idlib province, for charges of adultery, cursing god,…
Background: On 22 March 2020 the Syrian Ministry of Interior of the Syrian government took a decision to completely close all the land border crossings into Lebanon. Accordingly, the Masnaa,…
Syrians for Truth and Justice/STJ documented the arrest of no less than 43 persons, including a woman, in the Syrian Kurdish-majority district of Afrin in April 2020, carried out by…