On June 29, 2019, the Syrian Democratic Forces/SDF, by an endorsement from the Autonomous Administration in north-eastern Syria, has signed an action plan to end and prevent recruitment of children …
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Investigative Reports
“If the Hazard Gap is Not Bridged, An Illiterate Generation Would Arise”
by wael.mThe seven-year long Syrian armed conflict has left a grave negative impact on children, the most vulnerable category, nationwide Syria, particularly in the provinces of Idlib and Hama. Many children …
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Introduction School violence has increased in some educational facilities in Idlib province recently. Many students were exposed to corporal punishment so that some of them were admitted to hospital for …
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Human Rights Journalism
Up to 160 Detention Cases Recorded in Northern Rural Homs since July 2018
by wael.mIn the duration between July and November 2018, the Syrian security services conducted no less than 160 arbitrary detentions of civilians and defectors from the Syrian regular forces throughout the …
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Human Rights Journalism
Child Labor Rises Sharply in Hama, Restrained by Neither Censorship nor Accountability
by wael.mBased in the city of Hama, central Syria, a large segment of children, under 15, are coerced into various professions and fields of work, becoming vulnerable to exploitation and danger, …
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Several of the children of the city of Raqqa pull out junk from under the rubble of the destroyed buildings. This phenomenon poses a danger to these children’s lives, for …
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Investigative Reports
Two More Confirmed Cases of Illegal Recruitment of Underage Girls into the SDF Forces
by wael.mOn 5 July, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), and the ‘Democratic Self-Administration in Rojava’ demobilized 149 children from their ranks and signed Geneva Call’s Deed …
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Preface After more than seven years of conflict in Syria, children remain the group at greatest disadvantage, as the ongoing violence has not only caused the killing and displacement of …
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Investigative Reports
“Sawa’id al-Khair” and “Committee of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” New Security Arms of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib and Arihah
by wael.mPreface: Practices of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-HTS/formerly al-Nusra Front[1] have varied against many civil institutions and civilians in the areas they control, especially in Idlib[2], the city center, and Arihah[3] city …