Background Following Operation Peace Spring in the area, from which the US-led coalition withdrew to fight the Islamic State/ISIS, the terrain stretching from Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê to Tell Abiad was…
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Human Rights Journalism
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1. Background: On October 9, 2019, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced[1] the start of a military operation in Syria, decoding it the Peace Spring, with the direct participation…
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Investigative Reports
Syria: Large-Scale Public Facility Robberies and Pillage Committed by HTS in Idlib
by wael.mSummary: In September and October 2018, several public facilities and properties in Idlib Province were seized and robbed by the armed opposition groups in control of the area, especially by…
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Introduction: Having controlled the full range of rural Hama in early January 2019, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS[1] was fast to seize and confiscate several public facilities and privately-owned properties, in addition…
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Introduction The areas, held by the armed opposition groups/anti-Syrian Government factions, in the provinces of Idlib and Hama are yet suffering a state of rampant insecurity, with which robberies and…
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Summary Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)[1], an armed group, seized, looted and pillaged many public and private properties in the province of Idlib between October 2018 and mid-January 2019. As soon…
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Sinjar district in Idlib endured many practices against civilians carried out by the Syrian army and its pro-militias in November and December 2018. Testimonies obtained by STJ said that since…
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Human Rights Journalism
For Unknown Reasons, Railway in the North of Raqqa City Continues to be Dismantled
by wael.mCivil crews, protected by armed elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces/SDF, continue to dismantle the railway, located in the north of the city of Raqqa, for unknown reasons. The process…
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At dawn, on October 27, 2018, the building of the Hama Healthcare Directorate, affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, was…