Mercenaries Recruitment

This report was amended on 11 May 2023. The number of Syrian fighters currently in Libya is nearly 7000, not 5000, as an earlier version said. Headless of the unrelenting efforts …

Executive Summary The operative legal framework, related to the criminalization of all aspects and consequences of mercenarism, remains largely, if not entirely, inadequate. This shortcoming does not stem only from …

Over two and a half years ago, several sides started deploying Syrian fighters to Libya to join combat as mercenaries besides the two warring parties. The current number of these …

In this brief report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) presents exclusive testimonies obtained from the families and relatives of deployed Syrian fighters, in addition to information from officers. The …

Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ), the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), Hevdestî Association for Victims in North and East Syria, and other local Syrian organizations presented an update …

On 4 March 2022, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) published a report verifying information about individual initiatives from fighters and commanders within the factions of the opposition’s Syrian National …

Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) obtained verified information from several highly reliable sources, which confirm that a Syrian security company that works as a local proxy for the Russian …

With the start of the Russian invasion into Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Syrian mainstream witnessed a split of opinion: some advocated the Russian military operations, others decried the …

Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ), the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), PÊL – Civil Waves, and Hevdestî – Synergy, submitted a complaint to the Working Group on the …