Executive Summary On the evening of 20 March 2023, three members of the Eastern Army/Jaysh al-Sharqiya—affiliated with the “Liberation and Building Movement” (LBM) of the opposition’s Syrian National Army (SNA),…
Operation Olive Branch
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Human Rights Journalism
Northern Syria: Clashes Between Opposition Factions Lead to the Permanent Presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Afrin
Recent clashes between the Levant Front/al-Jabha al-Shamiya and the 32nd Division – Ahrar al-Sham sector has allowed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls the remaining areas in Idlib Governorate, to…
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Executive Summary Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documented the arrest of at least 311 people, including 12 women and a child, from the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin. The arrests…
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Investigative Reports
Syria: Continued Violations and Opposition Intra-Factional Clashes in “Safe Areas”
Executive Summary “When the shooting started on the street, I panicked. I saw bullets flying around me, and I was extremely scared. I tried to run away and hide. Then…
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Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) documented the arrest of at least 108 persons in August 2021. The arrests concentrated in the areas of Afrin, Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê and Tal…
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Throughout 2020, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) has documented the arrests, detentions, and forced disappearances carried out across the Syrian/Kurdish Afrin region, as perpetrated by armed groups and security…
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Human Rights Journalism
Syria: 237 Persons Arrested in “Peace Spring” and “Olive Branch” Territories — in November and December 2020
In the territories of military operations code-named Peace Spring and Olive Branch, controlled chiefly by the factions of the opposition-affiliated Syrian National Army (SNA) and the Turkish military, arbitrary arrests,…
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Press releases & statements
The US Must Take a Stronger Position on Human Rights Abuses in Occupied Afrin, Tal Abyad, and Ras al Ayn
On September 15th, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria released its biannual report. The report included extensive evidence of brutal human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities,…
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Human Rights Journalism
Afrin: 101 Persons, including six Women and two Children, Arrested in July and August 2020
In July and August 2020, the Kurdish-majority region of Afrin witnessed the arrest of 101 persons, including six women and two children. The arrests, however, were perpetrated by armed opposition…