In October 2020, arbitrary arrests/detentions committed against civilian Kurds in the Kurdish-majority Syrian region of Afrin intensified compared to September, as perpetrators took no heed of the recommendations laid by…
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The National Army/National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
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Thematic Reports
Government Policies Contributing to Growing Incidence of Using Syrians as Mercenary Fighters
Executive summary This detailed report provides information corroborated by statements, photos and videos on the transfer of Syrians and Caucasians to Azerbaijan to engage in its ongoing military conflict with…
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Human Rights Journalism
Afrin: 116 Persons Arrested and Disappeared in September 2020, despite UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s Demands for Halting Violations
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…
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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…
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Thematic Reports
Front Lines Aflame: Crop Fires Ravage Syria’s Jazirah Region, Scorching Fields and Destroying Harvests
Executive Summary Over the last several years, summer crop fires in north east Syria have become a reoccurring issue. Largely commencing in early May, these fires overlap with wheat and…
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The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation or İHH, has turned two houses, from those seized, in the city Ras al-Ayn/Serê Kaniyê during Operation Peace Spring – waged on 9 October 2019…
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Thematic Reports
Illegal transfer of Dozens of Syrian detainees into Turkey following Operation Peace Spring
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…
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Human Rights Journalism
Following Operation Peace Spring, Thousands of Tons of Grain Seized as “Spoils of War”
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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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…