Our thematic reports dig into the events reported to us by our investigators in order to reveal trends and build a broader picture of the on-going situation in Syria.
Background: More than a year after the Syrian government retook areas in Daraa and al-Qunaitra, in southern Syria, from Islamist and armed opposition groups under a “settlement agreement”,[1] thousands of…
I. A brief history of the Libyan civil war Turkey in Libya sounds like a bet in the making. The current military support Turkey provides to Libya’s Government of National…
Background Daraa province, south of Syria, is yet gripped by security chaos, which gave rise to assassinations, kidnappings and attacks on the security centers of the Syrian government between December…
Executive Summary More than nine years into the start of the protests/conflict in Syria, violations of the rights of children continue to be committed— whether killing and subjecting them to…
Introduction: The period from March 2019 to September 19 of the same year witnessed the Turkistan Islamic Party/TIP’s continued acts of confiscation and pillage which targeted public properties in western…
Executive Summary: In the province of Idlib, most of which is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS, women are subjected to numerous violations—including the blatant acts of detention and physical abuse,…
Introduction: In late August 2019, the Syrian security services in the province of Quneitra, south of Syria, have set up several new checkpoints, amounting to more than seven fixed posts…
Executive summary Thousands of migrants and refugees, including Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, and Iranians, as well as Turkish, massed at Turkey’s borders with Greece, after Erdoğan let them to Europe on…
Executive Summary: In January 2020, the Syrian regular forces and their Russian allies carried out a fresh series of brutal attacks, which once again made a target of crowded marketplaces…