Statement form the Syrian Network of Human Rights On the first day of Geneva II peace conference, government forces showed no consideration for the international community, where their tanks and warplanes are continuing shelling and killing…
Since the war began in Syria, thousands of refugees have made the precarious journey through Turkey into Europe in search of safety. We follow the lives of two refugee families as they encounter people-smugglers, border guards…
Tomorrow, on January 22, 2014, the Geneva II conference will start. After some deplorable miscommunication on the invitation of Iran, all main actors decided to participate. The aim of the conference is to find a way…
Western intelligence suggests Bashar al-Assad collaborating with jihadists to persuade West the uprising is terrorist-led The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has funded and co-operated with al-Qaeda in a complex double game even as the…
Senior war crimes prosecutors say photographs and documents provide ‘clear evidence’ of systematic killing of 11,000 detainees Syrian government officials could face war crimes charges in the light of a huge cache of evidence smuggled…
(CNN) — A team of internationally renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts has found “direct evidence” of “systematic torture and killing” by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the lawyers on the team say in a new…
Press Release for a Campaign about Release of Detainees 20 January 2014 SYRIA- a Home or a State of Detention! Zakaria is only a child screaming for his dad’s attention held in an adjacent cell. …
Since the war began in Syria, thousands of refugees have made the precarious journey through Turkey into Europe in search of safety. We follow the lives of two refugee families as they encounter people-smugglers, border guards…
(Reuters) – In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar al-Assad just as rebel infighting has weakened the insurgency against him,…
MAP ROOM Death March It’s hard to understand the scale and spread of killing in Syria, until you see this map. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/15/mapped_syrian_civil_war_deaths
On Thursday, news circulated that scores of insurgents had been killed in a failed operation in Homs city in central Syria: On Friday morning, the death toll was put at 65, but it was still…
BEIRUT – Children, the elderly and others displaced by Syria’s civil war are starving to death in a besieged camp where women brave sniper fire to forage for food just minutes from the relative prosperity of Damascus.…
Robin Barnwell, who directed and produced ‘A History of Syria with Dan Snow’, explains the challenges of filiming amid the conflict, and describes the spirit of the Syrian people he met. A History of Syria 2013…
ANNOUNCEMENT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS GRANTS FOR SYRIAN ARTISTS The British Council is delighted to announce the call for proposals for its ‘Grants for Syrian Artists’ fund for 2013-14. The conflict in Syria, and the resulting displacement…
The latest rebel infighting in Syria illustrates how profoundly the uprising has changed Syrian political culture. In the last week, rebel groups across a broad ideological spectrum mounted coordinated attacks on transnational jihadist militants in the…
On Thursday, news circulated that scores of insurgents had been killed in a failed operation in Homs city in central Syria: On Friday morning, the death toll was put at 65, but it was still unclear…
Reuters gave this Syrian kid a camera. Seven months later he was dead BEIRUT — On Dec. 20, 2013, Molhem Barakat took his last picture of the Syrian war. He had been photographing a battle for…
None of the Syrian regime’s achievements matches its fabrication of the fundamentalist-terrorist groups that it pretends to fight and protect the Syrians from, opposition figure Michel Kilo wrote in the London-based newspaper Asharq Al Awsat. Such…
BEIRUT—Back home in Syria, Omar al-Kurdi was always the good kid. He got top grades. He helped his disabled father manage a small shop selling cigarettes and snacks. He hung laundry for his mother. Now, as…
It’s hard to pinpoint just when, exactly, Barack Obama’s Syria policy fell apart. Was it in December, when Islamists humiliated U.S.-backed rebels by seizing what limited supplies America had given them? Was it back in September,…
The world has devoted a great deal of diplomatic energy to securing Syria’s chemical weapons. It has yet to do the same for securing Syria’s children. Their future is as important for international security and stability,…
Do You know “Yarmouk camp” in Damascus – Syria there is 30000 citizens under the siege from 180 days ago without food , Medicine and under Rocket shelling every day there is five person day from hunger. In this song “Yarmouk…
A poignant interview with Sara Khan, the sister of Dr Abbas Khan who died in Syria, on claims he had been killed
Call to Join the International Hunger Strike Picture source Syrians are slowly dying of malnutrition – but not for lack of food. A military blockade surrounds dozens of Syrian towns. This starvation siege prevents 1.5 million…