COVID-19 has almost certainly reached Syria. The extent of the infection, however, has been completely shuttered from the outside world. Officially, the Syrian government claims zero confirmed cases, but the
For months, leaders in Europe watched the crisis in Idlib unfold with routine condemnation and little action. European leaders were finally shaken from passivity on February 27, when Turkey announced
On the eve of the 9th anniversary of the Syrian revolution, the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) has released “The State of Justice in Syria 2020 [https://syriaaccountability.org/
On January 29, 2020, former senior official for Jaysh al-Islam Majidi Mustafa Ne’ma [https://www.fidh.org/en/region/north-africa-middle-east/syria/syria-a-senior-jaysh-al-islam-official-arrested-in-france-and] (known by his nom de guerre as
In late December 2019, President Donald Trump signed [https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/whats-caesar-act-donald-trumps-738bn-defence-policy-bill] a $738 billion defense policy bill that included legislation to further the existing sanctions regime targeting
SJAC, in collaboration with the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), has begun providing technical trainings in mass grave exhumation and documentation to the First Responders’ Team (FRT) working to open
While fears of forced return have long haunted Syrian refugees in neighboring countries, including Lebanon [https://syriaaccountability.org/updates/2019/07/18/new-government-policies-worsen-conditions-of-refugees-in-lebanon/] and Turkey [https://syriaaccountability.org/updates/2019/
Foreign involvement in the Syrian conflict can be traced to every corner of the globe, including Russia, Turkey, the United States, and neighboring countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran.
The ISIS Bureau of Justice & Grievances played a central role in the governance and decision-making of administrative, civil, and criminal matters, terrorizing local communities by facilitating the establishment of
The governorate of Idlib in northwest Syria has been under bombardment by Russian and Syrian forces since April of 2019, with an increased assault in December. Since December 16th, over