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For Civilians in Northern Syria, There is No Escape
Do you remember the last time you sat with your partner in the early cool evening air, recovering from a long day’s work and smiling as you watched your children play? A Syrian man, Khalid al-Satuf, does – and he will never forget it.…
Syria-Russia Attack on Refuge an Apparent War Crime
500,000 People Displaced in Recent Hostilities Stuck at Turkish Border
(Beirut) – A Syrian-Russian military alliance strike on a displacement compound in mid-August is an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today.
Witnesses said there was no apparent military target for the…
Video: Government Co-Opting Recovery Efforts in Syria
(Geneva, June 28, 2019) – The Syrian government is co-opting humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance, and in places using it to entrench repressive policies, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Donors and investors should make…
Syria: Detention, Harassment in Retaken Areas
Media, Aid Workers, Activists, and Families Targeted
(Beirut) – Syrian intelligence branches are arbitrarily detaining, disappearing, and harassing people in areas retaken from anti-government groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The abuse is taking place even…
Syria: Concerns for Civilians Escaping ISIS Holdout
Satellite Imagery Reveals Large-Scale Destruction of Buildings
(New York) – Protecting civilians should be a key priority for the US-led coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) makes its last territorial stand in Syria, Human Rights Watch said…
Syria: Thousands of Displaced Confined to Camps
Areas Taken from ISIS Restricting Free Movement
(Beirut) – The de facto authorities of two areas of northeast Syria are unlawfully restricting the movement of people who escaped from Islamic State (also known as ISIS)-held areas in displacement camps, Human Rights Watch said today.…
Syria: Turkey-Backed Groups Seizing Property
Compensate Displaced Residents for Use, Damage
(Beirut) – Turkey-backed armed groups in the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have seized, looted, and destroyed property of Kurdish civilians in the Afrin district of northern Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The anti-government armed…
Friends of Syria: Action Needed at Brussels Conference
Focus on Justice, Refugees, Education
(Brussels) - The Friends of Syria Group meeting in Brussels on April 24-25, 2018, should address the war crimes and impunity that characterize the Syria conflict and meet urgent protection and humanitarian needs, Human Rights Watch said…
Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians
EU Should Raise Issue, Pledge Aid at Conference
(Brussels) – Turkish security forces have routinely intercepted hundreds, and at times thousands, of asylum seekers at the Turkey-Syria border since at least December 2017 and summarily deported them to the war-ravaged Idlib governorate in Syria,…
Middle East Conflicts Spur Disastrous New Trends for Region
(Beirut) – Lawless armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) morphed into disastrous trends for the region in 2017, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its 2018 World Report.
“Failed leadership, failed…
Witness: Syrians Thrust Back into War
Refugees in Jordan Suffer Collective Expulsions to Syria
Syrians who thought they had escaped their civil war by fleeing to neighboring Jordan have been summarily deported to their war-ravaged country without explanation. Jordan’s government says refugees are being sent back to protect national security…
“I Have No Idea Why They Sent Us Back”
Summary
Despite a decades-long history of hospitality that has earned Jordan an international reputation as one of the world’s great refugee-hosting countries, since 2014, and especially in 2016 and 2017, Jordan has been marring that…
Jordan: Syrian Refugees Being Summarily Deported
No Due Process Protection; Risk of Serious Harm
(Amman) – Jordanian authorities have been summarily deporting Syrian refugees – including collective expulsions of large families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Syrians are not being given a meaningful chance to challenge…
Iraq/KRG: 1,400 Women, Children From ISIS Areas Detained
Investigate Killings, Abductions of Foreign Men
(Beirut) – Iraqi authorities are holding more than 1,400 foreign women and their children who surrendered with ISIS fighters in late August 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The detentions appear to have no legal…
Trapped: The Desperation of Syria’s Displaced Civilians
Displaced Syrians are trapped as never before. The Rukban camp, a desolate encampment on Jordan’s remote northeastern border known as “the berm,” is a microcosm of Syria’s stranded civilians. They face an immediate threat as the Syrian government…
Protecting Civilians Critical to Syria Talks’ Success
‘They will kill us all,” “Ahmad,” a Syrian aid worker, told me last month, referring to the many armed parties to the Syrian conflict.
We were talking about Idlib, a province in northwest Syria that is home to around 2…
Why Tillerson’s “Interim Zone of Stability” in Syria Is a Half-Baked Idea
Providing a Safe Haven Inside Syria Would Be Complicated, Costly and Probably Dangerous
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this week the United States "will work to establish interim zones of stability [in Syria], through ceasefires, to allow refugees to return home." Although the Pentagon said…
Trump’s Syrian “safe area” is just another wall
Just as the Berlin Wall was the iconic symbol of the Cold War era, so the emblematic symbol of President Donald Trump’s administration, if he has his way, could well be the Mexican wall. It represents a simplistic, concrete solution to…
Q & A: Safe Zones and the Armed Conflict in Syria
Recent statements by leaders and governments in the United States, Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan indicate an interest in creating so-called safe zones in Syria. While no detailed plans for creating and managing such…
