المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

2020 in review: Middle East remains in a flux

A man rides on a bike past rubble in Ein Terma, a district of eastern Ghouta, SyriaImage Credit: Reuters If the Middle East were company, it would have filed for bankruptcy this December, declaring its inability to…

Syrian potter preserves centuries-old craft

Syrian-Armenian potter Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to churn different types of pots at his workshop located inside an ancient mud-brick house near the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh…

Israel most condemned by UN in 2020

The UNGA adopted 17 resolutions against Israel this year, compared with six for the rest of the world. UNGA resolutions are non-binding but carry symbolic importance in world affairs The United Nations General…

Will Syria’s refugees head home?

Clothes are hung up to dry at a Syrian refugee camp in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, in November. (Aziz Taher/Reuters) As winter approaches and the covid-19 pandemic intensifies throughout the Middle East, Syrian refugees face…

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