المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

In pictures: Young Idlib artist painting for peace

Thirteen-year-old Usama al-Ali is one of approximately 500 children living in Camp al-Anwar, north of the Syrian city of Idlib. Displaced by an ongoing conflict entering its 10th year, many of the children will have few memories of…

Germany: Ban on Syria deportations will be allowed to expire

The Interior Ministry has announced that Syrians convicted of serious crimes can be deported for the first time since 2012. The change, from January, won't affect the vast majority of refugees who have made Germany home. Germany has…

Pope defends Christian presence in Iraq, Syria

The number of Christians in Iraq is estimated to have fallen to 400,000, from 1.5 million in 2003 Zaid AL-OBEIDI AFP Pope Francis on Thursday defended the benefits of the "Christian presence" in Syria and Iraq, calling on the…

Pity the nation: Assessing a half century of Assadist rule

Kinana al-Bunni, 37, a female taxi driver, exercises in Damascus, Syria October 3, 2020. Pictures of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad and his father late former president Hafez al-Assad, are seen in the background. Picture taken October…

PTSD: Still hard to talk about

PTSD: Still hard to talk about It’s a few minutes after 12 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2011. A dozen Taliban fighters are leaving from a car at a checkpoint at Abdul Haq square, one of the most trafficked areas in Kabul, Afghanistan.…

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