September 2020

Since George W Bush declared a “global war on terror” following al-Qaida’s September 11 attacks, the wars that US forces have launched and engaged in have displaced an estimated 37 million people, according to a new report I helped produce…

The Dutch government has announced it is seeking to hold Syria responsible under international law for "gross human rights violations", in a process that could ultimately trigger a case at the United Nations' highest court. The Dutch…

The United Nations has urged Turkey to investigate possible war crimes and other rights violations it says were carried out by armed groups in the area of northern Syria it controls. Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human…

At the end of August, Syrian President Bashar Assad reshuffled his cabinet, bringing in some new names to try to fix an economy ravaged by almost a decade of civil war and the coronavirus pandemic. But as new research from London makes…

The current running gag among Damascenes making light of their dire circumstances is that the official number of coronavirus infections in Syria is as accurate as that of the Syrian pound’s official exchange rate with the U.S. dollar—that…

Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are facing increasingly difficult circumstances in camps inside Syria and a number of host countries. With many countries looking to cut funds for humanitarian aid due to economic…

Syria on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump and likened the United States to a "rogue state" after he said he wanted to assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "Trump's admission of such a step confirms that the US…

Saleem sees no hope for his future in Syria. At just 25, he's made a good living as a singer at a restaurant in the capital's old town. Now he's saving whatever he can to finance what he expects to be a "terrifying journey to seek a new…

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of a child in indiscriminate gunfire in Afrin city, which is under the control of Turkish forces and their proxies in north-western Aleppo.   According to SOHR sources, a member of…

SOHR activists have monitored a Russian patrol touring villages and towns in the region from Al-Darbasiyyah countryside to Abu Rasin countryside (Zarkan) in rural Al-Hasakah. The Russian patrol headed later to its base in Al-Qamishly city.…