المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
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November 2020

UN envoy criticizes Israel’s move to expand key settlement

The UN’s Mideast envoy on Monday said he was “very concerned” by Israel’s decision to advance construction in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to establish a contiguous Palestinian state. The move…

A Future for Syria

What drives the small but often heroic everyday acts of people in their attempts to challenge dehumanization and abuse in violent conflict? PRIO is proud to share the second of a series of three animations and comics from Myanmar, Syria…

Syria’s foreign minister Walid al-Muallem dies at 79

During more than half a century in the foreign service, Muallem held posts in Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Spain and the United Kingdom, among other countries (AFP) Syria's long-time foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, a…

Armenians torch their own homes outside Nagorno-Karabakh 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8f_uLZf8uY&ab_channel=TimesofOman Armenians torch their own homes outside Nagorno-Karabakh Outraged Kalbajar residents set their houses alight and fled to Armenia Saturday on the eve of a deadline…

Yemen’s Houthi-led govt appoints new envoy to Syria

Abdullah Sabri, Sanaa’s new envoy to Damascus, appointed by Yemen’s Houthi-led National Salvation Government, 11 November 2020 Yemen's Houthi-led National Salvation Government (NSG) has appointed a new ambassador…

How Syria’s Afrin became hell for Kurds

Turkish backed militias have turned life in Afrin into one of constant fear of torture, kidnapping, and death. Civilians leave the city of Afrin, Syria, on 14 March 2018 to escape Turkey's military operation…

WHO slams Israel for health violations against Palestine

A Palestinian boy is being a tested for COVID-19 in Gaza City, Gaza on 30 October 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday condemned Israel for its violations of health rights in the Palestinian territories and in the…

Israel to Build Over 1,000 Settlement Units in East Jerusalem

Israel on Sunday issued a tender for the construction of 1,257 settlement homes in the occupied East Jerusalem, according to local media, Anadolu Agency reports. The Walla news website said the new settlement units will be constructed in…

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