The SNHR argues that the decree fails to establish a robust legal framework to prevent future abuses or ensure full restitution for victims.
The Democratic Syria Assembly urged Syrian Arab Sunnis—the country’s largest demographic group—not to allow their name or presence to be co-opted into what it called “a project of extermination and exclusion.”
The SNHR does not document the deaths of armed combatants from groups operating outside state control if they were killed during combat.
Ahmed Haitham al-Dalati, head of Internal Security in Suweida, and Brigadier General Shaher Jabr Omran, head of Internal Security in Daraa, are accused of war crimes and grave human rights violations
The fact-finding committee, established on 9 March 2025, is set to submit its report to the president following attacks in Latakia and Tartous governorates that left hundreds dead.
A new report by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) has documented sweeping human rights violations in Syria’s coastal region.
High-level prosecutions play a pivotal role in the transitional justice process, often producing what theorists call a “demonstrative effect”—offering public proof that the new order respects legal norms, Fadel Abdul Ghani writes for Syria TV.
Wasim al-Assad, widely regarded as a central financier of the Syrian regime and its affiliated militias, stands accused of playing a pivotal role in the
With Damascus having largely avoided large-scale terrorist incidents since the height of the war, the bombing signals a dangerous resurgence of unchecked militancy, SOHR argues.
Hassan Soufan, member of the High Committee for Civil Peace, affirmed that the state remains committed to pursuing individuals implicated in serious crimes, al-Hal writes.
Prominent Syrian human rights advocates have underscored the urgency of a comprehensive, impartial mechanism to address Syria’s widespread abuses.
The National Commission for Transitional Justice, according to Decree No. 20, is tasked with investigating grave human rights violations committed under the former regime, coordinating with relevant authorities to ensure accountability, and laying the foundation for national reconciliation.
A report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) previously identified these asset seizures as one of the regime’s primary methods of collective punishment and financial expropriation.
As Syria steps hesitantly into its post-Assad chapter, the country finds itself standing on a perilous threshold.
Journalist Malek al-Hafez, in his powerful essay “Syrians in the Trap of Hatred”, paints a sobering portrait of Syria’s current digital environment.
Lebanon is renewing pressure on Syria to resolve the long-standing issue of hundreds of Lebanese citizens who disappeared in Syrian custody during the Assad era, Shaam writes.
Statement to Public Opinion Signed by a Group of Syrian Writers, Academics, and Public Figures
From a legal perspective, the documented violations meet criteria defined in the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Ministry of Justice has set Monday as the final deadline for defected judges to apply for reinstatement. Applicants must undergo a rigorous vetting process, including a formal pledge of political neutrality, al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The study stresses that real reintegration cannot occur without a broader transformation
