Syria: Key Demands for Lasting Peace
The Syrian Observer
February 8, 2016
A statement by 18 Syrian organizations to the Syrian negotiation parties, UN and the ISSG
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A statement by 18 Syrian organizations to the Syrian negotiation parties, UN and the ISSG
“The dates are not sacred, and we will not go to any negotiations while our people are suffering from bombardment, starvation and blockades”
Regime prisons contain more than just opponents in Homs; they also contain many supporters. Anyone who opposes Assad’s ideology or goals is often considered a criminal and must be punished
Monitoring group says families of pro-government fighters are among those missing, adding that there are concerns ISIS might execute the civilians as it has done before in other areas
20-year-old man kills mother in Syrian city of Raqqa after she reportedly urged him to leave ISIS and flee the area out of fear for his life, monitoring group reports
“Life-saving aid must be airdropped to the civilians trapped inside long as the Assad regime and Hezbollah continue to block the entry of relief aid through land routes”
Opposition’s legal committee calls on international community to immediately act to save civilians from imminent massacre in Moadamiya
More than 170 Syrian lawyers, judges, and civil society leaders are fighting current international proposals as they risk entrenching impunity and jeopardizing any hope of durable peace
Christian Patriarch Aphrem II voices hope for the release of kidnapping victims during sermon in Beirut
Former ISIS member tells monitoring group kidnapped Jesuit priest still alive but in prison in Syria’s north
Activists and human rights organizations call for the release of Bassel Khartabil, held unlawfully since 2012
Attack brings one of the highest death tolls caused by rebel shelling on regime areas in the city, monitoring group says
Over 2,000 people live without food or blankets inside a fenced forest surrounded by police and army forces, activists claim
Pro-ISIS social media claims fighters are close to overrunning the regime’s last remaining foothold in the country’s eastern region
Government says no truth to claims by certain media outlets regarding revocation of citizenship or confiscation of property against Syrians who either have emigrated or currently live abroad
SNHR documented the killing of 19 members of the medical staff, 18 of whom were killed by regime forces and one by ISIS
The warplanes also targeted the towns of Harasta, Zamalka, and Hummouriah, injuring a number of people and destroying houses
The alliance of Islamist groups led by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front “seized the entrance” to the Abu Duhur airport
Human rights groups criticize UN decision to remove the camp from its list of besieged areas
Regime threatens to destroy town unless it hands over refugees from the besieged town of Zabadani
