The report warns that the security vacuum gripping parts of the country remains severe despite the transition away from Assad’s rule.
For the first time in recorded history, the Orontes River—Syria’s ancient artery of sustenance, known in Arabic as Nahr al-Asi—has shriveled into a parched scar across the western landscape
The trial is taking place before a regular military criminal court in Aleppo, based on military and general penal codes, with no legislative framework specific to transitional justice, Michel Shammas writes in Al-Modon.
Fourteen defendants stood before the bench, including former regime loyalists and current personnel from the Ministry of Defence, Syria TV writes.
Human Rights Watch released a report outlining the steps needed to achieve comprehensive justice in Syria.
Sources informed Syria Television that the Palace of Justice in Aleppo would host not only the initial sessions related to the Coastal Events but also trials concerning crimes committed under the deposed Assad regime.
Saad Baroud, Director of International Organizations and Conferences at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asserted that development and human rights are fundamentally linked.
The network cautioned that retaining perpetrators within state structures poses a threat not only to victims but to Syria’s future. It concluded: “True justice begins with clean institutions that uphold human rights and serve the citizen—not merely in appearance, but in essence.”
In a voice trembling with grief yet steadfast in defiance, Syrian activist Hanadi Zahlout addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council last week, transforming its
Syrian authorities detained Amer Matar, a prominent journalist and human rights activist, at a border crossing with Lebanon.
The SNHR emphasises that transitional justice and civil peace are not competing objectives but interdependent components of post-conflict recovery
Fadel Abdul Ghany emphasised the need for an organic law to formally establish the Commission, Shaam News reports.
The SNHR argues that the decree fails to establish a robust legal framework to prevent future abuses or ensure full restitution for victims.
The SNHR does not document the deaths of armed combatants from groups operating outside state control if they were killed during combat.
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
Though a National Commission for Transitional Justice has been established, the dissonance between its mandate and the actions of parallel bodies raises questions about the government’s sincerity
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.
Basel Asaad, Executive Director of the Damascus Securities Exchange, called the reopening a “historic day for Syria”, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
