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This joint report builds on 40 testimonies and statements collected between March and May 2023 on gross human rights violations in the Afrin region in the extreme northwest of Syria. The testimonies were collected in the aftermath of the February...

The adverse consequences—pertaining to both mortality rates and material losses—of the earthquake that shook large parts of Syria and Türkiye on 26 February 2023 were immeasurable. However, the toll the tremors took on Syrian communities remains the heaviest due to...

The United Nations Security Council, the European Union, and the USA must promptly intervene to protect civilians and end the deliberate attacks against infrastructure and public facilities The signatory Syrian organizations express their strong condemnation for the increase of hostilities...

The signatory organizations call on the United Nations to take the necessary procedures to find an urgent and sustainable solution to the water crisis in northeast Syria and to neutralize water resources from political and military disputes. The regions of...

The undersigned organizations call for prioritizing the protection of civilians and addressing the root causes that led to the recent conflict On 27 August 2023, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced in a statement published on their official website the...

Executive Summary Taking over the Kurdish-majority Afrin District following the 2018 Operation Olive Branch, Turkish-backed Syrian armed opposition groups committed various patterns of human rights violations against the area’s original inhabitants. According to the periodic reports of the Independent International...