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Syria’s mass graves haunt loved ones a year on from Assad, as hunt for clues finally starts

It has been a whole year since Bashar al Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron grip for decades, was ousted from power. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights at...
2025

Facing Alawite backlash, Syria’s new leaders take controversial steps to win loyalty

The Syrian Network for Human Rights says the committee’s power to grant amnesties and free detainees undermines transparency, accountability and an independent judiciary.
2025

Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife

The Syrian Network for Human Rights started documenting abuses under Assad in 2011 and has continued to release monthly reports on arbitrary detentions. Over the course of 2025, the...
2025

Syrian officials discuss demining efforts in Geneva with European partners

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, at least 3,799 civilians have been...
2026

SNHR: Millions of Syrians return home, but major challenges persist

More than 3 million Syrians, including refugees and internally displaced people, have returned to...
2026

Justice for Tadamon

In a legal analysis, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), an NGO, questioned the...
2026

What the discovery of Assad-era chemical weapons means for Syria

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the group carried out five chemical...
2026
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SDF Raids and Arrests Fuel Tensions in Deir Ezzor

Human-rights monitors have reported a steady rise in arbitrary detentions in areas under SDF control. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said its August...

Consultative Meeting Between the Syrian Network for Human Rights and the National Commission for Transitional Justice

The Syrian Network for Human Rights held a consultative meeting today, Thursday, at its headquarters in Damascus, bringing together the National Commission for Transitional...

Takeaways From the Times’s Investigation Into Syria’s Missing Children

The Assad government and its proxies forcibly disappeared at least 3,700 children, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, and the true number...

Syria’s al-Sharaa extends deadline for investigation into coastal killings

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a preliminary report last month that 803 people were extrajudicially killed between March 6 and...