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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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Damascus Temporarily Closes Humanitarian Corridor to Sweida Following Ceasefire Breach

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the violence in Sweida since July 13 has claimed at least 814 lives, including 34 women,...

Names of 1,794 Palestinians disappeared by Syria’s Assad regime published

Last December, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said that 112,414 out of a total of 136,614 individuals recorded as detained or forcibly...

Syrians Recall Hama Massacre for First Time in 43 Years

The massacre, which claimed the lives of between 30,000 and 40,000 civilians, constituted a systematically and deliberately planned collective and premeditated crime perpetrated by...

After fall of Assad regime, Hama Massacre survivors break decades of silence

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), at least 40,000 civilians were killed, either in the bombardment or executed by regime forces. At...