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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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‘Every step is a confrontation with death’: On the frontlines with Syrian women clearing landmines to reclaim their homeland

Since March 2011, landmine explosions have killed around 3,700 civilians, including 180 in the first quarter of 2025, according to reports by the Syrian Network...

Damascus probe commission says state forces ‘arrested’ over Suwayda violations

the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a prominent non-profit organization, said that more than 800 Syrians had been killed and over 900 injured...

A Deadly Legacy: How War Remnants Are Hindering Syria’s Recovery

The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented the deaths of 3,521 civilians due to landmine explosions since the uprising began in 2011, including...

‘Killed because they are Alawites’: Fear among Syria’s minorities after the fall of Assad

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) says there are escalating incidents of murder and kidnapping in Homs province, with Alawite-majority areas the most...