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This report, issued by the Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press Agency, sheds light on victims and casualties caused by the recent Turkish escalation at the beginning of 2024. It also highlights the long-term impact of…

In January, a total of 501 casualties were reported in #Syria. Of these, 225 individuals were killed, and 276 were injured by various parties involved in the conflict.

In December 2023, 727 individuals were killed and injured in #Syria, and grave human rights violations were committed against civilians in the country.

Introduction and Methodology: Turkey directly targeted civilians with drones and heavy weapons while they were in their houses and workplaces or on the way to work in Northeast Syria. Statistics and documentations of the Monitoring…

Introduction The casualties of violations in Syria decreased by 50 percent in November compared to October. Attacks against civilians also plummeted by 60 percent and hostilities between parties to the conflict decreased by 73 percent. …

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press sheds light on the challenges faced by female workers across #Syria in the light of the absence of regulations that protect and guarantee their rights.

On the World Children’s Day, North Press reveals outcomes of #Syria’s war that caused children to lose parts of bodies or lives amid lack of fostered environment.

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press records a spike by about 26 percent in violations committed by conflicting powers across #Syria in October, resulting in the killing and injury of 1,464 individuals, the highest…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press, in partnership with Every Casualty Counts and Airwars, prepared a briefing on civilian casualties caused by Turkish airstrikes in northern…

For four years, SNA factions and #Turkish forces have been committing human rights violations in the Turkish-occupied cities of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel Abyad and their surrounding areas, in northern #Syria. These violations, mostly…

Turkish recent aggression on North and Northeast Syria Introduction Turkey shows disregard for civilian lives in northeast Syria through its drone strikes and artillery shelling. It violates the rights of the population through its…

Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press records in its monthly report for September 2023 the killing and injury of 1,157 individuals, both civilian and military by parties to the conflict in #Syria.

On the #International_Day_of_Peace, North Press reveals the toll of civilian victims of human rights violations in Syria that have been recorded during 2023. Around 2,747 civilians, including women and children, have been subjected to…

NGOs and the Monitoring and Documentation Department in North Press submit a complaint to five UN Special Rapporteurs regarding violence carried out by the #SNA against the population in the cities of #Sere_Kaniye, #NE_Syria, and…

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press lodges a complaint with nine rapporteurs of the #UN regarding the acts of torture, arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearance against civilians by the #SNA in the Turkish occupied…

The percentage of human rights violations in Syria has increased by 29 during August, attacks on civilians increased by one percent, and the escalation between the conflict parties has increased by 85 percent. As for the activities of the…

The phenomenon of the enforced disappearance has existed in #Syria for decades before but with the onset of the war in 2011 it has increased in frequency due to the multiple parties to the conflict. @UN @hrw

Shocking numbers of flagrant violations of the asylum right and forced deportation regarding @Refugees in #Turkey from legal and human rights perspectives, according to eyewitness testimonies. @hrw #Syria

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press, in collaboration with the Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition, presented an appeal to United Nations Special Procedures about the water crisis in…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The report “Cemeteries with no Tombstones”, issued from Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press, reveals the circumstances of arrests and forced disappearance in Turkish-occupied cities of…

Introduction During July, Syria witnessed a 2 percent decrease in the victims of human rights violations in the country. Similarly, attacks on civilians decreased by 13 percent, the escalation between conflict parties also decreased by…

The Monitoring and Documentation Department recorded 285 casualties in #Syria during the first half of July. #SNA #HTS #Turkey

Landmines and explosive remnants of war in #Syria have caused thousands of deaths since 2011, with 543 individuals killed or injured in the first half of 2023. Parties to the conflict, particularly #ISIS, have violated international law and…

Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press documents drone strikes conducted by #Turkey in #Syria and number of the casualties they caused in the first half of 2023.

North Press reveals the toll of civilian victims in #Syria during the first half of 2023 as a result of shelling, torture, extrajudicial killings, remnants of war, IEDs, and security chaos, in addition to victims of battles and other…

#ISIS may have been defeated in its last stronghold in #Syria, but its atrocities against civilians continue. The latest report by North Press documents the group’s activities during the first half of 2023, including direct attacks, human…

Introduction and Methodology: From the time the Turkish-backed opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) took control of regions in north Syria, they…

For over five years, Turkey has been committing large-scale systematic violations against the Syrian people. In the first half of 2023, Turkey and its affiliated SNA factions committed human rights violations against 888 individuals in…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press Agency, in a bi-annual toll, documented the killing of over 2,000 people and the injury of the same number in Syria since early 2023. Since early…

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of #North_Press Agency, in its monthly report for June, documents the killing and wounding of 678 people in different areas of control across #Syria, with an increase in toll of victims,…

On World Refugee Day, the Monitoring and Documentation Department showcases the crimes and violations experienced by Syrians in their host countries, such as racial discrimination, forcible displacement, and physical and sexual…

Syrian women, girls, boys, and men have been subjected to sexual violence during the ongoing war in #Syria. Women and girls, in particular, have repeatedly been sexually exploited and extorted. #SexualViolence

Syria during the 1st half of June The toll of victims in the first half of June reached 268 individuals recorded by the Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press Agency. During the first half of June, Syria witnessed…

This report issued by the Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press shows Syrian children involved in under-age labor and torn between struggle to survive and living their childhood amid war and deteriorating economic…

IDPs who escaped Syrian government- and opposition-controlled areas live in makeshift camps in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, in northeast #Syria. They suffer under poor conditions and are unable exert their fundamental rights.

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of #North_Press, in its monthly report, addresses the most prominent human rights violations in #Syria during May of 2023, recording a decline by 20 percent in terms of security chaos and conflict…

Introduction: Stateless children are a long-term dilemma caused by extreme groups in Syria. In Hawl, Roj camp, and other areas in northeast Syria, in addition to Idlib in northwest Syria, thousands of children were born stateless either…

Syria in the first half of May The toll of victims in the first half of May reached 212 individuals, the second lowest recorded by the Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press Agency since the beginning of 2023 after the…

Introduction In April, based on data recorded and analyzed by the Monitoring and Documentation Department at North Press and comparing it with March, Syria witnessed an escalation by 89 percent in terms of security chaos and conflict…

Introduction Survivors in government-held quake-affected areas of Syria complain about the false promises made by the government. They describe the government as “exploiters of tragedy,” as those residents were already suffering from…

Introduction: Earthquake-impacted people in Syrian opposition-held areas, northwest Syria, especially those in Afrin and its countryside, north of Aleppo, have suffered from bad circumstances and instability for two months, living in…

Introduction Quack-affected Residents of northeastern Syria complain that the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has not compensate them, even after over two months since the earthquake that struck Syria and…

Since the Turkish invasion of Afrin in 2018, and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel Abyad in 2019, Turkish forces have not ceased to commit violations against Syrians. Turkey’s systematic attacks against the people in north Syria violate…

Security apparatus of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front), carried out 19 extrajudicial executions in Idlib since the beginning of 2023, including at least two women, after they were arrested and forcibly disappeared…

Syria in the first half of April Security chaos and military escalation increased in the first half of April 2023 by about 48 percent, violations against civilians by 18 percent, Islamic State (ISIS) activity by 27 percent in comparison…

ISIS activity Islamic State (ISIS) still poses a great danger and threat to the world in general and particularly to Syria, although it has not seized any areas in Syria since it lost its last stronghold in Baghouz in Deir ez-Zor,…

Five years since the 2018 agreement, there are still residents in #Syria’s #Daraa unable to return to their homes because the government’s security services seized them, as #Russia that brokered the settlement agreement turns a blind eye.

The 12-year-long Syrian war caused the spread of violence, extra-judicial killings, and various forms of human rights violations due to the war and multiple controlling powers that contributed to aggravating the unstable security by…

In the first quarter of 2023, the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions committed war crimes and crimes against humanity with the support of the Turkish authorities in areas under their control in #Syria.

The month of March marked the highest number of casualties in #Syria since the beginning of 2023. Hostilities escalated against civilians, and so did the intensity of the shelling between conflicting parties in Syria in March.

Since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011, all parties to the conflict worked on planting IEDs and mines in their-held areas to protect themselves of foes’ attacks, ignoring their impacts. What helped these parties in going ahead in…

Sources from #Afrin, northwestern #Syria, say leader of Ahrar al-Sharqiya has connections with #ISIS and is closely connected with the leader of the #HTS, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, who in turn was a member in ISIS and worked with Abu Bakr…

Syrian asylum seekers risk their lives at Syrian-Turkish border, as they may be killed, tortured or assaulted on their way to escape armed conflict and a war that has been going on for over a decade. #Syria #Turkey

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press documents the killing and wounding of 303 individuals across #Syria with the expectation of an increase in case that parties to the conflict fail to abide by their commitments.

Secret information obtained by the Monitoring and Documentation Department reveal heinous crimes committed by Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias in prisons across Syria with no interference from the Syrian government.

The ongoing armed conflict has intensified gender-related violence in #Syria and has led to a rise in rape cases, as well as instances of forced and child marriage. #InternationalWomensDay

SNA factions have taken advantage of the catastrophic #earthquake in the northern countryside of #Syria’s #Aleppo to expand their unlawful actions and deprive civilians of humanitarian assistance.

The #earthquake that hit #Syria on Feb. 6 has created a shift on political, military, and economic levels and aggravated the humanitarian situation for Syrians. Compounded by the suffering caused by war, it has become a double crisis.

Turkey has not abided by its humanitarian duty towards Syrian civilians, not even respecting the UN’s call for a ceasefire in Syria. Instead, it has continued committing human rights violations, and killing and injuring 21 people, mostly…

The #earthquake has had an effect on rights violations across #Syria in the first half of February 2023, as opposition factions have seized aid shipments in their regions and rights violations have continued unabated even after the deadly…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Turkish-backed Syrian opposition factions, also known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), have continued to breach the international law and human rights since they controlled Afrin, northwest Syria, in 2018…

#Syria’s current humanitarian emergency was among the worst humanitarian crises in the world even before the #earthquake. The latter has only exacerbated an already critical situation. North Press’ Documentation Department gives context to…

As hope of rescuing any more survivors fades on the sixth day after Monday’s #earthquake, efforts have shifted to retrieving bodies from the rubble. #Syria

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Four days after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of Syrians remain outdoors as minor aftershocks are still affecting the region. Yesterday, more buildings collapsed and many others remain…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Nearly all of northern Syria has been affected by the earthquake that hit the country on February 6 with a magnitude of 7.8. Tremors continued up to February 8. A state of emergency has been imposed on the…

Situation People in northern Syria are still daunted with fears of further aftershocks. They have been living outdoor on the streets and in their cars. In the same direction, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria…