{"id":134572,"date":"2026-01-14T14:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=134572"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:38:40","slug":"rights-groups-call-for-probe-into-abuses-in-aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) <\/strong>\u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation after videos circulated online showing fighters throwing a woman\u2019s body from a building in Aleppo, following last week\u2019s clashes in the city\u2019s Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transitional government\u2019s forces said they completed their takeover of Aleppo on Sunday after entering the two districts, following days of heavy fighting that left hundreds detained and tens of thousands of residents displaced, according to local monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Saturday, social media users have shared footage showing an armed man throwing the body of a woman from a second-floor balcony amid shouts of religious slogans, scenes that prompted widespread condemnation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the video, Rohlat Afrin, commander of the Women\u2019s Protection Units, told Agence France-Presse that the fighter, named Deniz, was \u201camong five fighters who fought until their ammunition ran out and ended their lives so as not to surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Documented abuses and calls for accountability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ezzedine Saleh, executive director of the Ta\u2019azur Association for Victims, told North Press that verified information points to \u201ca series of grave violations against civilians\u201d in the two neighborhoods, including videos showing residents being rounded up, insulted, threatened, and labeled with degrading terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saleh added that recordings also document the desecration and dragging of bodies and the humiliation of detainees, describing the acts as \u201ca blatant breach of the principles of human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said government forces shelled civilian homes and facilities, causing deaths and dozens of injuries, while \u201cdozens of people remain missing or forcibly disappeared, with no official information about their whereabouts or fate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saleh stressed: \u201cAny talk about the return of residents of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh to their homes cannot be realistic or responsible unless it is accompanied by an immediate and comprehensive halt to all violations, genuine guarantees for the protection of residents, independent and transparent investigations, public accountability for those involved, and the inclusion of residents\u2019 representatives in any arrangements affecting their lives and fundamental rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bassam al-Ahmad, executive director of Syrians for Truth and Justice, told North Press that the government has issued no comment on the documented abuses, while pro-government media claimed the operations were conducted \u201cideally\u201d and with respect for civilians\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: \u201cMilitary sources issued orders not to film violations, not orders not to commit them,\u201d noting that several videos nevertheless reached the media and showed assaults on detainees and other abuses. He added that no independent investigation has been launched so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>International monitoring<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other footage showed a fully armed soldier dragging a body along the stairs of a building in Sheikh Maqsoud. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and the verification platform Taqad confirmed the video\u2019s authenticity and said the armed men were members of the Syrian Arab Army, calling for their immediate arrest and referral to judicial authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights urged the formation of an independent UN-backed commission to investigate the violations, including the mutilation of the Kurdish female fighter\u2019s body, saying the acts amount to war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prepared by Taysir Mohammed, edited by Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation after videos circulated online showing fighters throwing a woman\u2019s body from a building in Aleppo, following last week\u2019s clashes in the city\u2019s Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh. The transitional government\u2019s forces said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":134574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-reports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo - North press agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo - North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T14:38:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T14:38:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"semav1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\"},\"headline\":\"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T14:38:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-14T14:38:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":536,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"REPORTS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo - North press agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T14:38:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-14T14:38:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Othman Hospital in Ashrafieh, Aleppo.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/134572\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\",\"name\":\"semav1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"semav1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/semav1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo - North press agency","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo - North press agency","og_description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-14T14:38:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-14T14:38:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"semav1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"semav1","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/"},"author":{"name":"semav1","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0"},"headline":"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo","datePublished":"2026-01-14T14:38:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-14T14:38:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/"},"wordCount":536,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg","articleSection":["HOME","REPORTS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/","name":"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo - North press agency","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-14T14:38:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-14T14:38:40+00:00","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday called on Damascus to open an independent investigation","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/925995Image1-750x430-1.jpg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"Othman Hospital in Ashrafieh, Aleppo."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/134572\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rights groups call for probe into abuses in Aleppo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0","name":"semav1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"semav1"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/semav1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134573,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134572\/revisions\/134573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}