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In the early years of Syria’s brutal conflict, top government officials established and directed paramilitary groups known as “shabbiha” to help the state crack down on opponents, war crimes investigators say. In a report, the Commission for International Justice and Accountability published seven...

The UN General Assembly is to vote this week on setting up an independent institution on missing persons in Syria. At the height of the civil war in Syria, Ahmad Helmi, an activist and human rights defender, became one of the many victims of “enforced disappearance.” Currently, more than 12 years...

The UN has expressed deep concern about an escalation of hostilities in north-western Syria after at least 11 people were reportedly killed in Russian air strikes on rebel-held Idlib province. Nine were killed when warplanes dropped bombs next to a market outside Jisr al-Shughour on Sunday, rescuers...

The Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq, the European Union’s judicial cooperation agency said Monday. The Joint Investigation Team was established by France and Sweden in October 2021 and...

A German court has jailed a woman for more than nine years for enslaving a Yazidi woman, as well as aiding and abetting war crimes and genocide as a member of ISIL (ISIS). The 37-year-old German defendant, identified only as Nadine K, was also found guilty of crimes against humanity and membership...

The Netherlands and Canada have submitted a case against Syria to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over allegations of torture. Their application accuses the Syrian government of committing "countless violations of international law" since the country's civil war began in 2011. "Syrian...

El presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelensky, acusó este viernes a algunos líderes árabes de ignorar los horrores de la invasión rusa en Ucrania, durante un discurso en una cumbre de la Liga Árabe en Arabia Saudita. “Desafortunadamente, hay algunos en el mundo y aquí, entre ustedes, que cierran los...

Syria has been invited to attend the next meeting of regional cooperation organization the Arab League, to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 19. The invitation was issued by the Saudi government, which had long been opposed to normalizing relations with Syria's Bashar Assad regime and had even...

Jordan’s top diplomat said on Monday that regional talks with Syria are a step in the right direction to end a decade of the war-torn country’s political isolation and bring Damascus back into the Arab fold. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi’s remarks came as Jordan hosted a meeting of envoys...

The international community and the Syrian government did not act quickly enough last month to help people in need in the rebel-held northwest after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and conflict-ravaged Syria, a UN-backed commission said Monday. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on...