Syria: Women Barred from Defense, Security Colleges
By Human Rights Watch October 16, 2026 Raises Concerns Over Women’s Role in Syria’s Transition Officials from the Syrian Ministry of Defense hold a press conference announcing the launch of the National Defense Sciences University in Damascus, Syria, July 13, 2026. © 2026 Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Beirut, October 16, 2026) – Syrian authorities have imposed admissions rules that bar women from most programs at two new state universities focused on defense and securit
Human Rights Watch
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Syria: detentions of Syrians by Israeli forces
By The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights October 9, 2026 © Huseyin Mesal / Anadolu Delivered by Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Shabia Mantoo Location Geneva The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is concerned by the continuing impact of Israeli military operations on civilians in southern Syria. Some 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syria were recorded in September alone, through
Syria: Reconstruction Deals Lack Critical Rights Framework
Human Rights Watch September 27, 2026 Government, Donors, Investors Should Ensure Rebuilding Serves Communities A destroyed school in Ghadfa village, Idlib countryside, Syria. © 2026 Ali Haj Suleiman/Human Rights Watch (Amman) – The Syrian transitional government is signing billions of dollars in reconstruction deals without a human rights framework that would ensure that rebuilding respects, protects, and fulfills the rights of affected people, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5
US removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism
By Tom Bateman , State department correspondent and Helen Livingstone August 25, 2026 US President Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa to the White House last year (Source: AP) The US has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after 47 years, lifting what it said was the "final major barriers" for private sector investment in the country and its reintegration into the global economy. US Secretary Of State Marco Rubio said the move
BBC News
Aug 27
Death and torture of a man spark protests in Syria
Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viral By William Christou Mourners carry the coffin of Mohammad Ghamira for burial in the village of al-Haffah, in Latakia province, Syria on Monday. Photograph: AP Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar al-Assad. A crowd gathered in the city
The Guardian
Aug 20
Israel strikes Idlib airbase; US, Türkiye condemn escalation
By Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters August 18, 2026 Eight air strikes hit an airbase in northwestern Syria's Idlib governorate, state TV reports [Al Jazeera] Turkiye rejects Israeli allegations that it posed a threat by preparing to send troops to airbase in Syria’s Idlib. Israel has bombed an airbase in Syria’s Idlib, according to Syrian media, with Turkiye denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “expansionist” policies and the United States criticising what i
Al Jazeera
Aug 20
Turkey & Syria pledge closer defence & counter-terrorism
By Mina Aldroubi August 06, 2026 Foreign ministers Hakan Fidan and Asaad Al Shibani condemn Israeli attacks on southern Syria during meeting in Ankara Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara. Photo: Sana Turkey and Syria on Thursday said they will work together to strengthen their defence and counter-terrorism sectors to help “free Syria”. It came during a visit to Ankara by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, who met
The National
Aug 6
Explosions rock Damascus during French President's visit
By Omar Albam, Ghaith Alsayed, and Kareem Chehayeb 7 July, 2026 A cordoned-off area and a damaged structure in the aftermath of explosions near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, in Damascus, Syria, July 7, 2026. Photo by Yamam Al Shaar/REUTERS DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Explosions rocked Syria's capital on Tuesday and injured at least 18 people as France's president met with his counterpart in a landmark visit to the country rebuilding from y
PBS News
Jul 16
Israeli assault in Southern Syria forces families to flee
By Elis Gjevori and AFP June 29, 2026 Turkiye has condemned Israel’s attacks in Syria, calling them a violation of international law. A man stands near an unexploded artillery shell that fell during an overnight Israeli attack that hit the village of Abdin in Syria's southwestern Deraa province, close to the occupied Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026 [File: AFP] The Syrian government has condemned overnight Israeli attacks in southern Syria, as residents near the occupied Golan
Al Jazeera
Jul 12
Australian Women in ISIS Camp Returning From Syria
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett says some individuals will be arrested and charged. Australian families believed to be linked to the ISIL group leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria, on April 24, 2026 [Orhan Qereman/Reuters] By Daniel Khalili-Tari, Reuters and The Associated Press Australian police say that some members of a group of Australian women and children due to arrive in the country from Syria imminently will be arrested over alleged links to the ISI
Al Jazeera
May 6
Main Suspect in Syria's Tadamon Massacre Arrested
By Feras Dalatey Residents gather in a street after Friday prayers to celebrate the arrest of Amjad Yousef, a key suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, in Tadamon, Syria, April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi April 24 - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, one of the worst acts of violence attributed to the former government of Bashar al-Assad, in which 288 civilians were killed. The ministry released footag
Reuters
Apr 25
Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Syria
By Michał Jagielski Senior Middle East and Iran Analyst Genocide Watch Syrian Kurds protesting outside a U.S.-led international coalition base near the Turkish border in Syria. Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images A decade after the establishment of CJTF-OIR, it appears that the alliance between the U.S. and the SDF is at an end. Initially, the Kurdish-led forces were the most reliable ally for Washington’s multilayered Syrian policy aimed at countering ISIS and the gr
Genocide Watch
Apr 21
