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A satellite image shows a green landscape with thin roads cut through it and white splotches identified in a yellow box as destroyed buildings. In an orange box, more orderly, rectangular shapes are identified as a new military base.

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Syria: Israel’s Deliberate Destruction of Civilian Homes in Quneitra Must Be Investigated as War Crimes

The Israeli military’s deliberate destruction of homes in Quneitra, southern Syria since December 2024 should be investigated as war crimes.

May 13, 2026

Soldiers stand guard at the entrance to a fenced in compound while dark smoke from a fire billows overhead.
(Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Syria: Human Rights and International Law Must Guide Next Steps in Northeast Syria

All parties to the recent fighting in Syria must adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law.

January 21, 2026

A huge crowd celebrates the fall of Assad.

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Syria: A Year after Assad’s Fall, the Rights of Survivors and Families Must Guide Transition

Syria’s new authorities must commit to delivering justice, truth and reparations while securing human rights for all.

December 8, 2025

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Syria: New Investigation Reveals Evidence Government and Affiliated Forces Extrajudicially Executed Dozens of Druze People in Suwayda

These horrific human rights violations are yet another grim reminder of the deadly consequences of impunity for sectarian-based killings in Syria,

September 2, 2025

(Ali Haj Suleiman)

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Syria: New Government Must Ensure Truth, Justice and Reparations for the Disappeared

Syria’s government must establish truth, justice and reparations for tens of thousands of disappeared persons and search for people still…

August 29, 2025

A masked person in an all black uniform stands guard on a city street wielding an AK rifle. A man in a hooded jacket walks nearby. There are parked cars and leafless trees. It is cloudy.
(Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)

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Syria: Authorities Must Investigate Abductions of Alawite Women and Girls 

The Syrian government must promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls.

July 28, 2025

A person walks through open doors inside a hallway in a prison with bars over windows and along the cells, and buckets and shoes on the ground. The paint is peeling on the roof. The person has their back to us, and is wearing all black and carrying a small bag in their left hand.
(Amnesty International/ Amanda Bailey)

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Syria: Torture Survivors from Saydnaya and Other Detention Centers Grappling with Devastating Needs and Minimal Support

Survivors of Saydnaya military prison and other Syrian prisons need critical physical and mental health care, as well as justice…

June 26, 2025

Women and children walk down a dirt path between a row of domed tents covered in plastic and canvas that stretches far into the distance under a midday sun.
(Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International Warns of Devastating Consequences as Abrupt U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Human Rights Globally

The Trump administration’s abrupt, chaotic and sweeping suspension of U.S. foreign aid is placing millions of lives and human rights…

May 29, 2025

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Syria: New Government Must Prioritize Justice and Truth Measures to Prevent Further Abuse

The international community must support the Syrian people in their pursuit of truth, justice and reparation, and building a more…

May 16, 2025

(Delil Souleiman / AFP)

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Syria: Coastal Massacres of Alawite Civilians Must be Investigated as War Crimes

Militias affiliated with the government, killed more than 100 people in the coastal city of Banias on March 8 and…

April 3, 2025

(Abdulvacit Haci Isteyfi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Syria: Horrific killings of civilians on northwest coast must be investigated

The authorities must act swiftly to ensure that civilians are protected in any ongoing or future fighting and to prevent…

March 10, 2025

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Syria: Preserve Evidence of Mass Atrocities

Amnesty International joins the Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison (ADMSP) and Human Rights Watch to urge…

December 23, 2024