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Syria: Hundreds of civilian lives at risk as Afrin offensive escalates

Turkish military, and to a lesser extent Kurdish forces, are carrying out indiscriminate attacks in the embattled Syrian towns of...

SYRIA: Relentless bombing of civilians in Eastern Ghouta amounts to war crimes

Responding to the news of the escalating bombing campaign by the Syrian government and its ally Russia in Eastern Ghouta...

Syria: Witness testimony reveals details of illegal chemical attack on Saraqeb

The Syrian government’s use of internationally banned chemical weapons was laid bare once again on 4 February when a chlorine...

Syria: Banned Soviet-made cluster munitions fuel humanitarian catastrophe in Eastern Ghouta

Verified photographs show Soviet-made cluster munitions used over densely populated areas by Syrian government forces Doctors describe dire humanitarian situation...

Syria: Prioritise human rights during peace talks in Russia

Responding to news that Iran, Turkey and Russia will meet in the Russian city of Sochi on Wednesday, while more...

Syria: ‘Surrender or starve’ strategy displacing thousands amounts to crimes against humanity

Whole civilian populations who have suffered horrific sieges and been subjected to intensive bombardments have been given no choice but...

Syria: Tens of thousands of disappeared must not be forgotten

The Syrian government and armed groups involved in the country’s conflict must disclose the fate and whereabouts of tens...

Syria: ‘Deadly labyrinth’ traps civilians trying to flee Raqqa battle against Islamic State

Thousands of civilians trapped in Raqqa, northern Syria, are coming under fire from all sides as the battle for control...

Syria: Extrajudicial execution of Bassel Khartabil a grim reminder of Syrian prison horrors

Responding to news of the execution of Syrian-Palestinian human rights activist Bassel Khartabil today, Anna Neistat, Amnesty International’s Senior...

G20 summit: Trump-Putin meeting, a matter of life and death for the people of Syria

The lives of millions of Syrian civilians hang in the balance as the Presidents of Russia and the USA...

Why human rights matter in times of crisis

Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, blogs from Beirut, Lebanon. Follow Salil on Twitter @SalilShetty At a time of...

US airstrikes in Syria: US forces must avoid repeat of civilian casualties

In response to United States airstrikes on a Syrian army airbase in Homs, three days after a chemical weapons attack...

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