Syria’s interim gov’t pledges justice, jobs and security in ‘new era’
4 days, 18 hours ago

Syria’s interim gov’t pledges justice, jobs and security in ‘new era’

Al Jazeera  

Syria’s new rulers have pledged to create special tribunals for those who have “committed crimes against Syrians” under deposed President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to the interim government’s spokesman. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid, Obaid Arnaut said a key part of the new government’s mission as they usher in a “new era” is to re-establish people’s trust in the rule of law and the country’s judicial system. Seeking the expertise of Syrians from all walks of life, and from all ethnic and religious backgrounds, Arnaut said the new government is committed to “revitalise our country”. Regarding Israel’s repeated attacks, Arnaut said the new government’s approach “will be outlined in the near future”, without providing more details.

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Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West
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4 days, 12 hours ago

Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

The Independent  

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Opinion: The U.S. should not yet trust Syria’s new regime
1 week, 3 days ago

Opinion: The U.S. should not yet trust Syria’s new regime

LA Times  

After a half century of Assad family dictatorial rule, Bashar Assad has fled and Syrians can finally celebrate the end of a horrific regime that gassed, starved and murdered its own people. The fall of the Assad regime is also strategically beneficial to the U.S. and its allies in the region by virtue of removing a linchpin of Iran’s “axis …

New Syria PM says rights of all religious groups will be 'guaranteed' under rebel-led regime
1 week, 5 days ago

New Syria PM says rights of all religious groups will be 'guaranteed' under rebel-led regime

New Indian Express  

DAMASCUS: Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will guarantee the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home. Assad fled Syria after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group and its allies, which brought to a spectacular end five decades …

Syria’s al-Sharaa promises to punish those who tortured, killed detainees
1 week, 5 days ago

Syria’s al-Sharaa promises to punish those who tortured, killed detainees

Al Jazeera  

HTS leader seeks ‘justice’ for detainees as Syria’s new rulers attempt to stabilise the country after years of civilwar. “We will pursue them in Syria, and we ask countries to hand over those who fled so we can achieve justice,” Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, said in a statement published on the Syrian …

Syria rebel leader says will announce 'list' of former officials wanted for torture
1 week, 6 days ago

Syria rebel leader says will announce 'list' of former officials wanted for torture

New Indian Express  

DAMASCUS: Syria's Islamist rebel leader said Tuesday that the incoming authorities will announce a list of former senior officials "involved in torturing the Syrian people". "We will offer rewards to anyone who provides information about senior army and security officers involved in war crimes," rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in a statement …

It is time for justice and accountability in Syria
1 week, 6 days ago

It is time for justice and accountability in Syria

Al Jazeera  

The Syrian regime has collapsed. Inevitably, how the future Syrian political leaders choose to approach these will reflect how the conflict is narrated and whether true reconciliation among Syrians will take place. This bodes well for any domestically driven reconciliation process, as it distinguishes between the regime’s decision-makers and everyday citizens who were a part of the army and bureaucracy. …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s Saydnaya dark cells—But the search for missing continues
2 weeks ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s Saydnaya dark cells—But the search for missing continues

Live Mint  

Videos circulating online appear to show dozens of men and women being freed from the infamous Saydnaya prison in Syria, as rebel forces claimed territory previously controlled by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Search for missing in Saydnaya prison Rescuers from the Syrian White Helmets are intensifying their search in the notorious Saydnaya prison, a symbol of the brutal repression under …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from ‘human slaughterhouses’ after Bashar al-Assad exit
2 weeks ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from ‘human slaughterhouses’ after Bashar al-Assad exit

Hindustan Times  

Armed Syrian rebels, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, freed hundreds of prisoners detained by exiled President Bashar al-Assad in jails, which the detainees describe as “slaughterhouses”. As the rebels swept across Syria, they broke through jails, where the government officials had fled, to free political prisoners detained by Assad since the beginning of ‘pro-democracy’ protests in 2011. Exiled Omar …

Deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be ‘held accountable’, says US President Biden
2 weeks ago

Deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be ‘held accountable’, says US President Biden

Firstpost  

In the first full US reaction to Assad’s overthrow by an Islamist-led coalition of rebel factions, Biden also warned that Washington will ‘remain vigilant’ against the emergence of terrorist groups, announcing that US forces had just conducted fresh strikes against militants from the Islamic State organization This aerial picture shows a bullet-riddled portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad adorning Hama's …

Syria Civil War: Joe Biden's first reaction after fall of Assad govt, says 'it's historic opportunity' – India TV
2 weeks ago

Syria Civil War: Joe Biden's first reaction after fall of Assad govt, says 'it's historic opportunity' – India TV

India TV News  

Syria Civil War: Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued a statement on the fall of the Bashar Assad government. Biden said the fall of the Assad regime that brutalised, tortured and killed thousands of innocent Syrians over the past half a century is a historic opportunity for the people of the country. US will work with its partners …

Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouses’: What to know about Syria’s prisons
2 weeks ago

Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouses’: What to know about Syria’s prisons

Al Jazeera  

Bashar al-Assad’s apparatus ran more than 100 detention facilities where it tortured indiscriminately. During a lightning offensive to capture Syria, opposition fighters have freed thousands of people from a network of terrifying prisons that characterised the repressive al-Assad regime that they eventually ousted. In 2014, a regime defector, who went by the name “Caesar”, fled Syria with tens of thousands …

Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials
5 months ago

Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Syrian military official …

French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes
6 months, 4 weeks ago

French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes

Associated Press  

PARIS — A Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison Friday for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the first such case in Europe. The trial focused on the officials’ role in the alleged 2013 arrest in Damascus of Mazen Dabbagh, a Franco-Syrian …

We know who created Syria’s torture programme and how
1 year ago

We know who created Syria’s torture programme and how

Al Jazeera  

And we have enough evidence for courts to hold them to account. On April 18, 2011, the Central Crisis Management Cell, a top-level security coordinating body whose decisions President Bashar al-Assad signed off on, declared that the “time of tolerance and meeting demands is over”. In early August 2011, a document CIJA obtained showed that the security intelligence apparatus was …

France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s al-Assad
1 year, 1 month ago

France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s al-Assad

Al Jazeera  

The warrant charges Syria’s president with complicity in ‘crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes’. France has issued international arrest warrants for Syria’s president, his brother and two other senior officials over the use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, according to a judicial source and lawyers representing victims. The arrest warrants charge Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, …

Syria in International Court of Justice dock over 'abhorrent', 'widespread' torture
1 year, 2 months ago

Syria in International Court of Justice dock over 'abhorrent', 'widespread' torture

Firstpost  

Canada and the Netherlands have dragged Syria before the International Court of Justice, asking the court to demand urgent measures to stop the ongoing mistreatment of thousands still detained Syria has tortured tens of thousands of its people and maintains a “widespread and pervasive” system of “abhorrent treatment”, world court judges heard on Tuesday at the first international case over …

US lawmakers file bill urging accountability for Assad government
1 year, 5 months ago

US lawmakers file bill urging accountability for Assad government

Al Jazeera  

Bill comes as Arab governments move to rekindle relations with al-Assad government after years of diplomatic isolation. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have introduced a bill urging the United States to support international efforts to hold the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accountable for “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. “Assad’s regime committed some of the worst atrocities …

Syrian government organised feared ‘shabbiha’ militias: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Syrian government organised feared ‘shabbiha’ militias: Report

Al Jazeera  

War crimes investigators say the Bashar al-Assad government created the ‘shabbiha’ paramilitary group to violently crack down on opponents during the Arab Spring. 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 …

France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity
1 year, 8 months ago

France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity

Al Jazeera  

French judges charge three senior advisers to Bashar al-Assad with complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes. French judges have ordered three senior members of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity over the deaths of two French Syrian men. They are Ali Mamlouk, head of the National Security Bureau …

Syrians seek justice for war atrocities 11 years after uprising
2 years, 9 months ago

Syrians seek justice for war atrocities 11 years after uprising

Al Jazeera  

Over the past decade, Syria’s uprising-turned-civil war has been littered with grave human rights violations that rights groups say could amount to war crimes. 100,000 disappeared Over the past decade, Syria’s uprising-turned-civil war has been littered with grave human rights violations that rights groups say could amount to war crimes. “But, as families, we are trying to find our way …

We need better laws to prosecute atrocities in Syria
2 years, 11 months ago

We need better laws to prosecute atrocities in Syria

Al Jazeera  

Some states continue to put barriers to universal jurisdiction which prevent the prosecution of Syrian war criminals. In principle, when a state like Syria is unwilling or unable to investigate and prosecute such crimes, the international community and the guardian of international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council, should ensure that the situation is referred to the International …

Former Syrian intelligence officer convicted for crimes against humanity
2 years, 11 months ago

Former Syrian intelligence officer convicted for crimes against humanity

LA Times  

Samaa Mahmoud, left, Mariam Alhallak, center, and Yasmen Almashan stand outside a German courthouse with pictures of relatives who died in Syria. In what was seen as a watershed moment in the fight for accountability in Syria’s war, a German court convicted a former Syrian intelligence officer on Thursday of carrying out crimes against humanity while heading a detention center …

A historic state-sponsored torture trial could mean some long-awaited justice for Syrians
2 years, 11 months ago

A historic state-sponsored torture trial could mean some long-awaited justice for Syrians

The Independent  

Few would make the connection between a comparatively sleepy town in western Germany and some of the most hellish underground torture chambers of the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. But Thursday will mark the verdict of the world’s first ever trial on state- Eyad A, a low-level guard at the Syrian State Security Branch 251, is accused of …

Rights abuse allegations as displaced Syrians head to gov’t areas
3 years, 2 months ago

Rights abuse allegations as displaced Syrians head to gov’t areas

Al Jazeera  

Desperate people in Rukban camp ‘subjected to torture or other ill-treatment’ after returning to government-controlled Homs. While the operation is based on voluntary registration for people who wish to leave the camp, the Syrian Association for Citizen’s Dignity said it was “saddened” by the UN’s involvement in the transfers. “I am one of those people who would never return back …

US sanctions Syrian prisons, officials for human rights abuses
3 years, 4 months ago

US sanctions Syrian prisons, officials for human rights abuses

Al Jazeera  

The Department of the Treasury said the sanctions promote accountability for abuses committed against the Syrian people. The United States Department of the Treasury said on Wednesday that it had imposed sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s intelligence apparatus and five senior officials who control the sites, where human rights abuses have taken place. The …

Syria's Assad grants amnesties before presidential election
3 years, 7 months ago

Syria's Assad grants amnesties before presidential election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree Sunday granting amnesty …

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes
3 years, 9 months ago

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were “arbitrarily detained” in enforced disappearances during the country’s 10-year conflict, a U.N. commission said in a report released Monday. According to the report, the Syrian government arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals and committed “war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of detention.” Other parties in the conflict also …

Syria sanctions inflict suffering as al-Assad regime marches on
3 years, 11 months ago

Syria sanctions inflict suffering as al-Assad regime marches on

Al Jazeera  

Life in government-controlled areas worsens with queues outside bakeries and fuel stations as President al-Assad hangs on to power. Bassam Barabandi, a former Syrian diplomat who currently lives in the US in exile, said the Syrian government had no more money so it instead offered the country’s resources to Russia. “By restricting Syria’s fuel supply through oil trade sanctions and …

Dutch government seeks to hold Syria accountable for torture
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch government seeks to hold Syria accountable for torture

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government announced Friday it is holding Syria responsible under international law for “gross human rights violations,” in a process that could ultimately trigger a case at the United Nations’ highest court. The Dutch initiative was triggered Friday with a diplomatic note handed to Syrian diplomats in Geneva in which the Netherlands “reminded Syria of …

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