But Syria’s new authorities have faced backlash, particularly from the Kurds, for appointing militia leaders complicit in serious human rights abuses, including Ahmad al-Hayes, better known as ...

Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr, leader of the Hamza Division, a militia accused of carrying out abuses, was recently appointed as a commander in Syria's army. Seyfebubekir/X ...

The European Union sanctioned on Wednesday three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders for serious human-rights abuses over their alleged involvement in deadly ethnic violence in March ...

Assad’s Fall in Syria Sheds New Light on Human Rights Abuses. The fall of former Syrian ... An estimated 150,000 people are believed to have been detained or reported ... or Syrian militia ...

CIJA’s Syria team of 45 people studied the documents to detail the growth of the shabbiha groups from neigbourhood-level loyalist groups to a well-organised militia, and later a parallel wing of ...

A German court on Wednesday sentenced a former member of a Syrian militant group closely allied with ex-Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad to 10 years in prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

A new report has found "systemic" corruption in humanitarian aid to Syria, with individuals accused of human rights abuses benefiting from procurement contracts with United Nations agencies ...

The European Union sanctioned on Wednesday three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders for serious human-rights abuses over their alleged involvement in deadly ethnic violence in March ...

The Human Rights Watch report — titled “Everything is by the Power of the Weapon: Abuses and Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Northern Syria” — documents allegations of abductions, arbitrary ...

A journalists' association says two journalists working for Kurdish media outlets were killed in Syria while covering fighting between Turkish-backed fighters and Syrian Kurdish militia.

Following a fatal stabbing attack by a Syrian who was eligible for deportation, some in Germany are debating whether Syria is now safe enough to send people back to. Most experts doubt that it is.

A German court on Wednesday sentenced a former member of a Syrian militant group closely allied with ex-Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad to 10 years in prison for crimes against humanity and war crimes.