3 stories for 2026-03-12 · Political repression, arbitrary detention & extrajudicial violence · Syria
A former Syrian official identified as Salim Michel al-Salam has appeared in a British court facing charges of crimes against humanity for alleged actions in Syria in 2011 and 2012.
Security forces in the Latakia province have arrested 15 individuals accused of participating in a massacre in the village of Qushayyah on the Syrian coast in 2013, which resulted in more than 30 deaths. The Interior Minister stated that justice will not be compromised.
Hundreds of detainees held by the Syrian government and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were released in Al-Hasakah governorate in a first exchange between the two parties in northeastern Syria.