Rights Report Accuses Syria Regime Services of Killing Thousands of Civilians

Military police patrol of the regime. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
Military police patrol of the regime. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
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Rights Report Accuses Syria Regime Services of Killing Thousands of Civilians

Military police patrol of the regime. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
Military police patrol of the regime. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that it continues to monitor and track the arrests and killing under torture in Syrian regime prisons and security centers.

The Observatory said that 969,854 people, including 155,002 women, were arrested by regime security services since the outbreak of the Syrian Revolution in March 2011.

While thousands of them were killed throughout the years, and many were released, nearly 140,000 civilians, including 29,344 women, remain detained and their fate remains unknown, it added.

SOHR documented by name the death of 49,410 Syrians under torture inside the regime security camps: 48,994 young and adult men, 349 children under the age of eighteen, and 67 women.

The Syrian Observatory has been informed that the number of people who died in the camps reached 105,000 people.

Over 83 percent of the total death toll were killed and/or died in these camps between May 2013 and October 2015.

SOHR sources have also confirmed that more than 30,000 detainees were killed in the notorious prison of Saydnaya alone, while the second-largest percentage of killings occurred in the Air Force Intelligence.

The Observatory warned against the repercussions of non-complying with international accords signed by Syria, as well as the ongoing indifference by the warring powers in Syria to the issue of killing under torture.

SOHR urged attaching the highest significance to this issue and making the voice of the detainees and their families heard by the world.

Moreover, it warned against using laws of counterterrorism to justify arrests of politicians and human rights activists.

It also called for the inspection of detention centers across Syria, especially in regime-held areas, so that the conditions of detainees are unveiled.

Furthermore, the fate of the missing and detainees who have been killed must be disclosed, SOHR added.



EU Condemns Israel's West Bank Control Measures

The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
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EU Condemns Israel's West Bank Control Measures

The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)

The European Union on Monday condemned new Israeli measures to tighten control of the West Bank and pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, AFP reported.

"The European Union condemns recent decisions by Israel's security cabinet to expand Israeli control in the West Bank. This move is another step in the wrong direction," EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni told journalists.


Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Were 'Preventable Human Rights Catastrophe'

Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Were 'Preventable Human Rights Catastrophe'

Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

The atrocities unleashed on El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region last October were a "preventable human rights catastrophe", the United Nations said Monday, warning they now risked being repeated in the neighbouring Kordofan region.

 

"My office sounded the alarm about the risk of mass atrocities in the besieged city of El-Fasher for more than a year ... but our warnings were ignored," UN rights chief Volker Turk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

 

He added that he was now "extremely concerned that these violations and abuses may be repeated in the Kordofan region".

 

 

 

 


Arab League Condemns Israel's Decisions to Alter Legal, Administrative Status of West Bank

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
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Arab League Condemns Israel's Decisions to Alter Legal, Administrative Status of West Bank

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)

The General Secretariat of the Arab League strongly condemned decisions by Israeli occupation authorities to impose fundamental changes on the legal and administrative status of the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in the West Bank, describing them as a dangerous escalation and a flagrant violation of international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and signed agreements, SPA reported.

In a statement, the Arab League said the measures include facilitating the confiscation of private Palestinian property and transferring planning and licensing authorities in the city of Hebron and the area surrounding the Ibrahimi Mosque to occupation authorities.

It warned of the serious repercussions of these actions on the rights of the Palestinian people and on Islamic and Christian holy sites.

The statement reaffirmed the Arab League’s firm support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them the establishment of their independent state on the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.