The Fate Of Douma City:
How It Started & Where Will It End?

On April 7th 2018, reports started surfacing that civilians were coming into Syrian hospitals displaying symptoms of a chemical attack. Shortly after, video and pictures surfaced showing tens of dead bodies of women and children, along with scenes of families suffocated in bunkers that became gas chambers after filling up with chlorine gas. Final death tolls reported 55 civilians dead and at least 1,000 injured.​

Torture Continues In Syria: 
232 Dies of Torture in 2017

Kurdish warnings that they face a potential genocide at the hands of the Iranian-backed forces that have swept through Iraqi Kurdistan over the last ten days “need to be taken seriously,” a leading expert on Kurdish affairs said on Wednesday.

UN Web TV - The Situation In Syria

Speakers: His Excellency Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations; Professor David M. Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone; and Dr. Stuart J. Hamilton, forensic pathologist 

SJAC Weekly Newsletter

Regime Forces Have Dropped Nearly 70,000 Barrel Bombs In Syria

Since the start of the civil war in Syria, Regime Forces have ruthlessly bombed civilians, dropping nearly 70,000 barrel bombs since July 2012. Despite mounting evidence,  the international community has not done enough to stop these bombings.

Syrian Regime Continues To Use Chemical Weapons

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Despite the "Red Line" drawn by President Obama, and President Trump's bombing of a Syrian military airbase, the Syrian Regime continues to use chemical weapons in Syria. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) released a report recently, detailing five incidents of chemical weapons use since the chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun

MEB Weekly Newsletter

24,746 Women and Girls Killed In Syria Since March 2011

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Since the start of the Syrian civil war in March 2011, 24,746 females have been killed in Syria. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) recently released a report documenting the women who have been killed in Syria using firsthand accounts of the violations. Violations against women in Syria include deliberate aerial bombardments, forced disappearances, torture and sexual violence.

Gassing International Law

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​The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should not ignore or walk away from the alleged use of any prohibited weapon, such as chemicals, as it signals it is permissible to violate the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and erodes international norms related to such weapons. Further, it signals that countries with deep ties to P5 (U.K., U.S., France, Russia, China) are outside the scope of UNSC authority, therefore creating a bigger issue of eroding the international authority of the UNSC and jeopardizing the foundation of international law.
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