Trump and North Korea: Beware the Boogeyman

Tyrants need a war. Looking back over the past hundred years one finds that tyrants come to power in conflict and remains in power largely due to conflict. It centers the populace, distracting them from other societal challenges to include their civil liberties.​

Human Rights Violations Continue In Syria

Despite Donald Trump's airstrikes in Syria, the Syria and Russian Regimes continue to commit human rights violations against civilians. The Syrian Network For Human Rights reports that 98 civilians including 24 children have lost their lives since the strikes.

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The European Union steps up its support for investigations into war crimes and accountability in Syria

The European Union announced it will provide €1.5 million to support the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in Syria.

President Assad Hears Our Foot Steps: David Crane Speaks to BBC Radio 4

                I Am Syria Vice President and co founder of the Syrian Accountability Project recently spoke to The World at One on BBC Radio 4 about his work documenting war crimes in Syria. Crane's interview comes just days after the recent chemical attack in Syria that killed an estimated 70 people, and left hundreds more injured.

Wide-Spread Child Marriages In Syria

Child marriages have jumped to an average 20% among Syrian refugee girls, the Syrian Center for Legal Researches & Studies recently reported. Marriages among government controlled areas are also on the rise, as girls are getting married to armed men so they can support their families and protect them. ​

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David M. Crane Assists the UN in Setting Up an Independent Justice Mechanism for Syria

Following his work helping to draft a United Nations resolution “to establish a special team to ‘collect, consolidate, preserve and analyze evidence’ as well as to prepare cases on war crimes and human rights abuses committed during the conflict in Syria,”

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Damascus Center For Human Rights Newsletter

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Human Rights Violations

I Am Syria documents Human Rights violations inside Syria from both sides.

Photo Credit: UNHCR / S. Rich / April 2013

How The Conflict Started

A Run down of how the conflict in Syria began to erupt.

Assistant Coordination Unit Newsletter

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Death Toll's 

Documenting the amount of lives lost inside Syria everyday.

PHOTO CREDIT: NEWS DESK ON AUGUST 22, 2014

Amarji World Updates

Visit I Am Syria's President, Ammar Abdulhamid's blog to hear a special insight into the Syria conflict.