In her book The First Syrian Martyr, political researcher Dr. Samira Moubayed uncovers the regime’s false claims of its efforts to protect minorities and reveals the extent of its oppression and terrorism against those who oppose it. The book explores the history of the Moubayed family, a...

Some families say it is better to know and mourn. Others say finally learning what happened is worse than dying themselves. Hundreds of victims of Syria’s torture chambers are only now being discovered, thanks to a new effort to identify bodies from tens of thousands of photos...

Palestinian refugee Fidaa Atiyeh Ajaj and her daughters Aya Mohamed Khalil and Israa Mohamed Khalil have been secretly held in Syrian government prisons for the seventh consecutive year. Sometime earlier, an ex-detainee released from Syrian lock-ups said that the woman and her daughters...

Held for years in regime prisons, Ali Khatip, a lawyer, cannot forget his moments in the torture dungeons in Syria. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Khatip, from Syria's northwestern Idlib who was subjected to severe torture in regime prisons for about seven years, recalled the inhumane...