The deposed Assad regime used Article 34 of the Civil Status Law issued in 1957 to change the names of detainees' children, using the law in a way that contradicts the original text. The law states briefly: "Anyone who finds a newborn child must hand him over to the security services, and...

Syria’s new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build international relations two weeks after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. The ruling General Command named Asaad Hassan al-Shibani as foreign minister,...

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During the years of the Syrian revolution, the Assad regime did not stop at taking revenge on its opponents as individuals, but also included their families and children by killing them, imprisoning them, displacing them, and erasing their identities. In a new confirmation of the regime’s...