On March 11, 2013, hordes of military security personnel raided the home of Dr. Rania Al-Abbasi, a Syrian chess champion, and arrested her and her six children. This happened to be the home of Majdoleen Al-Qadi, a young woman who worked as a secretary in Dr. Rania's clinic. Her fate, like that...

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria reported that 252 Palestinian children have died in Syria, coinciding with Palestinian Children's Day. The deaths were a result of multiple factors, most notably bombing, violence, and medical neglect. The monitoring and documentation team of the...

The photo above shows Mohammad Hassan Na'san Agha, born in Idlib in 1954. He was arrested by members of the State Security Branch in Idlib on May 26, 1980, amid a violent security campaign targeting thousands of Syrians at that time. The branch was then under the command of Brigadier...

A number of Druze community leaders in Sweida province continued their meetings with government officials for the second day in a row, affirming their commitment to national affiliation and their rejection of any foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs, according to the official Syrian...