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Torture Memo: Regime security uses acid as torture tool

Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- In an afternoon in 2012, Syrian regime arrested a university student in Aleppo at air intelligence checkpoint. The student Hasan al-Wasil was released weeks after a corpse with no features after he was burned with acid as done to many corpses shown in...

SyriaGo: Using Pokemon Go to highlight Syrian suffering

A Syrian graphic designer has taken inspiration from the smash hit virtual reality Pokemon Go game to shed light on the suffering of people in his war-torn homeland. Saif Tahhan recently posted the images on Facebook, calling it the "Syrian version" of the game. The wildly popular...

Turkey: Syrian who fled war shot by coup plotters

Omar Khalid Derwish, a 21-year-old Syrian youth, is just one of the casualties of the July 15 putsch; having fled civil war in his own country, he was shot by coup plotters in Turkey. “My brother has been heavily wounded after he was shot by the coup plotters on the night of July 15. He is...

Turkish PM vows measures in face of failed coup dangers

Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has vowed to continue to take measures against "dangers" in the face of July 15 coup attempt. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Yildirim said that the danger over attempted coup continues but the government was taking measures against it. However, he...

Europe must help Syria’s women make peace

By Hind Kabawat (Huffington Post)- Violence in conflict does not discriminate. Men, women and children suffer from starvation, bombings, forced disappearances and torture. They equally experience traumatic loss when driven out of their homes. This is the case in Syria, where men and women...

Shabiha's looting and abuses turned people life into hell

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many crimes and offences are being committed in Latakia by militias and Shabiha of different loyalties without any official action to be taken. A 70-year-old lady was killed in her home in Mashroo’a Salaiba neighbourhood in Latakia, two days before...

Western media criticized over coup coverage

After the failed coup by the terrorist Fetullah Gulen movement in Turkey that martyred at least 240 people and wounded over 1,500 others, the Western media seems to be trying to trivialize the actual coup attempt while instead focusing on criticizing the elected government's response to the...