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In his 20s, with the hopes of becoming a foreign correspondent, Kevin Dawes - now 39, at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, Calif. - traveled to Libya and then Syria where he was arrested, imprisoned and tortured.

An American was locked up in Syria. A pact with a British inmate may have saved him

Dec 29, 2021
Kevin Dawes describes how a fellow prisoner in Syria kept a promise that called attention to Dawes' detention. Now, five years after his release, Dawes is suing the Syrian regime.
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Syrian Oscar-nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad answers journalists' questions outside a courtroom during a break in a trial against two Syrian defendants accused of state-sponsored torture in Syria, on April 23, in Koblenz, Germany.

Syrian Filmmaker Speaks Out On Torture: 'I Was Holding This Pain For A Long Time'

Jul 01, 2020
Oscar-nominated documentary maker Feras Fayyad delivered the first witness testimony in a crimes against humanity trial against a former Syrian government official in Germany.
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In a courtroom in the western German city of Koblenz, a former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officer, charged with crimes against humanity, will go to trial on Thursday.

Suspects In Syrian Crimes Against Humanity Trial Will Face Accusers In German Court

Apr 22, 2020
In a first, Syrian witnesses and plaintiffs, some of whom survived torture in a Damascus prison, will see a former high-ranking Syrian official in court on charges of crimes against humanity.
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Syrians ride a motorcycle past a burnt vehicle near the northwest Syrian village of Barisha in the Idlib province of Syria, near where U.S. forces raided an ISIS compound.

The U.S. Investigates Possible Civilian Deaths During Baghdadi Raid In Syria

Mar 13, 2020
The military is conducting a credibility assessment of claims of civilian casualties during the U.S. operation against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Omar Alshogre, a Syrian refugee who was tortured as a political prisoner in Syria, now lives in Sweden. He has framed photos of men who he says tortured him that he keeps upside down.

How Europe Has Become The Epicenter For Syrian War Crimes Cases

Sep 24, 2019
An unprecedented legal battle against the regime is playing out in European courts, where large refugee communities and prosecutors can bring cases even for suspected crimes committed abroad.
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Law
Members of the Syrian community celebrate Syrian Independence Day during a ceremony at St. George Orthodox Church in Allentown, Pa., in April 2018.

U.S. Extends Temporary Deportation Protection To Syrians

Aug 01, 2019
The government's action grants thousands of Syrians in the U.S. an 18-month extension of a program allowing them to remain here. The State Department has said no part of Syria is safe from violence.
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Religion
Pope Francis delivers his Christmas Day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Tuesday.

Pope Francis Calls For Fraternity In Christmas Day Address

Dec 25, 2018
The pope, an outspoken advocate for refugees and migrants, urged the international community to set aside its differences and turn its attention to crises around the world.
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Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) listens to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a joint news conference following their meeting in Sochi, Russia, Monday. The province of Idlib in northwestern Syria is the largest bastion of the opposi

Russia And Turkey Agree On A Demilitarized Zone In Syria's Last Rebel Stronghold

Sep 17, 2018
The leaders of Russia and Turkey say they want to set up a buffer area in Idlib province by mid-October to avert a catastrophic military offensive.
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Then-Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp (right) is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2009. He says there's even more evidence against the Assad regime than the successful war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and S

With Syria's War Nearly Over, Victims Take The Battle To European Courts

Aug 13, 2018
Syria's President Bashar Assad is on the verge of winning the war. But refugee activists are waging new battles against the regime from Europe.
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Participants at a global security conference in Moscow in April gather near a big screen showing a Russian warplane unloading its weapons over a target in Syria. Russia became involved in the Syrian civil war in 2015 in support of its ally President Bash

Russia Says Agreements Were Discussed With Trump On Syria. The U.S. Is Silent

Jul 19, 2018
The Trump administration has offered no information about supposed "specific" proposals that Russian officials have mentioned publicly.
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In 2013, chemical weapons inspectors working in the suburbs outside of Damascus were able to confirm the use of the nerve agent sarin.

Each Day That Passes, Pressure Grows For Chemical Inspectors Waiting In Syria

Apr 20, 2018
An international inspection team has been waiting for nearly a week to investigate an alleged strike in Syria. Former inspectors say the delay will complicate their efforts.
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Civilians walk in the formerly rebel-held Syrian town of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, on Tuesday. The Syrian army declared that all anti-regime forces have left Eastern Ghouta, following a blistering two-month offensive, including an alleged chem

After U.N. Team Comes Under Fire, Not Clear When Inspectors Will Enter Douma

Apr 18, 2018
Syrian state media said Tuesday that international inspectors had entered the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack. But the chemical weapons watchdog group OPCW now says that's not true.
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A truck of the Syrian Red Crescent drives as an aid convoy entered Daraya on June 1, 2016.

How The Syrian Regime Keeps Winning Territory, From An Army Defector's Perspective

Mar 24, 2018
What's happening in eastern Ghouta shows parallels with earlier offensives, from siege to surrender, according to a soldier turned rebel leader.
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The Two-Way
Volunteers from the Syrian Civil Defense, often known as the White Helmets, help an injured man in Hamouria during Syrian government shelling earlier this month.

Syrian War Enters 8th Year, Trailing Smoke And Suffering In Its Wake

Mar 15, 2018
Civilians outside Damascus and in Afrin marked the dark anniversary as they have all the others: by trying to survive.
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Raed Fares, an activist in Kafranbel, Syria, posted these images to Facebook of scenes he said he woke to Monday after airstrikes hit a local hospital.

Why Civilians Are Being Targeted In Syria Airstrikes

Feb 07, 2018
Civilian death tolls are piling up as the Syrian regime and its ally Russia attack Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, and parts of the northern Idlib province.
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United Nations special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura is seen on a video screen as he listens to a Security council meeting on Syria at U.N. headquarters in June about the possible use of sarin gas in an attack that killed more than 90 people.

U.N. Watchdog: Syrian Government Responsible For April Sarin Gas Attack

Oct 26, 2017
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed in June that the agent used in the attack was sarin. On Thursday, the OPCW said it was sure that the Syrian regime carried it out.
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Mohammad Al Abdallah displays labels for tagging content archived in the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre's database.

Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

May 31, 2017
A human rights group finds itself with an interesting problem — an overwhelming number of videos to catalog as it builds legal cases. Computer scientists are creating tools to analyze the videos.
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The Two-Way

U.S. To Arm Kurds In Syria, Despite Turkish Opposition

May 09, 2017
Turkey views the Kurdish groups in Syria as terrorists, but the Pentagon sees them as the best chance to retake an ISIS stronghold.
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Politics
Though 2016 was a record year for Muslim refugees admitted to the U.S., the number of Christian refugees admitted was roughly equal to that of Muslims.

FACT CHECK: Trump Tweets On Christians, ISIS And Vetting Miss The Bigger Picture

Jan 29, 2017
A day after criticism and chaos for some caused by his executive order temporarily banning Muslims from seven countries, the president took to Twitter Sunday morning to defend himself.
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The Two-Way
Everything is fine, see? Look how pleasant the Mediterranean beaches of Latakia, Syria, were on July 22.

Syria Tourism Ministry: Come For Sunny Beaches, Don't Mind The Civil War

Sep 05, 2016
"Syria: Always Beautiful," declares the video, which shows swimmers on sandy beaches and jet skis on blue waters. Not pictured, mentioned or acknowledged: the bloody civil war in the country.
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The Two-Way
On Jan. 5, demonstrators in Maaret al-Numan, in the Idlib province of Syria, hold banners during a protest for civilians who starved to death in Madaya. Aid is expected to reach Madaya Monday. On Saturday, Maaret al-Numan, the city shown here, was hit by

Aid Set To Arrive In Besieged Syrian Towns Soon; Airstrike Hits Rebel-Held Town

Jan 10, 2016
Aid convoys are expected to arrive Monday. Meanwhile, an airstrike in Idlib has killed dozens, and Syria has announced it's willing to join peace talks with the opposition — with conditions.
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Abdullah Kurdi, holds the body of his 3-year-old son, Aylan Kurdi, during the burial of the boy, his brother Friday and his mother at a funeral in Kobane, Syria.

For Family Of Drowned Syrian Boy, 'There Was No Other Hope,' Uncle Says

Sep 04, 2015
Rocco Logozzo talks about his nephew, Aylan Kurdi, whose body washed up on a Turkish beach after a failed voyage from Turkey to Greece, and about the regret he and his wife feel for funding the trip.
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Syrian rebels fire locally made shells against government forces in Aleppo. The U.N. is seeking to freeze hostilities in the city.

UN Envoy: Syria Agrees To Proposed Break In Airstrikes On Aleppo

Feb 18, 2015
The city has been the subject of bitter fighting, with rebels and government forces dividing a place that was once a productive economic engine. The U.N. wants to create a "freeze" on violence there.
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