Syrian Arab Republic

Important documents

September 2015 | DIS - Danish Immigraton Service; DRC - Danish Refugee Council (Author), published by DIS – Danish Immigration Service
Syrian Arab Republic

Fact-finding mission report on military service in the Syrian army (conscription; evasion; desertion; pro-government militias) and in the Kurdish controlled areas (mandatory self-defence duty; evasion; desertion; the People's Protection Units, Yekîneyên Parastina Gel, YPG) (see also ID 298095)
Syria; Update on Military Service, Mandatory Self Defence Duty and Recruitment to the YPG (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1077126
4 May 2015 | Amnesty International (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on human rights violations against civilian population of Aleppo carried out by Syrian regime forces and armed opposition groups (attacks on civilians and civilian objects; arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance; humanitarian situation)
‘Death everywhere’ - war crimes and human rights abuses in Aleppo, Syria [MDE 24/1370/2015] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1272821
March 2015 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on opposition armed groups' attacks on civilians in government-held territory
"He Didn't Have to Die" (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1099963
2015 | BMI - Bundesministerium für Inneres (Taucher, Wolfgang; Vogl, Mathias; Webinger, Peter [eds.]) (Author), published by BFA Staatendokumentation (Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, COI unit)
Iran, Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye

Collection of papers on the Kurds (history; religion; language; PKK; Kurdish political parties in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran)
regiones et res publicae - The Kurds: History - Religion - Language - Politics (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1262738
3 September 2014 | BBC News (Author)
Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic

Background article on the Islamist group Islamic State
What is Islamic State? (Media Report, English)
en ID 1024657
3 July 2014 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on impacts of the conflict on women (background; arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and abuse; impact of attacks on civilians)
"We Are Still Here"; Women on the Front Line of Syria’s Conflict (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1424186
23 June 2014 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on the recruitment and use of children by armed groups
"Maybe We Live and Maybe We Die"; Recruitment and Use of Children by Armed Groups in Syria (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1186613
May 2014 | SWP – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on the Christian population and their attitudes toward the current political situation
Zwischen Autokratie und Dschihadismus (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1247478

Syrian Arab Republic

Information collection on developments regarding the fall of president Assad

Important documents

Fact-finding mission report on military service in the Syrian army (conscription; evasion; desertion; pro-government militias) and in the Kurdish controlled areas (mandatory self-defence duty; evasion; desertion; the People's Protection Units, Yekîneyên Parastina Gel, YPG) (see also ID 298095)

Report on human rights violations against civilian population of Aleppo carried out by Syrian regime forces and armed opposition groups (attacks on civilians and civilian objects; arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance; humanitarian situation)

Report on opposition armed groups' attacks on civilians in government-held territory

Collection of papers on the Kurds (history; religion; language; PKK; Kurdish political parties in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran)

Background article on the Islamist group Islamic State

Report on impacts of the conflict on women (background; arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and abuse; impact of attacks on civilians)

Report on the recruitment and use of children by armed groups

Report on the Christian population and their attitudes toward the current political situation