Syrian Arab Republic

Important documents

February 2017 | UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Collection of information on illegal exit and related issues supplementing UNHCR's Protection Considerations (see ID 315854) (departure; treatment upon return; issuance of passports abroad; persons holding or perceived to be holding anti-government views) (see also ID 348452)
Relevant Country of Origin Information to Assist with the Application of UNHCR's Country Guidance on Syria; "Illegal Exit" from Syria and Related Issues for Determining the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Syria (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1396790
February 2017 | UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Collection of information on illegal exit and related issues supplementing UNHCR's Protection Considerations (see ID 315854) (departure; treatment upon return; issuance of passports abroad; persons holding or perceived to be holding anti-government views) (see also ID 348452)
Relevante Herkunftslandinformationen zur Unterstützung der Anwendung des UNHCR-Länderleitfadens für Syrien Feststellung des internationalen Schutzbedarfs von Asylsuchenden aus Syrien – „illegale Ausreise“ aus Syrien und verwandte Themen (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1399083
December 2015 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on cases of 28,000 persons tortured to death and killed in other ways in detention facilities
If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1186730
2 September 2015 | International Crisis Group (Author)
Syrian Arab Republic

Report on security and military situation in South Syria (rebel groups, armed Islamists and rise of "Southern Front" coalition of armed thawri groups; declining combat capacity of regime forces)
New Approach in Southern Syria (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1183815
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

Syrian Arab Republic

Information collection on developments regarding the SDF and Kurdish areas

Important documents

Collection of information on illegal exit and related issues supplementing UNHCR's Protection Considerations (see ID 315854) (departure; treatment upon return; issuance of passports abroad; persons holding or perceived to be holding anti-government views) (see also ID 348452)

Collection of information on illegal exit and related issues supplementing UNHCR's Protection Considerations (see ID 315854) (departure; treatment upon return; issuance of passports abroad; persons holding or perceived to be holding anti-government views) (see also ID 348452)

Report on cases of 28,000 persons tortured to death and killed in other ways in detention facilities

Report on security and military situation in South Syria (rebel groups, armed Islamists and rise of "Southern Front" coalition of armed thawri groups; declining combat capacity of regime forces)

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)