ACTION ALERT: All sides in Syria must obey International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and end the practice of siege warfare
27 January 2016
Al-Marsad is calling on all parties to the civil war in Syria, the UN Security Council and the UN special envoy for the Syria crisis, Staffan De Mistura, to take immediate steps to ensure the end of the use of hunger as a weapon of war and to lift the sieges without delay.
The Action Alert is available here: Action Alert - All sides in Syria must obey International Humanitarian and Human Rights law
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Israeli police fired rubber bullets and tear gas against Syrian civilians in the occupied Golan
This is the culmination of several days of aggressive police action against Syrian civilians and farmers who were peacefully protesting against a wind turbine project developed by Energix Renewable Energies Ltd. (‘Energix’), an Israeli energy company, on Syrian agricultural land.
Energix Enters Syrian Agricultural Lands Under Heavy Israeli Police Protection
Al-Marsad statement on Energix Entering Syrian Agricultural Lands Under Heavy Israeli Police Protection
US Secretary of State Visit to the Occupied Syrian Golan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Israeli Occupation State, arrived yesterday by helicopter to the occupied Golan
Amid new threats against project opponents, Energix continues to develop its illegal windfarm in the Occupied Golan
Despite countless objections by the Syrian population, in January this year the Israeli government approved the construction of 24 wind turbines¹ on Syrian farmland near three of the remaining Syrian villages in the Golan.
As Syrians commemorate yet another year of occupation, Israel tightens its grip on the Golan
53 years ago this month, Israel occupied the Golan, resulting in the forcible transfer or displacement of over 130,000 people – 95% of the population – who are still waiting to return home.