The Syrian Issue

The Syrian issue

Since 15 march 2011 Syria has been devastated by a ferocious civil war which escalated into an internationalised conflict, in which government forces, rebel groups, extremist and terrorist groups, foreign fighters, international powers and coalitions are involved. Syria has become the arena in which international interests are in dispute at the expense of civilians. The Syrian war has created more than 250,000 victims, 7.6 million internally displaced persons and 4.2 million refugees.It is Al-Marsad’s view that those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria should be prosecuted under international and national jurisdictions, regardless of their political affiliations.

Alongside prosecutions, non-judicial mechanisms should also be established in order for reconciliation to be possible for the Syrian people, in the long term.Al-Marsad strives to work closely with families living in the Occupied Syrian Golan—families who very often have relatives in Syria just over the Shouting Hill ceasefire line. Have you or someone you know been affected? Help us by sharing your story. Contact us at Al-Marsad.

For a preliminary background on the conflict in Syria,

please see Al-Marsad’s publication –

‘From Peaceful Demonstrations to Armed Conflict:

Considering Humanitarian Intervention in the Case of Syria’,

available below, along with other relevant publications.

Related Posts

ACTION ALERT: All sides in Syria must obey International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and end the practice of siege warfare
  • root
  • January 27, 2016
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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.
Press Release Regarding the attack on a military ambulance and the killing of an injured Syrian
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  • June 24, 2015
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Al-Marsad condemns the incitement of hatred and the attack against the ambulance and the two wounded Syrians who were being transferred for treatment in Israeli hospitals.
Press release regarding the deterioration of the situation in Syria and attacks on civilians
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  • June 21, 2015
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Al Marsad condemns the attack by the Al Nusra front on June 10 against the Druze community in the village of Qalb Luza in Idlib province which resulted in the deaths of 23 civilians including children, and the wounding and enforced disappearance of many others.
Israeli Agricultural Settlement Expansion in the Occupied Syrian Golan During the Syrian Conflict
  • root
  • June 5, 2014
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In January 2014, the Israeli cabinet approved a proposal to develop 30,000 dunams (7,400 acres) of land in the Occupied Syrian Golan for agricultural use.
From Peaceful Demonstrations to Armed Conflict: Considering Humanitarian Intervention in the Case of Syria
  • root
  • December 3, 2013
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The current conflict in Syria has developed from an excessively violent suppression of civilian protestors by Syrian State forces into an allout Civil War. Beginning in March 2011, the conflict has troubled the conscience of the international community.
Syrian Situation and the International Criminal Court, responsibility to referral and to investigate
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  • November 17, 2013
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Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by both the government and pro-government forces and the anti-government military groups has continued to escalate, leading to the worst humanitarian crisis since the Rwandan genocide.