28 May 2026. Sixteen months after Assad’s flight and the civil war’s end, Syria is pursuing thousands of former officials for torture, while thousands more remain at large. Transitional authorities face pressure to deliver justice as legal institutions, students, and international experts support the growing warcrimes trials.Read more at: SYRIAN OBSERVER
25 May 2026. Interior Ministry committees have received 2,892 family applications for naturalization —covering over 10,500 people—under Presidential Decree No. 13, which in January this year recognized their legal, cultural and linguistic rights, integrating them into the national fabric.Read more at: ENAB BALADI
10 May 2026. A criminal court in Damascus stripped Bashar and Maher al-Assad of their civil rights, placing their sizeable assets under state administration. The court issued similar rulings against other figures in the former regime, as part of the transitional justice process.Read more at: ENAB BALADI
1 May 2026. Syria’s committee for missing children states that 194 boys and girls have been reunited with their families. Searches continue, with ongoing communications between specialists, volunteers, and families still looking for the children of detainees and forcibly disappeared persons.Read more at: ENAB BALADI
2 April 2026. Covering a broad range of medical fields and specialties, the conference sought to advance research, strengthen professional cooperation, and address ethical responsibilities such as documenting violations against detainees. Health Minister al-Ali also praised Syrian doctors who served on the front lines of the revolution.Read more at: SANA
31 March 2026. A Damascus University conference focused on loopholes in Syria’s existing Nationality Law, based on a 1969 decree, which allows discrimination against women married to non-Syrians and their children. Reforms to advance gender equality and legal protections were proposed.Read more at: SYRIANOBSERVER
30 March 2026. Syria’s National Victims’ Registry aims to document violations, support reparations, and address accountability for the previous regime’s abuses. With major participation from civil society organizations, the registry will anchor and consolidate nationwide efforts.Read more at: LEVANT24
22 March 2026. Syria gained five points in the 2025 “Freedom in the World” index, which measures political rights and civil liberties. Freedom House cited progress in media activity, personal freedoms, and the absence of journalist arrests. The gain was especially notable at a time of global decline in freedoms.Read more at: LEVANT24
5 March 2026. Minister Hind Kabawat met UN commissioners in Damascus to strengthen cooperation on investigations into the fate of children of detainees and the forcibly disappeared, aiming to improve access to information in this critical humanitarian area. To date, 160 children have been reunited with their families.Read more at: SANA
26 February 2026. Syria told the UNHRC that its commitment to human rights is a national debt, given its history. Officials reported a range of institutional reforms made in the 14 months since the country’s liberation, many in cooperation with UN agencies, while constructing the rule of law.Read more at: SANA
17 February 2026. Thaura AI, a groundbreaking initiative by two Syrian brothers, champions ethical technology and humane values, advocating for justice, privacy and dignity, rejecting abusive Big Tech practices. Offering features that rival Big Tech, Thaura refuses investments that could influence its mission.Read more at: SANA
3 February 2026. In 1982, the Hafez al-Assad regime killed an estimated 40,000 Hama civilians, forced the disappearance of 17,000 others and decimated entire neighbourhoods, for opposing the regime’s oppression. While documents were secretly compiled through the years, this first public ceremony restores dignity to the victims and opens a pathway toward justice for survivors.Read more at: LEVANT24See also: “Never Forgotten: Assad Dynasty’s Failure to Exterminate and Erase Hama”
30 January 2026. Syria was elected by acclimation as Vice Chair of the UN Preparatory Committee on the Convention on Crimes Against Humanity. Ambassador Olabi noted the significance of the shift from involvement in issues internal to Syria to a role in global issues.Read more at: ENABBALADI
6 January 2026. Justice Minister al-Wais views transitional justice as a constitutional duty being carried out through practical steps shaping Syria’s new state. The new system honours the revolution’s values, safeguards victims’ rights, and builds institutions for accountability, stability, dignity, and genuine reconstruction.Read more at: SYRIAN OBSERVER
31 December 2025. Interior Minister Khattab stated the ministry is restoring nationwide security through cooperation and ethical policing, prioritizing public safety while vowing to protect the oppressed and hold accountable those who threaten Syria’s stability.Read more at: SANA
16 December 2025. Syria’s Minister of Health, Musab al-Ali, unveiled a three-year plan to make quality health services available to all citizens across the country, based on fairness and transparency, as aligned with current challenging realities. The highest priority is given to positive results for people.Read more at: ENABBALADI
12 December 2025. Tamer Turkmane was honored for a personal initiative that became the largest archive in the nation capturing the events, sacrifices and struggles of the Syrian revolution. Despite security threats, he tirelessly collected several million video clips, articles, media reports, books, journals and pamphlets.Read more at: SANA
4 December 2025. In a rare consensus, all fifteen members of the UN Security Council agreed on the visit to Damascus, the first in 14 years. Foreign Minister al-Shaibani said the delegation “carries a message of support from the international community for the new Syria.”Read more at: LEVANT24
26 November 2025. The Interior Minister reiterated the right to protest and express opinions as a fundamental right guaranteed to all Syrians, while warning of “external calls that seek to sow division and destabilize the social fabric.”Read more at: SANA
24 November 2025. Responding to a recent crime, the Mufti of Homs expressed deep sorrow, declaring that the new Syria will not be led by hatred and revenge, but by justice, the rejection of oppression, and the upholding of rights.Read more at: SANA
22 November 2025. The head of Syria’s human rights network emphasized the pivotal role of media for integrating human rights into the national discourse and developing a more just and better-informed society.Read more at: SANA
21 November 2025. Binding rules for professional behavioral standards were issued to guarantee respect for citizens’ rights and freedoms, equality before the law, transparency, and trust between society and state.Read more at: ENABBALADI
20 November 2025. The Syrian Interior Ministry has lifted five million travel bans imposed on citizens by the former regime, restoring citizens’ freedom of movement and strengthening trust in state institutions.Read more at: ENABBALADI
6 November 2025. Syria’s Missing Persons Commission announced a formal agreement with three major international organizations to discover the fate of hundreds of thousands of missing and forcibly disappeared people, which remains a deep wound to families and to the nation.Read more at: LEVANT24
2 November 2025. At a Damascus conference titled “From Ruins to Responsibility: Human Rights, Business and the Future of Syria,” participants focused on the necessity of linking human rights and justice to development, to avoid repeating tragic mistakes of the nation’s past.Read more at: ENABBALADI
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