Daraa

Syria unsafe for any refugee return from host countries - HRW

Human Rights Watch report shed light that Damascus operates a mafia-style intelligence state where returnees face brutality even after signing a “reconciliation” document.

Daraa in the face of the Syrian regime

The people of Daraa al Balad believe their perseverance and resistance is an impregnable fortress defending all the cities in the Hauran region, while the regime fears its replication elsewhere in Syria.

How to resist siege in Bashar al Assad’s Syria

Daraa will terrify the regime every day. We will keep reminding them that we are the ones who set fire to this regime, and only we will extinguish it with freedom and dignity.

Why violence is escalating in Syria

Despite the Syrian regime escalating tensions across Idlib and Daraa, experts do not expect a large-scale operation against opposition forces.

Syria opposition, regime agree to Russia-brokered ceasefire in Daraa

The agreement brokered by Russia requires the regime to lift the siege on Daraa’s Al Balad neighbourhood, which has been heavily bombarded by Assad forces in recent days in an attempt to seize control of it.

Syria regime shelling kills civilian in Daraa after talks collapse

Russia has been mediating a new deal to end the recent fighting in Daraa under which opposition groups who reject the deal will have to leave the region.

“Far from over”: The Syrian regime stepped up deadly airstrikes

More than 100 people have been killed by Syrian regime airstrikes in northwestern Syria since June, as increased violence in the country resulted in the largest displacement recorded since March 2020.

Syrian regime forces shell flashpoint Daraa after failed talks

Bashar al Assad’s forces shelled the besieged neighbourhood after Daraa residents rejected the regime’s demands that they, along with armed opposition groups, surrender light weapons.

Assad regime kills civilians in Syria's Daraa after rebels repel attack

Regime forces carry out operation to consolidate dominance in southern Daraa, killing at least 15 civilians, but rebels fight back seizing many regime military checkpoints, sources say.

Siege: Desperation in Syria’s Daraa as Assad reverts to his old ways

Ten years after the Syrian war was sparked in Daraa, locals in the town once again face a brutal siege - but this time with no backing from armed rebels.

Syrian regime tortured 98 people despite 2018 amnesty decree

Designed to grant security guarantees to individuals, reconciliation agreements have routinely failed to prevent the arrest, harassment, and detention of reconciled Syrians across the country.

Syrian civil war enters its ninth year

From bloody repression of protests to several foreign interventions, here are key events in Syria's civil war since the March 2011 non-violent protests against Bashar al Assad's regime.