May 3rd marked the World Press Freedom Day. As the world celebrated this important day for journalism, tens of Syrian media workers and citizen-journalists continued to be incarcerated in Syrian regime prisons, almost forgotten by the rest of the world. Since the early days of the Syrian […]
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This week marks the first anniversary of the al-Bayda and Baniyas massacres, where Syrian regime forces executed at least 248 unarmed civilians with cold blood. The executions were one of the first and deadliest instances of mass murder since the start of the Syrian revolution in March […]
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Should all Iranians follow Ayatollah Khamenei’s example and wear worn-out sandals? A major development has been unfolding in Iran at a worrying pace since the beginning of 2014 We keep reading and hearing about the deteriorating economy and the regime’s inability to solve its financial problems. And […]
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A new report by Human Rights Watch reveals the “indiscriminate nature” of the Syrian regime’s bombing campaign on opposition-held parts of Aleppo since November 2013, in which barrel bombs have mostly been used. Using satellite imagery analysis, as well as witness accounts, the report identified at least […]
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The latest news from Yabroud confirms that the town has fallen in the hands of Bashar al-Assad’s army and Hezbollah Lebanon forces, following a month of fierce resistance by opposition fighters. Naame Shaam’s correspondent near Yabroud has sent the following dispatches explaining how and why that happened. […]
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As the Syrian revolution enters its fourth year, various reports by international organisations paint a grim picture of the political and humanitarian situation in the war-devastated country. Naame Shaam has selected a few recent reports to give our readers a glimpse into the scale and magnitude of […]
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The Syrian conflict is claiming more and more lives among civilians, including women. According to a recent report by human rights groups, 12,813 women have been killed in Syria in the last three years.[1] The report says most of them lost their lives in attacks carried out […]
Read more →A new investigation by Reuters reveals that millions of barrels of Iraqi crude oil have been delivered this year, under the radar, to the Syrian government through Lebanese and Egyptian trading companies, on board Iranian ships. The investigation, based on an examination of previously undisclosed shipping and […]
Read more →Amnesty International has published a briefing on the “torture, flogging and summary killings … in secret prisons run by the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS)”, an armed group linked to Al-Qaeda that controls some areas in northern Syria. Amnesty identifies seven detention facilities used by […]
Read more →Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has published a new report documenting the targeted killing, kidnapping and imprisonment of journalists around the world in 2013. Syria had the lion’s share: at least 10 journalists and 35 citizen-journalists were killed in Syria this year (out of a total of 71 […]
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