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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 18h

No civilian in Aleppo, Suwayda, or anywhere in Syria should live under the terror of bombardment, killing, siege, and displacement after the fall of the tyrant's regime.

Stop the killing. We want to build a country for all.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 18h

The Syrian transitional authorities must assume their responsibility to prioritize the protection of civilians and keep them out of any fighting for power gains, and to resort to dialogue to resolve the conflict, not military solutions, to prevent further bloodshed and loss.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 18h

Residents of Aleppo lived through hours of terror after clashes erupted, believed to be between transitional government forces and armed Kurdish groups (Asayish), involving a violent exchange of gunfire and mortar shells.
One civilian was killed and many injured, according to Syria Civil Defense.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 12d

As world leaders meet with the interim president of #Syria this week at UN General Assembly, they must support the demands of Syria’s civil society.

Listen and share our colleague Raya’s message from New York.

Credit: Carlos Chiossone

#unga80

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 14d

“Justice means healing for survivors and preservation of the truth for future generations. It’s about ensuring civil society has the space to play its crucial role as watchdog for transparency, inclusivity, and accountability.”

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 14d

"The world must ensure his promises become meaningful actions on the ground or we will continue to endure violence and the risk of civil war.”

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 14d

“His words were heard by every survivor, every family mourning the loss of their loved ones, familes of the missing and survivors of torture, and the whole of diverse Syria."

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 14d

“Al-Sharaa promised to bring anyone who has blood on their hands to justice. This should mean prosecutions of all war criminals, including those crimes committed in the past eight months and by his own troops. It means rule of law, evidence preservation, fair trials and an end to hate speech.”

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 14d

“After so many years of war crimes committed with impunity, we wanted his assurances that killing and arbitrary detention will end and meaningful inclusive dialogue will begin”, said Ranim Ahmed of The Syria Campaign from New York, in reaction to Al-Sharaa’s address to #UNGA

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 16d

Read this message from our colleague Raya & join her demand for real justice for all war crimes committed in Syria & for the voices of victims & survivors to be heard when world leaders meet with interim Syrian president at the UN General Assembly this week.
👉 bit.ly/42rtCN1
#UNGA80 #Impunity_kills

Share your voice for Syria at UNGA

diary.thesyriacampaign.org

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 30

Share the video and stand with #Syria ’s disappeared and their families in the call for truth and justice.

#syriawaits #internationaldayofthedisappeared #justice4syria

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 27

Join the #SyriaAwaits campaign: make an origami bird in solidarity with Syria’s disappeared and demand truth, justice, and accountability.

Make your origami and join our campaign — instructions here 👉 bit.ly/syriawaits

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 27

Despite the months that have passed since the fall of the regime, these families continue to refuse silence, raising their voices everywhere to remind the world that there can be no peace and no stability without justice.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 27

On the first anniversary of the Syrian revolution after the fall of Assad’s regime, the scene in Daraa was not merely a celebration, but a clear cry from the families of Syria’s disappeared, demanding their right to justice, truth, and accountability.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 26

The struggle to learn the truth about their fate, to achieve justice, and to hold perpetrators accountable will not stop.

Video by Ali Haj Suleiman

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 26

Thousands of families in Syria are still searching for their loved ones who have been forcibly disappeared in prisons and at the hands of Assad’s regime as well as all other parties to the conflict.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 26

Last June, families of detainees gathered at the National Museum in Damascus for the exhibition “For Those Who Will Not Be Forgotten” by artist Rania Najdi, as part of ongoing efforts since the fall of Assad’s regime to uncover the truth and achieve justice.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 26

Through art and memory, the families of #Syria ’s disappeared keep the names of their loved ones alive, reminding the world that enforced disappearance is an ongoing crime for which justice must be pursued.

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 25

Make your origami bird, share a photo, and tag us or send it to [email protected] 🙏🏽

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Aug 25

For the International Day of the Disappeared you can take a simple but powerful step to stand in solidarity with Syria’s families in their ongoing struggle for truth, justice, and accountability, to help build a better Syria for all, and ensure such crimes and violations never happen again. ⬇️

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Jul 22

Read more on the horrific massacres that claimed the lives of more than one thousand people, in this report by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression

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Post Assad … Before Building the State-Violations in Syria’s Coast and Hama – March 2025

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Jul 22

The national investigation committee for the coast massacres will present its findings in a press conference in Damascus tomorrow. Syria’s interim gov must commit to full transparency & justice for victims & their families. Anything less will only foster impunity & further violence

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Jul 21

Photo: Activists protest in Damascus on 17 July 2025.
The banner reads: “We either live together like brothers and sisters, or we all die like idiots.”

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Jul 21

🚨 #Syria is on the brink of civil war.
Join us in urging the UN to act immediately before it’s too late.

✍️Sign the petition and share widely:
act.thesyriacampaign.org/sign/prevent...

Call for action to prevent civil war in Syria: Sign this petition

The hope for a peaceful Syria rooted in justice hangs in the balance.

act.thesyriacampaign.org

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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · Jul 16

In solidarity with the people of Suwayda and everywhere else where civilians live in fear for their lives, loved ones and homes.

Stop the killing. We want to build a Syria for all.

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