‘For being Syrian’: Xenophobia fuels refugee killings in Turkey
Killings fueled by swelling anti-refugee sentiment claim Syrian lives in Turkey, despite limited efforts to stem the tide.
Killings fueled by swelling anti-refugee sentiment claim Syrian lives in Turkey, despite limited efforts to stem the tide.
People in Syria’s southern Houran region have long turned to clan reconciliation processes to resolve thorny disputes. The practice increased after 2011, and peaked over the past three years, with residents choosing the clans over the courts with the encouragement of regime legal representatives.
The hanging of Syrian feminist and activist Heba Haj Aref after a long series of threats has cast a long shadow over women activists across northwestern Syria, highlighting the dangers and lack of support they face.