1. Executive Summary In this comprehensive report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) examines the systematic and widespread violations of housing, land, and property (HLP) rights committed in the predominantly Kurdish region of Afrin by [...]
Summary: On 26 February 2025, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) submitted a report to the Damascus Governorate on a series of property rights violations and other related violations. This report comes in response to [...]
Umm Muhammad and her family were forcibly displaced from Afrin, a Kurdish-majority region in Aleppo’s countryside, six years ago. She left her house but kept its key in the hopes that she would return there someday. Umm [...]
Abu Rinas (75) was eager to narrate how his family fared after they forcibly fled the Afrin region in northern Syria. However, tears flooded his eyes once he parted his lips. Struggling to catch his [...]
Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) released A Short Guide to Dealing with Property Rights Violations in Syria as part of the Beyti Project—which seeks to preserve property rights and document relevant breaches across the [...]
With the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011 and its gradual transformation into a multi-party armed conflict, property rights abuses became rife across Syria. This called for the need to invest additional and focused efforts [...]