On 9 December members of the Syrian British Council attended a meeting with the former UK Syria Envoy, Dr Longden, his successor Mr Hargreaves and senior members of the Syria FCDO team. The meeting discussed the UK’s priorities in Syria.
On Monday, 7th of December. SBC’s Amina Khoulani, Ibrahim Olabi, and Waad Alkateab met with Minister for Middle East & North Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, James Cleverly. The meeting discussed a number of UK priorities in Syria, including support for the release of detainees and need for accountability. Mr Cleverly confirmed that the UK stands with Syrians, will…
On Thursday, 26 of Nov. SBC’s Amina Khoulani, Abdulkareem Ekzayez, Ibrahim Olabi, Waad Alkateab and Douna H Ahmed met with Labor Front Bench Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy, Shadow Minister for International Development Anna McMorrin, Shadow Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Wayne David. The meeting was facilitated by the Labour Campaign for International Development. The…
The Syrian British Council (SBC) strongly condemns the decree signed by Prime Minister Hussein Arnous on July 8th that necessitates returning Syrians exchange $100 or other Central Bank approved hard currencies into Syrian Lira. Citizens exchanged money loses about half of its value in accordance with customs and aviation authorities’ rates, which is directly pocketed by the regime. The decree only exempts…
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Today marks the 7th anniversary of one of the most heinous crimes Syria has witnessed since the uprising in 2011. Early hours of 21 August 2013, rebel-held parts of east and west Ghouta, just on the outskirts of Damascus, were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin. The rockets targeted the towns of Ghouta and suffocated more than 1,125 people to…
Many massacres were committed by The Assads, both the father and the son, since the 1980s till this very moment. However, the chemical massacre was the most horrible one among all these crimes, not only because of the number of casualties, the weapon used, or the human tragedy it caused. But because it was committed under the eyes of the whole world…
Civil society organisations deal anxiously the Lebanese Government’s policy towards Syrian refugees and so-called safe return Download PDF
With the Syrian revolution entering its tenth year, the issue of detainees in Assad’s prisons remains one of the most important issues related to all the demands and values that the Syrian revolution has advocated since its inception. Arbitrary detention, torture, disappearance, and systematic killing in Assad’s prisons were and still are at the top of the lists of human rights violations…