SBC met with representatives of the US Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labour. During the session, discussions were held on the human rights situation and the violations taking place in Syria, particularly in Idlib and the northwest. Representatives of the Syrian British Council also gave updates on the humanitarian situation and the severe sufferings caused by the recent Regime offensive in…

SBC started sorting frequent coordination meetings with different Syrian organisations in the US and in France represented by the Syrian American Council and other organisations who are all trying to propose solutions to end people’s suffering in the Syrian northwest, particularly Idlib. SBC is trying to lobby with different politicians in the three countries to advocate for actions aim to stop the…

We had the honor to host the icon of the media work in the Syrian revolution Hadi Al-Abdullah at a seminar via Skype in London on Thursday 23 January 2020. Despite his constant preoccupation with covering the accelerating events in Idlib, he gave us his time to contribute, as always, to conveying the voice of our people in the liberated areas in…

The Assad regime and its ally Russia have launched an unprecedented military campaign against the people of Maarat al-Numan city in Idlib province. Home to at least 70,000 civilians, the city is being subjected to continuous airstrikes and heavy artillery fire. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that 71 civilians were killed between the 17th and the 21st of this month…

Action Alert: Please download this PDF and e-mail it to your MP with the following covering letter. If you want, you can customise our sample letter. To (MP’s name) MP. Dear (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms), As your constituent, I am very concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded in North-West Syria, Idlib province. The combined airforces of the Assad regime and Russia are relentlessly…

Whilst acknowledging that genuine human rights defenders form part of the committee’s list of names, the Syrian British Council regards the recent establishment of the UN Constitutional Committee for Syria as an attempt by Russia to rehabilitate the Assad regime in the eyes of the international community. The Syrian British Council calls on the committee’s members to reject this attempted rehabilitation. A…

Over 73 civilians have been killed and more than 110 injured in atrocities committed by the combined airforces of Russia and the Assad regime over Syria’s Norh-Western province of Idlib since Monday 22nd July. On Monday alone, five children and eight women were killed by Russian airstrikes on a busy marketplace in the Syrian city of Ma’arat al Numan, which resulted in…

The Syrian British Council reminds the Home Secretary that NGOs and dual British-Syrian nationals with relatives still residing in parts of Syria, may be affected by the Designated Area Offence legislation. Whilst we acknowledge allowances provided to NGO and humanitarian workers operating in areas likely to be designated dangerous as part of this law, we urge the Home Secretary to maintain the…

At the end of April, the Assad regime and its ally Russia escalated a devastating campaign of aerial bombings against civilians, schools and hospitals in Syria’s Idlib province, amounting to war crimes that are leaving thousands homeless, hundreds killed, and thousands more at risk of death with no access to emergency medical care. Russia and Assad’s campaign intends to terrorise Idlib’s population…