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1. Syria
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conflict in Syria has cost the lives of nearly 500,000 people and displaced more than half the country ... the civilian death toll. Civilians have been targeted by multiple actors in Syria, most notably by -
2. Syria
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Since March 2011, the conflict in Syria has taken the lives of an estimated 500,000 people and ... against its own people. The Crisis in Syria Learn more about the ongoing atrocities in Syria and -
3. Syria Research
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constructive discussion among policymakers and academics about how mass atrocities in Syria might have been ... Learn more about the background to the center’s research project on Syria here. Critical Junctures in -
4. Syria Research Project
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Since the start of the Syria uprising in 2011, the world has been witness to the most destructive ... humanitarian crisis since World War II. More than half of Syria’s 22 million citizens have been driven from -
5. Syria Bearing Witness Trips
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="pinnedBoxReport"] In January 2018, Simon-Skjodt Center staff traveled to Jordan and the Turkey-Syria border to ... inside Syria. At the time of the visit, the Assad regime—with the support of Russia and Iran—had regained -
6. Sectarian Tensions Rising in Syria
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Human Rights. The periodic updates from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria ... updates from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria paint a troubling picture of -
7. Crimes Against Humanity in Syria
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their goals of eliminating opposition or perceived enemies. In the civil conflict now raging in Syria ... perceived enemies. In the civil conflict now raging in Syria, reporting by independent journalists and the -
8. Is Genocide in Syria’s Future?
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escalating violence in Syria and warned that the increasingly sectarian nature of that violence could, if ... concern about the escalating violence in Syria and warned that the increasingly sectarian nature of that -
9. Sparks of Accountability for Syria?
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the conflict in Syria, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has sounded the alarm for ... ’s prisons. In 2019 and 2020, our exhibition "Syria: Please Don't Forget Us" placed a spotlight on the -
10. Syria: Trip Report: Part I
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Introduction The Museum has been deeply concerned for some time over the shocking violence in Syria, the ... neighboring countries. Simply put, Syria represents the gravest humanitarian catastrophe the world has faced -
11. Syria: Trip Report: Part II
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and fathers, walked across a kind of no-man’s-land separating Syria and Jordan by several kilometers ... across the border if they could afford it. “Syria—there is no hope,” he told me. “Syria will be destroyed -
12. Syria: Trip Report: Part III
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the refugees from Syria—perhaps 80 percent—live in private homes or apartments, not in camps. They are ... million displaced persons in southern Syria who would cross into Jordan if possible. Lebanon, with a much -
13. Syria: Trip Report: Part IV
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The Future of Syria It is clear to us that thousands more civilians will starve to death, be ... that the impact of the crisis extends far beyond Syria to places throughout the Middle East and will -
14. Our Enduring Commitment to Syria
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on Syria, held at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Remarks by Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon ... -Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, at an event on Syria, held at the British Embassy in -
15. US Confirms Chemical Weapons Used in Syria
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caused an estimated 100–150 deaths, though given investigators’ lack of access to Syria, there is a high ... investigation found “no reliable, corroborated reporting to indicate that the opposition in Syria has acquired -
16. World Refugee Day 2013: Eye on Syria
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displacement can be traced to the escalation of conflict in Syria. The figures from this conflict are ... Museum has ongoing concerns about the increasing sectarian nature of the conflict in Syria, and is -
17. Syria's Tragic Milestone: Six Years of Atrocities
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March 15, 2017 marks the 6th anniversary of the civil war in Syria, a conflict which has cost more ... war in Syria, a conflict which has cost more than 400,000 lives and forced half a nation to flee. The -
18. Syria: Please Don't Forget Us
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Since the start of the conflict in Syria, the ... torture, Mansour Omari, entrusted the Museum with evidence of those crimes, which were displayed in Syria -
19. New Exhibition on Syria Opens Today
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On December 5, the Museum opened a new exhibition entitled, “Syria: Please Don’t Forget Us.” The ... exhibition provides information on the conflict in Syria where the Syrian government is perpetrating well -
20. How the Early Warning Project Assesses Syria
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Following our public launch a few days ago, a number of you have asked why Syria ranks so low in ... killing is already occurring in Syria and has been for the past few years. If we had designed our -
21. For Sama: Humanizing Mass Atrocities in Syria
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the film’s message and the current situation in Syria, where at least 500,000 people have been killed ... ,500 children have been killed inside Syria, at least 532 in 2019 alone. These alarming statistics, along with -
22. New Study Warns of Potential for Genocidal Violence in Syria
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March 25, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC—The longer the current conflict in Syria continues, the greater the ... Syria and warned that the increasingly sectarian nature of that violence could, if unchecked, lead to -
23. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Statement on Violence in Syria
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the safety and security of civilians in Syria, and warned of the potential for genocidal acts if ... expressed its grave concern for the safety and security of civilians in Syria, and warned of the potential -
24. Statement on Syria by UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisers
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Marking a full year of violent suppression of anti-government protests in Syria, the United Nations ... violent suppression of anti-government protests in Syria, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special -
25. Threat of Mass Violence Against Civilians in Syria
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Today, Syria is a country whose civilians are at risk of violence, with an estimated 1,000 people ... civilian protection paradigm. Today, Syria is a country whose civilians are at risk of violence