The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported that it documented at least 209 cases of arbitrary arrests in Syria in July, including 14 children and 3 women. The report noted that the Assad regime arrested 17 people who were forcibly returned from Lebanon.
In its periodic report issued on Friday, the network stated that out of the total number of arrests, the fate and whereabouts of 157 remain unknown, with 106 of these cases attributed to regime forces, including one child and two women. Additionally, 32 individuals were arrested by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, and 43, including 13 children, by the PYD terrorist militia.
The network’s report highlighted that the highest number of arbitrary arrests occurred in Aleppo, followed by the Damascus countryside, Idlib, Homs, Deir Ezzor, Damascus, and Hasakah.
The report indicated that the Assad regime arrested refugees who were forcibly returned from Lebanon at the Masnaa border crossing, following raids and arrests targeting Syrian refugees in Lebanon by the Lebanese army. These deported individuals were mostly taken to security and military detention centers in the provinces of Homs and Damascus.
The report also noted that regime forces carried out extensive arrests in the Damascus suburbs and Hama under the pretext of evading compulsory and reserve military service. Most of these arrests occurred during mass raids and at checkpoints, including individuals who had settled their status with the regime in areas that had signed settlement agreements. Many of these arrests were carried out to extort money from the families of detainees.
(Source: SOC’s Media Department)
