Radwan Awad

Oct 30, 2024 | sirajsy.net | Radwan Awad

Investigation by Ali Al Ibrahim and Mohamad SkafFor seven years, the family of the child Sariah, who disappeared after his arrest in 2011 in Hama, held onto the hope of seeing him again. Sariah was 15 years old at the time of his arrest, detained along with many minors (under the age of 18) who were held without trial and later transferred to the Military Field Courts, where they were subject to extraordinary procedures in violation of both international and Syrian legal standards.

Oct 16, 2024 | sirajsy.net | Radwan Awad

Syrian refugees deported from Lebanon say they suffered abuses by security forces on both sides of the border, including beatings by Lebanese authorities and forced conscription into the Syrian army. Some have died in detention or disappeared. Their experiences raise concerns about the fate awaiting the 276,000 people who have fled Lebanon to Syria since the intensification of Israel’s airstrikes on the country last month, 70% of whom are Syrians, according to UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency.

Oct 11, 2024 | sirajsy.net | Radwan Awad

Swedish politicians will urge the European Union to review its sanctions policy on Syria after they learned from a recent investigation by OCCRP and SIRAJ that Swedish-made trucks were being used by the Syrian Armed Forces in internal war fronts. Following over a decade of war that saw over half a million killed and more than 12 million people displaced, the EU placed some of the world’s heaviest sanctions on the Assad regime for its role in perpetuating human rights abuses.

Sep 30, 2024 | sirajsy.net | Radwan Awad

The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon. Syria’s civil war is one of the most devastating conflicts of the 21st century. More than half a million people have been killed and about 12 million forced to flee their homes.

Sep 23, 2024 | sirajsy.net | Radwan Awad

For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big tournaments. An investigation by OCCRP and its partners found that dozens of players’ ages were understated — some by as much as five or six years. It was midway through the second half when Syria’s young forward, Mohammed al-Hamwi, pounced on a header across goal and knocked it past the Italian keeper,putting his country on the path to one of its most dramatic international soccer victories.