The report monitors the most notable violations of human rights by the parties to the conflict in Syria of the last year.
The report sheds light on the political and military developments that occurred in the Syrian scene in 2017. In addition, the report includes a comparison between the most notable patterns of human rights violations for 2016 and 2017. Also, the report evaluates the fallout of the conflict with regard to the distribution of areas of control in 2017 which saw a significant expansion in territories for the Syrian-Russian-Iranian alliance forces at the expense of ISIS and factions from the armed opposition.