Syria is on the brink of civil war. I fear we are already there. The fear spreading across the country is real and urgent action is needed to save lives and build peace. 

The spiralling crisis demands an urgent and immediate response from the UN and its member states. Join us in urging them to act.

Southern Syria has endured more than a week of violence. Among the hundreds of lives lost, nine people were killed as they sipped coffee in a guesthouse, two doctors were shot dead on their way to work, elderly men were abused and shops burned to the ground. One of my close friends lost his brother when he was killed by a mortar in his car. He was a young father and political prisoner who was only released from Assad’s prisons when Assad fell.

Both the Druze and Bedouin communities mourn their loved ones and more than 87,000 people have been forced from their homes in search of safety. A tentative ceasefire has brought a pause to the fighting but with hate speech and sectarian rhetoric on the rise and a justice vacuum opening up wider by the day, the fears for further violence are very real. 

Amidst this heartbreak, Israel attacked cities and bombed Damascus, claiming to protect the Druze community but in reality deepening divisions and fueling the conflict. 

This violence is not inevitable. It can still be stopped. It is caused by the impunity that has been allowed to flourish worldwide. The crimes taking place now follow the massacres on the Syrian coast in March, where more than a thousand were killed but we still await accountability for the crimes committed. There was the opportunity over the past six months to do things differently but the new interim authority has failed to take any meaningful steps towards justice and accountability, or protect the lives of civilians. Syria’s young generation deserve better.

Stand with the people of Syria who are demanding an end to the mass killings and sectarian hate speech.

Sign this petition to defend human rights, uphold international law and call on the UN to act now.



Photo: Fatima, displaced from Suwayda, Syria – July 22, 2025