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Inside Rukban Camp, One of Syria’s Most Desperate Settlements – by Yasser Allawi

The situation in the Rukban camp for internally displaced persons near the border with Jordan is rapidly deteriorating. International humanitarian groups are close to being overwhelmed, despite local NGOs and rebel groups trying to help out…

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In Assad’s State, Your Property is Not Your Own – by Souriatna

The regime is confiscating property from the poorest segments of the population, opposition news outlet Souriatna writes. It is no longer strange to go out of your house for a short while and to return to…

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Despite Impressions, Syrian Violence Still Raging in Some Areas: ICRC – by Hashem Osseiran

Syria Deeply spoke with Pawel Krzysiek of the International Committee of the Red Cross about the recent escalation in violence in the country – the worst since the battle for Aleppo in 2016. BEIRUT – Despite impressions…

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The Impossible Revolution – Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy – by Yassin al-Haj Saleh – published by Hurst

Description : Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a leftist dissident who spent sixteen years as a political prisoner and now lives in exile. He describes with precision and fervour the events that led to Syria’s 2011 uprising, the…

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Syrian Soldier Is Guilty of War Crime, a First in the 6-Year Conflict – by Anne Barnard

BEIRUT, Lebanon — For the first time, six years into a war that began with Syria’s secret police accused of torturing teenagers and has escalated in brutality ever since, a member of the Syrian military has…

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Syria’s ‘disappeared’: families demand to know fate of their loved ones

In Syria, over 60,000 people are missing – detained by the state or rebel groups. Relatives are pleading to the UN to find out what happened to them When the Syrian uprising began as a series…

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Family of Bassel Khartabil Safadi Confirms Activist’s Death in Assad’s Prisons – by Alsouria Net

Prominent cyber-activist and free speech advocate was executed after his transfer to Adra prison near the capital, according to widow The Assad regime in Syria executed the programming engineer and activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi in 2015,…

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SYRIAN CRISIS : THIS STORY ABOUT A RESIDENT OF ISIS CAPITAL RAQQA IS MUST READ

“Raqqa, the city where I was born in 1991, used to be the forgotten city of Syria. The TV weather forecast even missed us out. Now as the capital of the Islamic State, the name of…

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Syrian Refugee Fights Child Marriage and Abuse of Young Divorcees – by Alexandra Bradford

As someone who was married as a child, Rawda al-Mazloum, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, is working hard to prevent this from happening to girls in the refugee camp where she lives. Mazloum has experienced stigma…

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‘I Just Had to Go Back’: Syrian Repatriates Speak of Return – by Hashem Osseiran

Some 31,000 Syrians have returned to the war-torn country from abroad this year and many are struggling to survive in a country they call home. BEIRUT – He never thought about seeking asylum in the U.S. or…

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The Syrian Grave Digger and His Cemetery for Refugees in Lebanon – by Chloe Domat

Syrian refugees in Lebanon are running out of space to bury their dead. Chloe Domat reports on Syrian refugees’ efforts to give their relatives a dignified resting place. The Syrian cemetery of Daraya opened in January 2016.…

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The Maddening Maze of Getting A Syrian Passport Abroad – by Shawn Carrié, Rami Zayat

A Syrian passport once cost $9 and took only a few hours to issue. As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, Syrians in Turkey are paying up to $2,000 and waiting for months to get…

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Sarin used in April Syria attack, chemical weapons watchdog confirms

Report into attack on Khan Sheikhun says it is likely nerve agent spread from hole in road where projectile hit Martin Chulov in Beirut Friday 30 June 2017 10.30 BST Last modified on Friday 30 June 2017…

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The accidental photographer of Aleppo: How a young Syrian man risked Isil and the regime to document the horrors of war The Accidental Photographer of Aleppo02:12

Rory Mulholland, paris, Charlotte Krol, video news producer,video shot by thomas haley 26 JUNE 2017 • 6:45PM He was imprisoned and tortured by Syrian regime forces and Isil. His mother died when their home was hit by…

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Beauty amid the chaos: a snapshot of Syrian cities through Instagram

Photographers from Damascus to Aleppo are showing another side to their war-torn cities through Instagram. We speak to six Syrians about why some focus on destruction, and others on hope Friday 2 June 2017 07.00 BST Last…

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Aleppo militias become major test for Assad par Aron Lund

Aron Lund Freelance journalist and analyst specialising on Syria, and regular IRIN contributor STOCKHOLM, 22 June 2017 Earlier this month, thirteen-year-old Ahmed Jawish leant into a car to peddle gum and crackers from an Aleppo kerbside…

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Talking about the Revolution – Call for application – by Julia

Are you unsatisfied with the (media) coverage about the revolution in Syria? Would you like to add more diverse perspectives to the one-sided debate on the conflict in Syria that is mainly concerned with international accusation…

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I Escaped Syria but I Can’t Escape European Bureaucracy – by Mohab

Which is why I developed an app to help other refugees like myself deal with the Dutch authorities. This article is part of our New Neighbours series, in which young refugees from across Europe guest edit…

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Long Read: How the Syrian War Changed How War Crimes Are Documented – by Cristina Roca

Seven years of war have transformed Syrian monitoring groups into sophisticated investigation centers. But with few options to hold perpetrators of humanitarian law violations accountable, the number of Syrians supplying evidence of human rights violations is…

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The ‘Pipelineistan’ conspiracy: The war in Syria has never been about gas – Paul Cochrane

The pipeline hypotheses do not stand up to the realities of how energy is transported through the Middle East in the 21st century Six years into a conflict that has killed at least 400,000 people, there…

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US UN Ambassador: Tens of Thousands of Syrians Are Subjected to Violence & Inhumane Conditions in Assad’s Prisons

The Assad regime “continues to imprison tens of thousands of its people. It subjects them to such violence and inhumane conditions – including torture and sexual violence – that those who manage to survive suffer devastating…

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Syria’s new war millionaires

For the new elite, peace would be bad for business AMID the ruins of Syria, Mohieddine Manfoush has carved out a kingdom built on cheese. An unremarkable man with 25 cows to his name before the…

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‘Green Poison’: A Film About Al-Waer’s Displacement and Suffering

Syrian filmmaker records bitterness of displacement and the pain of separation in the lead-up to the neighborhood’s forced evacuation In his short film “Green Poison,” the young Syrian activist and director Hamam Abou Zein captures the…

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Turkey steps up training of Syrian opposition forces -By Zeynep Bilginsoy AP

ISTANBUL — Turkey has stepped up training of the Free Syrian Army, which has fought alongside Turkish forces against the Islamic State group and U.S.-backed Kurdish rebels, official media said Saturday. Turkey has vowed to battle…

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