Life — and love — in limbo, as captured in these beautiful, poignant images from photographer Giles Duley. Photographer Giles Duley (TEDxExeter Talk: The power of a story) has dedicated himself to documenting the long-term impact of conflict on…
When Raed Fares, the manager of Radio Fresh FM in Syria’s Idlib province, was ordered by radical Islamists to stop airing music, he racked his brain for a way that would spare him the wrath of…
It takes a special kind of person to run a radio station in an area controlled by Islamist militants in northern Syria. Music is forbidden, so are women presenters. But Raed Fares – manager of Radio…
Following Trump’s executive order barring Syrians indefinitely from the U.S., Tania Karas reports on how its chaotic implementation hit one Syrian family who were already in transit as the order was inked. CHICAGO – After two years apart, Fadi…
More Syrian refugees say they are fleeing from President Assad than Isis The majority of Syrians who have fled to Europe think President Bashar al-Assad is a greater threat than than Isis, a survey shows. The survey,…
Women being held in Syria’s government prisons report psychological abuse, sexual assault and torture. But for many, the emotional and physical suffering they experience after their release is even worse. When Luna Watfa refused to reveal…
As eastern Aleppo falls, pounded by regime and Russian airstrikes, and stormed by Iranian sponsored militia on the ground, one young woman risks everything to communicate to the outside world the horror of the last days…
When we leave whitewashers to continue their campaigns unchecked, we put our own voices at risk of being marginalised. In the past few months, three Western women have gone to Syria, two of them by invitation…
In the fifth installment of our “Bags and Belongings” series, we meet Thair Orfali, a university graduate from Damascus who took a boat to Italy on one of the world’s deadliest sea routes. In the fifth installment…
You might receive an invitation to a conference exploring the root causes of the collapse of the Middle East. Or perhaps you are simply interested in studying this region, home to your people before the collapse…
Le régime Assad et ses alliés étrangers, en particulier des milices chiites, ont pratiqué une épuration ethnique à l’encontre de la population syrienne sunnite afin de modifier la démographie de la Syrie. Du point de vue…
As the Syrian regime, Russian air force and Iranian backed ground forces intensify their military offensive against opposition-held areas with the full connivance of the United States , the scale of civilian death and forced displacement…
A portrait of how Syria’s war has carved homes into fighting factions, told through the story of Um Mahmoud, a Damascus mother whose three sons ended up on opposing sides of the battle lines. DAMASCUS, SYRIA – Now…
When I was born three decades ago, the family came together to discuss what my name would be. The debate was fierce, as is typical in a Syrian family on many matters big or small. The…
The humanitarian crisis in eastern Aleppo is tragic but not unimaginable or surprising – it is the result of years of inaction by the international community, writes Physicians for Human Rights researcher Elise Baker. After more than…
Assad loyalists are using different methods to force residents in Sunni and opposition areas to leave the coastal city, like detention and forced conscription, as well as cutting vital services like electricity, water and waste collection…
ALEPPO, Syria: Cigarettes stuffed with grape leaves instead of tobacco, gardens on bombed-out rooftops and batteries powered by rusted bicycles: In Syria’s besieged eastern Aleppo, necessity is the mother of invention. More than 250,000 people have…
Dear Bassma, Right now I am with dozens of peace activists blockading the main entrance of the Russian embassy in London. I am chained to the gate along with a giant structure that represents the killing in Syria.…
The indiscriminate bombing of Aleppo and other Syrian cities by President Assad and his Russian allies is illegal under international law. In accordance with the United Nations Responsibility to Protect resolution of 2005, the UN and…
The crisis in Syria raises questions about how Syrians live their lives amidst the ongoing war, particularly in the “liberated zones” which are no longer under the control of the Assad regime. Bashar Assad’s forces have…
Wissam lives with his wife in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which has been under government siege since July. Violence is escalating in his neighborhood, but the teacher and activist wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. ALEPPO – Day after…
The Syrian government’s recent tourism videos of beautiful scenery and nightlife look ludicrous to Westerners who know the brutal truth about Aleppo – but the West isn’t the intended audience for this publicity blitz. BEIRUT – On September…
EVERY NOW AND THEN, the conflict in Syria produces an iconic image of horror and suffering, which many brandish as an undisputable truth that will finally shake the world into “doing something”. Others break down at…
Commander of new group says opposition aims to work within an organized body to become a single, integrated force to defend ideals of the revolution Three Free Syrian Army factions earlier this week announced their complete…