With hundreds of news sources and social media feeds about Syria – some of which publish rumor, hearsay or even fake stories – we speak with Dirar Khattab, the managing editor of the Syrian fact-checking website Takkad, on…
After the United Nations lavishly highlighted its achievements during the World Humanitarian Summit, Syrian NGOs have expressed their dismay that the gathering failed to help develop sustainable solutions to the crisis. Several Syrian NGOS have expressed severe…
REPORT RELEASE: “VIOLATIONS AGAINST WOMEN IN SYRIA AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT ON THEM: NGO SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF SYRIA” June 3, 2016 We are delighted to share with you…
The general impression is that the Syrian Arab Army remains the largest military force involved in the Syrian Civil War, and that — together with the so-called National Defense Forces — it remains the dominant military service under the control…
Mariah Abadeh, Houda Atassi and Sandra Bitarova have been honored in Washington for their humanitarian work, both inside Syria and with refugees ELIZABETH FLOCK 05.03.16 HUMANITARIANS MARIAH ABADEH, HOUDA ATASSI AND SANDRA BITAROVA WERE HONORED IN…
International investigators have amassed the strongest evidence “since Nuremberg” for the prosecution of Bashar al-Assad and his allies for war crimes, smuggling 600,000 pages of official documents out of Syria. This trove – weighing several tons – includes…
Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, All the thanks and honour for giving me the chance to be here with you while honouring the world’s best visual journalists. Your honouring to these colleagues, who prove their…
Her life changed in 2013 when her father defected from the army Her name is Abeer. She is from Maarat al-Numan, and this is the story of the torment she suffered while detained by the Syrian…
Missing Alawite dissident was a threat to the Assad regime due to his popularity and efforts to push forward a political solution, wife tells Zaman al-Wasl Fadwa Mahmoud, wife of the veteran opposition figure Abdul Aziz…
Authorities in Syria’s coastal city wage a campaign against vendors in what locals say is an attempt to hand control of the street markets to regime loyalists Authorities in Lattakia have launched a campaign which they…
Assad supporters angered by the regime’s attempts to deal with recent wild fires which have torn trough Hama’s forests in recent days The forests and woods of the city of Masyaf in the western Hama countryside…
Even prior to the outbreak of the revolution, north-eastern Syria, which suffered from wilful marginalisation under the Assad regime, had given indications of impending explosion. Despite the region’s vast agricultural wealth and oil resources, the local…
A quarter of people living in Lebanon are now refugees – many of them Syrians. Thousands have applied for asylum in the West, but many want to stay where they are. The BBC’s Lina Sinjab spoke…
A look at the data behind the headlines of what the UN calls the “world’s largest humanitarian crisis” “It’s complicated”. This is often how Syria is described and these words paint a picture of mass killing…
One morning in june 2012 people in homs woke up to find themselves surrounded. Checkpoints and snipers were installed on all the key routes in and out of their area. No food or medicine was allowed…
International investigators have amassed the strongest evidence “since Nuremberg” for the prosecution of Bashar al-Assad and his allies for war crimes, smuggling 600,000 pages of official documents out of Syria. This trove – weighing several tons – includes…
Opposition leader calls for fairer political representation for all groups, stressing that Alawites and the Assad regime are not one and the same Syria’s Alawite community is an essential component of the national social fabric, opposition…
The US-led war against ISIS has given the major Kurdish powers in Syria, including the PYD, a peerless opportunity to achieve their long awaited nationalist vision of a territorially contiguous enclave east of the Euphrates Unlike…
He opened the envelope to see who I voted for. When he read my vote he looked up at me and smiled It was 2014 and Syria’s presidential elections day was approaching, but many of the…
Campaign held by human rights groups aims to shed light on the critical situation in Daraya city in order to put an end to the daily suffering and impending famine Women in Daraya have pleaded with…
Prominent figures and celebrities with ties to the Assad regime enraged by Syrian activists’ attempts to condemn their views by phone Maysoon Berikdar, a Syrian woman living in Germany, has angered many prominent and well known…
My name is Mohamed Alkhateb, and I was born and raised in Palmyra. I went to university in Homs, but when noises started to be made about a revolutionary movement, I knew I had to return to…
The Syrian revolt, which has disintegrated into a bloody attrition war, has been largely viewed as that of a majority Sunni population trying to depose a regime belonging to the minority Alawite sect. While this view…
Editor’s Note: This story is translated from Arabic and has been lightly edited for clarity. The original story, in its original language, can be found here. Our stories of escape can be told in many ways with both their…