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10/06/2015 Paris: Concert du groupe Exil

L’Association Franco-Syrienn ESpoir AFSES a le plaisir de vous inviter à son événement                                                                     Groupe Exil                                     Kaled Aljaramani, Mohannad Aljaramani,…

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Turkey Deports Refugees Back Into Syria, Sources Claim – Aks Al-Ser (Opposition website) – Translated and edited by The Syrian Observer

A group of Syrians and Palestinians caught escaping to Greece from Izmir have reportedly been deported back into Syrian territory by Turkish authorities Turkish authorities have deported a number of Palestinian and Syrian refugees to the…

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RSF URGES UN TO PRESS FOR SYRIAN JOURNALIST’S RELEASE

After addressing the UN Security Council yesterday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) secretary-general Christophe Deloire gave a news conference at UN headquarters in New York together with Yara Bader, the wife of the imprisoned Syrian journalist and…

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Interview With the Co-founder of the Syrian Observer, Jihad Yazigi

Jihad Yazigi is the co-founder and publisher of The Syrian Observer, a news website that translates articles from Syrian publications into English for an international audience. JC: How did the Syrian Observer start? Why do you believe there…

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Syria’s War Handicaps Hundreds of Thousands – by Al-Souria (Opposition website)
 – Translated and edited by The Syrian Observer

Over 270,000 cases of permanent disability have been recorded due to the civil war, with victims’ suffering compounded by international disregard for the Syrian tragedy In addition to a huge death count, thousands of Syrian have…

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World Powers Guilty of ‘Cold-Hearted Indifference’ to War Crimes in Aleppo: Amnesty

May 12th, 2015 by Katarina Montgomery “These attacks happen in an instant but they are ripping families apart and they affect them for a lifetime.” The authors of an Amnesty International report that condemns the Assad government for…

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Doctors in Hellish Aleppo Ask the World for More Help

May 13th, 2015 by Tamer Osman “In the free part of Aleppo, there are no hospitals in the typical meaning of the word. They’re merely simple medical centers working 24 hours a day,” a doctor tells Syria Deeply.…

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ISIS Recruits Brides to Solve Middle East ‘Marriage Crisis’

May 8th, 2015 by Katarina Montgomery Mia Bloom spoke with Syria Deeply about ISIS’ recruitment of women and the reality of their lives in Syria and Iraq. Women recruited by the Islamic State – so-called “jihadi brides” –…

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Briefe an Razan Zaitouneh – von Tamara

Seit mehr als einem Jahr nun ist Razan Zaitouneh zusammen mit Samira Khalil, ihrem Mann Wael Hamdah und dem Anwalt Nazim Hammadi verschwunden. Seit 2011 hat Adopt a Revolution eng mit Razan zusammengearbeitet, welche als eine…

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Mental Health Issues the Most Underreported Problem in Syria – by Katerina Montgomery

The World Health Organization estimates that 2 million or more Syrians are suffering from mild to moderate mental problems. The least reported and most underappreciated problem in the Syrian conflict is the country’s severe mental health…

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08/05/2015 Beyrouth : La culture en temps de guerre : l’expérience syrienne

08-05-2015 أفكار بيروت – الثقافة في زمن الحرب: التجربة السورية 8 أيار -6:30مساء  
مركز دواوين، الجميزة عرض لأعمال فنانين سوريين منذ العام 2011، مع سنا اليازجي (الذاكرة الإبداعية – سوريا)، زياد ماجد (الجامعة الأميركية في باريس – لبنان)، وعلي الأتاسي (بدايات –…

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Women Play Essential Role in Civil Defense Teams
 – Translated and edited by The Syrian Observer

Despite cultural taboos, Syrian women continue to play an instrumental role in civil defense teams inside opposition-held areas Women are playing an essential role in civil defense teams inside opposition-held areas of Syria, according to a…

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La communication de Bachar al-Assad se résume à un tissu de mensonges

En réponse aux innombrables mensonges contenus dans les interviews données par Bachar al-Assad à la BBC (février 2015) et à France 2 (avril 2015), on trouvera ci-dessous ce que disait, sur les mêmes sujets, la Commission internationale indépendante d’enquête…

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« Fact-checking » of Bachar al-Assad’s assertions with the conclusions of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria (April 2015)

Contents 1) About the peaceful origin of the conflict in 2011 3) About the international character of the conflict 4) About the roots of extremism and violence along religious lines 5) About Syrian forces using barrel…

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Conversations: A Syrian Refugee’s Life in Jordan – by Maher Ghalyoun

“We face many common hardships. We have almost the same stories. We’re not entitled to work legally. It’s difficult for refugees to get work permits in Jordan. We all struggle to continue our studies. We feel…

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In Syria’s war, Alawites pay heavy price for loyalty to Bashar al-Assad

The Alawites, the Assad family’s sect, have seen up to a third of their young men killed in the Syrian conflict and mothers are now refusing to send their sons to war   In the Assad…

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The Situation in Al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp Is A Heartbreaking Catastrophe – by Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

“The current situation in the al-Yarmouk refugee camp is a heartbreaking catastrophe,” PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said in a statement which PNN received. “Since December 2012, tens of thousands of men, women and…

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Syrian Women and the Uprising: Fighting on Multiple Fronts

In Syria, women were at the core of the peaceful protests since the beginning of the uprising, in March 2011. From renowned opposition figures like Suheir Atassi and activists Marwa al-Ghamian and Razan Zaitouneh, to artists…

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Stop the ‘barrel bombs’ in Syria – by Raed al Saleh

No words can adequately describe what it is like to save a life. It is pure elation to find and rescue a baby from beneath mountains of rubble. But for us the elation never lasts because…

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Breaking free in the great Syrian prison – by Michael Young

In an interview in 2004, the Syrian intellectual Yassin al-Haj Saleh described the last of his 16 years spent in Hafez Assad’s prisons for being a member of the Communist Party-Political Bureau. “After I completed my…

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Zaatari Refugee Camp Braves 3 Month Blackout – by Madar al-Yawm
 (Opposition website) Translated and edited by The Syrian Observer

Refugees in Jordanian camp continue to tackle 90 percent power cut following January’s Huda snowstorm UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Dima Hamdan confirmed that 90 percent of Syrian refugees in Zaatari camp have been…

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07/04/2015 Paris : Fundraiser for Syrian Refugees

Soirée syrienne à l’Université Américaine de Paris Le mardi 7 avril de 18h à 20h  6, rue du Colonel Combes, 75007 Paris Une table ronde sur la crise en Syrie en présence de Bassma Kodmani et…

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A Conversation with Mouaz Al-Khatib, Founding President of the Syrian National Coalition – Summary by Lyla Amini

“The Syrian regime in its current form will continue to be a source of instability and conflict for the Syrian people,” saysSheikh Mouaz Al-Khatib, the founding president of the Syrian National Coalition, “and the region will…

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Regime and ISIS Agree to Share Electricity in Aleppo Countryside
 – by All4Syria – Translated and edited by The Syrian Observer

Deal between regime and ISIS shares power station with over half of the facility’s output going to ISIS-held areas of Aleppo An agreement has been reached to supply regime-held and ISIS-held areas in Aleppo with an…

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