Um Maher was killed by a rocket from a government fighter jet in Kfar Nabl’s city center on August 28, 2012. Her body was never found and she was only identified after her purse was discovered…
UNICEF and other organizations concerned with children and their rights seem unaware that all the years under Baath rule were destructive for children We stand there, close to each other. We raise our heads high, with…
Wed 24 Dec 2014 By Siraj Press Activists warn of a plan to convert the city of Aleppo into a Shiite city Activists in the city of Aleppo warned against the settlement of the families of…
There was a time, not too long ago, when a young woman headed one of the largest networks of Syrian activists working against the Assad regime. She had blue eyes and uncovered blond hair; she spoke…
People are finding alternative ways to fight starvation In a move aimed at challenging the ongoing siege in southern Damascus, people have started to launch…
Syrians are opening restaurants in new host countries, filling the void of pain and nostalgia Syrians didn’t leave their country with just their empty hands; they took with them the aromas of their kitchens to fill…
Khamenei sent a message to the regime’s shabeeha in Nubbul and Zahra The de facto ruler of the areas under regime control, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has sent a message to the regime’s shabeeha in…
The cost of gas cylinders reaches almost a third of people’s salaries Abou Adel is an employee in a government department. He lives in the neighborhood in the center of Damascus. For four days, he has…
France has supplied a key opposition group with the same stickers the regime uses to extend a Syrian passport validity With France now responsible for printing Syrian passports, a new solution has emerged from French…
ate: November-14-2014 12:00 AM till January-15-2015 12:00 AM Location: Building 37 Contact Person: Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship , Asfariinst@aub.edu.lb Category: Announcement Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship First Annual Conference: Exploring an Agenda…
Syrian regime has turned a blind eye to Iran’s sectarian policy within its territory Syria has witnessed a major infiltration by Iran in recent years, especially following the increase in mostly-Shia Iraqi refugees beginning in 2003.…
Snipers are most likely to be a mix of regime forces and National Defence Forces militia members Snipers on the roofs of the national hospital in Homs have become a nightmare for all the people who…
New campaign aims to shed light on untold number of Syrians who have been abducted during the country’s war On December 9, 2013, the Syrian human rights lawyer and founder of the Violations Documentation Centre (VDC),…
Every one of us was aware that there was another world that played itself out underground, down in the vaults and dungeons of the regime ‘Was Maher al-Assad1 present in the great hall? Did he listen…
The regime is trying to circulate news that ISIS is in the Horan Author Maher Sharaf Addine has said the regime is seeking to…
de Reportage by Getty Images PLUS 05/12/2014 More than three years after the start of the war in Syria, the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, is nearly a ghost town. Whole swaths of the city are abandoned and lie in…
Regime media seized the opportunity to prove the mercy of the regime, presenting it as their savior As the severe seige against the people…
Warlords and crisis traders have no interest in reaching settlements between the regime and the opposition forces On the sidelines of the international and regional disagreements on the Syrian crisis, and the quixotic battles between…
All those who call for negotiations, or to stop the bloodshed and the external interference will end up in a prison, the grave or in exile Syrian authorities have detained prominent Syrian opponent Louay Hussein,…
The people, who suffer from oppression and poverty, focus mainly on how to obtain their daily food and a decent life Many Syrians believe that the massive support that the Syrian regime has received from Iran…
Ten months have passed and Razan’s email light is still red! It was not easy for me to hear; I did not believe it, and I do not want to believe. Only the idea that Razan…
There was relative calm in the neighborhood after the aid was delivered U.N. rations were allowed to enter into the besieged neighborhood of Al-Waer in the city of Homs, where approximately 150,000 people live, including 25,000…
Abounaddara has been named winner of The New School’s 2014 Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics by an international jury of artists, critics, writers and researchers. An anonymous collective that emerged at the onset of…
Meeting living expenses is considered a daily priority for Syrians, who are paying the costs of this conflict and difficult conditions it has generated Over the past three years, Syrians’ lives have been engulfed by…