The Sawa Volunteering Program will help you dispel many previously held notions you might have about traditional volunteering programs in refugee camps. Volunteering is more than just giving back to the community, or actively promoting humanitarian…
Writers, journalists, academics, artists and intellectuals warn of the depth of the gap which these religious and political movements drive our societies and peoples to The expansion of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria…
The journalist Mohamed Omar al-Khatib has died under torture in Sednaya prison, after two and a half years of detention, according to the Media Center of Muaddamieht al-Sham. In news publishe don its website, the center…
Drugs are sold in unmarked boxes With many medicines no longer available in pharmacies, all manner of headache pills, blood pressure tablets, hemorrhoids ointments and drugs for skin diseases, are being sold on the streets and…
Muhammad Zakaria Naddaf was killed just 15 days after the general amnesty was issued After a year under arrest, Dr. Muhammad Zakaria Naddaf has been reportedly killed under torture in Assad prisons. The news…
The interim government was heavily criticized for failing in their responsibilities towards the civil and relief institutions in the liberated areas Azaz People’s Hospital in the countryside of the city of Aleppo has declared that…
Brahimi said he believes Assad never thought of stepping down or making any concessions The former International and Arab envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has described the Geneva I statement as “superficial and consensual”, and said…
The trade in terrorism was mastered by the Iranian and Syrian regimes, and today Maliki’s sectarian regime has entered the race It has now become clear that what is happening in Mosul and the other cities…
Refugee families often prefer to have their children work because they need the income Samir is responsible for student enrolment at a school for Syrian refugees in a Beirut suburb. The school, which is run by…
Since the beginning of the military operations in the countryside of Idlib, the regime intended to disconnect wired and wireless communications there. People have lived disconnected from the outside world, with the only remaining…
What happened was that the boat hit a floating tree branch as it was spinning and was punctured. We were all fighting against the river water to survive Hassan is a Syrian citizen, thirty years old,…
Being Syrian these days only ever elicits one response: “Oh, I’m sorry … it must be terrible for you … Have you got family there?” This reaction is understandable, given the nature of the information that…
Who is (really) protecting Syria’s archaeological and historical heritage? Martin Makinson Corbulo, an officer fighting for the Roman emperor Nero (reigned AD 54-68), once said that a war is won with a pickaxe and not just…
Residents threw trash bags in the fake ballot boxes Garbage containers in the city of Aleppo and its countryside have been transformed into a cynical protest against the “blood elections” being held for the presidency in…
Qusai on the streets of Moadamiya, which has been attacked nearly daily by the regime by shelling and aircraft bombings Twenty-seven-year-old Qusai Zakarya woke up at about 4:30 AM on August 21, 2013. He rolled out…
The perpetrator could not have heard him speaking, or looked into his eyes as he tortured him to death After his death, under torture, a friend of Bilal’s said that, “The perpetrator could not have heard…
The association will promote civil and cultural life, while working against radical and destructive ideology A group of Syrian intellectuals have established a new association, The Syrian Association For Citizenship And New Culture in order to…
The campaign aimed at highlighting the civil movement’s rejection of the Assad regime Syrian activists have began to publish videos and media campaigns condemning what they describe as the “farcical” presidential election announced by the Assad…
The votes will not represent the real view of the people The external view, as filmed by the media in the province of Latakia for the preparation for the upcoming democratic presidential election shows the joy…
It is no surprise to see Bashar al-Assad nominate himself for the Syrian presidency in the upcoming elections, slated for June 3. In the context of destruction, murder, displacement and torture, Syrian politics has become…
Since the Syrian regime announced holding presidency elections next June, many campaigns have been launched to remind the world why Assad cannot be a president anymore. Killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, displacing millions and detaining…
Social media used by both sides in the lead up to the election. The row between the official campaign behind the president of the Syrian regime Bashar Assad and his opponents took a new form, with…
A field hospital where medical workers were operating was taregted in the attack in Daraa A doctor treating the poor, vulnerable residents and rebels in Daraa, Walid Kamal Shabbat, has been killed by Syrian regime airstrikes…
Witnesses express surprise at seeing their names on banners of support Aks Al-Ser has learned that Bashar Assad has used a cheap sectarian method in a number of provinces in order to advertise for his alleged…