When you took over as president on 10 July 2000, after 30 years of a ruthless dictatorship led by your father, Hafez Al-Assad, both the Syrian people and the international community thought you would be a…
In acknowledging the likely use of chemical weapons in Syria, US President Barack Obama is nonetheless seeking to pursue a cautious path. On the one hand he does not want to be stampeded into military action…
Samar Yazbek on how the relationship between her life and writing is now informed by reality, not fiction As the media reported the use of chemical weapons against the Syrian opposition, a picture taken by an…
Phishing attack is latest by pro-Assad hackers operating out of Dubai, who target sites with views opposed to their own. In recent weeks, the self-styled Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has launched hacking attacks on the…
Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The thirty-year-old man was brought to “spot 200″ in Duma as being injured by chemical weapons. He seemed debile and his voice was barely audible. The fighter on the front of Jawbar,…
It was a typical day for the teenagers, with school followed by a game of football – no different from millions of other boys around the world. Afterwards, they sat about chatting and joking, with one…
Turkey has struggled to find the right response to the Syrian civil war, which has brought shellfire, bombs, militias, refugees, sectarian tensions and uncertainty to its southern border. It has so far generously welcomed at least…
BEIRUT — Lebanese groups on opposite ends of the nation’s polarized political spectrum are starting to play a more public role in the Syrian civil war, rendering Lebanon’s stated policy of neutrality toward the two-year conflict…
Talking to Syria’s rebel leader about chemical weapons, jihadi rebels, and the day after Assad falls. BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | APRIL 28, 2013 SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN SYRIA — On a chilly morning in late March, I met the Free Syrian…
You’ve got to hand it to him. Bashar al-Assad may be a cruel and ruthless dictator, but he does know how to play his cards. His careful, incremental introduction of chemical weapons into the Syrian conflict…
Without foreign military intervention or a substantial boost in military support for the rebels, the civil war in Syria will probably destroy its state and economy. This has spurred much discussion in policy circles about Syria’s…
Publiée le 15 avril 2013 APPEAL BY HEADS OF LEADING UN HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA Enough. Enough. After more than two years of conflict and more than 70,000 deaths, including thousands of children……
Somewhere between civil citizenship and dangerous thoughts on sectarian and ethnic apportionment, divisions and isolation, minorities in Syria are trying to configure their political future. Syria’s minorities are beset by fears of the growing influence of…
Haitham is a revolutionary from the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. He spoke about the role of Palestinians in the Syrian revolution at last month’s World Social Forum in Tunisia “Our first role in the…
On May 25, 2012, 108 people were murdered in the Syrian town of Houla. Gruesome videos of woman and children slaughtered in their homes spread like wildfire across the Internet, the United Nations issued a report that attempted to discern…
As fighting continues, with the regime losing ground despite its military superiority, solidarity emerges on the ground. There are many reasons to be worried about Syria. The uprising that manifested itself through peaceful demonstrations in 2011…
Statistics for the number of martyrs 57058 Aleppo 8969 Damascus 4374 Damascus Suburbs 12697 Daraa 4995 Deir Ezzor 3736 Hama 4132 Hasakeh 367 Homs 9106 Idlib 6735 Lattakia 742 Quneitra 204 Raqqa 591 Sweida 44 Tartous 82 Child – Male 4216 Child – Female 1855 Adult – Male 47126 Adult –…
الكاتب ياسين الحاج صالح-الكاتب والمخرج المسرحي غسان جباعي -الشاعر فرج بيرقدار المخرجة هالا محمد Ghassan Gabi (The director and playwright ) – 10 ans de prison Faraj Beyraqdar (The poet) – 14 ans de prison Yassin Hajj Saleh…
Jusoor www.jusoorsyria.com Jusoor is a US-registered charity working to connect and engage the global Syrian expatriate community in education and development initiatives for Syria. It is also registered in Canada and the UK and we work…
Ahmed’s example — an ordinary person compelled to heroism — is the real story of the Syrian revolution Two years ago Ahmed Shihadeh enjoyed a peaceful, if routine, life as a married young man living and…
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Six months after Syrian secret police officers led Dr. M. Nour Maktabi away from his Aleppo clinic, the morgue at the university hospital summoned his family to collect his corpse. At first glance,…
A young Syrian doctor who fled the country after providing health care to hundreds of people wounded in the grassroots uprising told his story for the first time in early March at a gathering of the…
Bonjour à Tous, J’essaye depuis quelques minutes de vous annoncer une grande nouvelle. Mais je ne sais pas comment m’y prendre. Un sentiment amer se confond dans la joie qui m’anime. Alors que mon film “Les Chebabs…
Le site theonion.com a mis en ligne, lundi 25 mars 2013, une lettre de remerciement du chef de l’Etat syrien pour la compréhension dont a fait montre à son endroit la communauté internationale au cours des deux années…