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How Desperation Sowed the Seeds of Rebellion in Syria’s Latakia Province

NEWLINES MAGAZINE/3.17.24 — esperation among the Alawite community in the city of Latakia, Syria —...

Thousands of Alawites seek refuge in Lebanon, where locals lead the response

SYRIA DIRECT/3.14.25 — Sara (a pseudonym) wore a fuzzy rainbow jacket, her blue rubber sandals caked...

Sectarian Violence Simmers in Homs

NEWLINES MAGAZINE/3.10.25 — When he works, he goes by the pseudonym “Abu Jassem.” He keeps a small...

Syrian artists fight for a ‘free space of creation’ post-Assad

SYRIA DIRECT/3.6.25 — Down a winding, stone-gray alleyway in Damascus’s ancient city center, a small...

Lebanese find bones and memories of Israeli abuse in Khiam’s ruins

MIDDLE EAST EYE/2.10.25 — Mountains of rubble and debris line the roads in Khiam, on Lebanon’s...

Lebanon’s Rescue Workers Grapple with Their Losses

INKSTICK MEDIA/2.10.25 — hen I met Ali Haj Hassan in Douris, a town in northeastern Lebanon, he was...

Lebanon’s southern villagers confront Israeli soldiers as they fight to return

MIDDLE EAST EYE/2.1.25 — On the outskirts of the southern Lebanese border village of Yaroun...

As ceasefire deadline looms, will Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon?

THE NEW ARAB/1.16.25 — The clock is quickly ticking down on the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire deal. The...

Challenges confront Lebanon on the long road to reconstruction

THE NEW HUMANITARIAN/1.16.25 — Over the past week, Lebanon gained both a new president and prime...

Inside Daraya: The Syrian town starved by Assad and freed by its people

THE NEW ARAB/1.9.25 — The scenes in Daraya, a small town on the outskirts of Damascus, are...

The torture, sexual violence and social stigma faced by Syria’s women prisoners

MIDDLE EAST EYE/12.20.24 — Women's undergarments lay on top of a pile of clothing stacked outside a...

Lebanon: Qana residents recall Israel’s history of massacres in their hometown

SYRIA DIRECT/12.12.24 — Past olive groves and orange orchards in Lebanon’s southern hilly terrain is...
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