Syria

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...

Assad ‘looking for handouts’ on rare trip to China

SYRIA DIRECT/9.25.23 — A procession of jubilant dancers greeted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on...

Can Syria’s anti-regime protests maintain momentum?

THE NEW ARAB/9.7.23 — For over a fortnight, protestors have gathered in the main square of...

Hunger crisis in northwest Syria compounded by quakes, inflation, and aid cuts

THE NEW HUMANITARIAN/6.6.23 — It has been four months since Dalal Jomaa Hasan’s home in northwest...

Assad normalisation leaves Syrians in Rukban camp fearing future

AL JAZEERA/5.28.23 — In a makeshift settlement in the arid “no man’s land” between the Jordanian...

Dark days ahead for Syria’s earthquake-hit northwest

THE NEW ARAB/3.27.23 — Now 13 years into the Syria conflict, northwest Syria is in ruins. Over a...

‘Disaster diplomacy’: Earthquake emboldens Syria’s Assad after years of isolation 

THE NEW ARAB/2.27.23 — Over two weeks since Syria was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, aid has...

Syrians struggle to survive in ‘no man’s land’ desert camp

AL JAZEERA/5.19.22 — The Syrian government and its Russian backers have tightened their blockade on...
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