Syria Direct: News Update 8-26-15
Raqqa rebels reject folding Tel Abyad into Kurdish statelet
One day after Arab tribal leaders from...
A-Raqqa
Behind the Islamic State's Raqqa frontlines: ‘People are just waiting for their turn to die’
In an Islamic State-occupied neighborhood of Raqqa city, local journalist Zaid a-Thabit uses a smal...
Tribal leaders agree to fight Islamic State in A-Raqqa
Arab tribal leaders from the Tel Abyad region “expressed their preparedness to fight with t...
Record number of residents returning to Kobani
Hundreds of families from Kobani returned home on Thursday in the largest influx since an Islamic...
Syria Direct: News Update 8-20-15
Aleppo rebels attempt to root out IS, regime agents
The ruling rebel front of al-Jabha a-Shamiya&n...
Tel Abyad resident: YPG ‘not ready’ to run the city
In the weeks since Kurdish-led forces pushed Islamic State (IS) fighters out of Tel Abyad, shortage...
Syria: Bread prices by province
Bread prices in Syria vary widely from province to province: In Damascus, a standard 1kg bag of b...
Syria Direct: News Update 8-19-15
Jund al-Aqsa fighers join IS in Raqqa
An estimated 50 former members of the rebel faction Jund al-...
Tartus families demonstrate to ‘break siege’ on airport
AMMAN: Dozens of family members of regime soldiers took to the streets in the coastal city of Tartu...
Syria Direct: News Update 8-6-15
Amidst talk of ‘safe zone,’ Nusra hands over Aleppo territoryJabhat a-Nusra handed over...
Raqqa activist describes Islamic State extortion tactics
Recently, the Islamic State published a video of the execution of two Syrians accused of working fo...
