The agony of absence: Wives of disappeared detainees face uncertainty, social pressures
AMMAN: For more than four years, Umm Malak has held on to the hope that her husband Hussein is stil...
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‘There must be a future to look toward’: Syria Direct graduates 11th cohort of trainee journalists
Syria Direct graduated its 11th class of young, aspiring Syrian journalists on Sunday after they co...
‘Victory is near’ say Syrian and Russian media, but attacks deep in regime territory show a more complex reality
AMMAN: The Islamic State fighters struck at night.
At around 11pm this past Friday, internet and p...
Paralyzed East Ghouta residents left with 'emotional and physical void' after airstrikes destroy rehabilitation center
When a suspected Russian or regime airstrike hit the only physical rehabilitation center for spinal...
Divided reactions as Syria’s soccer team nears World Cup qualification
AMMAN: Syria’s national soccer team is facing off against Iran Tuesday evening in a matc...
From Syria to Mecca: Stories of pilgrimage in wartime
AMMAN: Nearly three million Muslims from around the world will leave for Saudi Arabia this week to ...
Writing in exile, Syrian author's tales confront human 'contradiction, complexity, madness'
Syrian author Osama Alomar left Damascus for Chicago in 2008. An intelligence officer had called a ...
Syrian Arab Army soldier says he pays bribes for furlough: 'I have no other choice'
As soon as Ayman graduated from the University of Aleppo in 2013, he was required by law ...
The Philosopher: On exile, justifying murder and today’s ‘cartoonish dictators
Dr. Ahmad Barqawi speaks of Damascus with the voice of exile, “a refugee twice over,” a...
After working with charities in Jordan, Syrian educator notices children who have never been to school. Then, he created his own
In a north Amman neighborhood, 44-year-old Haytham al-Wazir walks the hallways of the a-Tabyan Educ...
The Philosopher: Iconic Syrian academic on freedom, oppression and the origins of the war
One month after Dr. Ahmad Barqawi fled Syria, the University of Damascus announced that he had been...
