Opposition court in southern Syria imposes trade tax in bid for security, independence
AMMAN: The main judicial body in rebel-held southern Syria is now taxing local trade with nearby go...
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Opposition authorities in Daraa ban sale of wheat to government-held Syria as ‘severe’ flour crisis looms
AMMAN: Opposition authorities in rebel-controlled Daraa province banned the sale of wheat to nearby...
Three women shaping the future of Syria by taking part in the workforce
Syria’s women are increasingly taking on the role of primary breadwinner in their families as...
Reporters in Syria: Cannon fodder in the chase for news
AMMAN: Mulhem Barakat, a teenage freelance photographer working for Reuters, was killed in Aleppo c...
‘I wanted to show the truth’: Syria Direct trainees reflect as 10th cohort of journalists graduates
Syria Direct graduated its tenth class of aspiring Syrian journalists in Amman on Sunday, marking t...
Photo Essay: A look inside Islamic State schoolbooks in southern Syria
In a small town in southwestern Syria, 10-year-old students open their math textbooks to solve a se...
Thousands of civilians flee towns near Daraa’s frontlines as rebels talk of ‘preemptive strike’ against government forces
AMMAN: Thousands of civilians are fleeing opposition-held towns along frontlines with Syrian govern...
Released from government detention, an art therapist finds new meaning in her work: ‘It all goes out onto the paper’
Baraa Arar encourages her students to draw on the walls. Occasionally, she joins them.
The 24-year...
‘Impending escalation’ in Daraa? As ceasefire feared to expire, an uneasy peace may be in peril
Syria’s southern Daraa province was among the calmest areas in the country after a de-escalat...
Rebel factions in Syria’s south arrest opposition delegates for participation in Sochi talks
AMMAN: Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions in Syria’s rebel-held south detained two local opposit...
Southwest Daraa town ‘cut off’ by rain, landslides and an Islamic State affiliate
AMMAN: Thousands of residents of an isolated town in southwestern Syria are facing shortages of foo...
