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'The Situation is miserable': IDPs caught between Turkey and Damascus' forces

Oct 17,2019

Al-Rukban camp faces challenges after decline in assistance and services

International volunteers play a key role in documenting Turkish offensive

Turkey’s ‘Operation Peace Spring’ further splinters the Syrian opposition

Looming humanitarian crisis as Turkey launches its military operation east of the Euphrates

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Syrian government forces returning displaced persons to pay for services they never received

September 16

AMMAN—Months after returning to her home in west Damascus, Samira Muhammad (pseudonym) is surprised to learn that she is indebted to an electricity company for several years of bi...

Four years after the “refugee crisis:” Germany remains a safe place for Syrians

September 16

BERLIN—We met in a moment of despair at the end of July. Mahmoud, whose name and age have been changed to protect his identity, had been prevented from crossing the Bosnian border...

With unsustained university scholarships, Syrian students in Jordan face unknow...

September 05

SDF arrest humanitarian workers in Raqqa, raising questions and concerns

August 19

Zataari: the 'forgotten village’ that became the largest refugee camp

August 06

Hezbollah transforms civilians’ homes in southern Syria into Israeli targets

July 30

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“Euphrates oil” breaks US sanctions on Damascus

August 26

AMMAN— Since last April, the Russian-backed-Syrian government forces and allied militia have launched a military offensive against the last opposition strongholds in northwest Syria, which necessitated immense amounts of fuel as the country suffers from a severe shortage.