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  • Trees planted near the banks of Maydanki Lake, in the Sheran subdistrict of the Afrin, as part of an afforestation campaign by the Afrin Local Council, 30/6/2024 (Tamara Musa/Syria Direct)

‘We feel the loss’: Afrin Kurds mourn Maydanki’s forest

People in Afrin remember the forest around Maydanki Lake for what it once was: a natural haven, the setting of summer days spent under rustling branches. Now devastated by years of illegal tree cutting by Turkish-backed factions, what hope is there for its future?

  • Umm Muhammad fries kibbeh, a famous Syrian dish made with bulgur wheat and meat, outside her home in the southern Idlib countryside town of Kafr Nubl, 20/3/2025 (Salwa Abdulrahman/Syria Direct)

Preparing for iftar in Kafr Nubl (Photos)

Umm Muhammad prepares an iftar meal for her children in Kafr Nubl, the southern Idlib town she and her husband returned to after the Assad regime fell. Many families—including her children—have not returned due to extensive destruction and poor services. 

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