Bio
Alaa Nassar
Alaa was forced to flee Damascus with her family because of the pressure from the Syrian regime in 2013. She was a student of Arabic Language & Literature at the University of Damascus. She came to Syria Direct because she hopes to find a new direction in her life and to show the world what is happening in her country.
Latest Articles
Despite new sharia laws, Morek residents ‘want to return home’ after 2 years of displacement
After more than two years of displacement, hundreds of residents […]
‘No faction upholds journalists’ freedom of expression in this town’
Caught between two competing rebel factions, several journalists in one […]
In rebel-held east Hama province, bread oven meets ‘urgent and pressing need’
The sole bread oven working in the rebel-held east Hama […]
Rural south Aleppo education: ‘Rudimentary equipment in primitive structures’
A blue-tinted classroom, courtesy of the tarp serving as a […]
First responder: Last major north Aleppo hospital destroyed by Russian airstrike
A Russian airstrike reportedly knocked out of service the last […]
In one Damascus suburb, regime moves away from truce and towards ‘surrender’
AMMAN: The regime is throwing its military might at the […]
North Hama residents selling unexploded ordnance
AMMAN: In the north Hama countryside, young men are taking […]
Desperation in regime-held pockets of Deir e-Zor city as Islamic State tightens blockade
Since losing the al-Baghlia neighborhood of Deir e-Zor city to […]
Local brigades to step up as Islamic State withdraws from south Damascus
AMMAN: As the Islamic State prepares to withdraw from southern […]
In one Aleppo town, parents flock to psychological center as some children ‘violent, stressed’
AMMAN: In a northwestern corner of Aleppo province, a new […]