Bio
Alaa Rateb
Originally from Homs, Alaa Moved to Jordan in 2013 due to the security situation in Syria. She volunteered with Syrian refugees before joining Syria Direct.
Latest Articles
Assad forces nearly reach Jordan border in midnight stealth operation
AMMAN: Syrian Arab Army forces came within three kilometers of […]
After leaving Waer for a life in the camps, former resident says his home condemned by security forces
Former FSA fighter Ammar Abu Uday is living with his […]
Dozens of casualties in Daraa countryside town as airstrikes spill over from rebel-regime battles in provincial capital
AMMAN: Residents of an opposition-held town in southwestern Syria are […]
Measles spreads through rebel-held south Syria after two years without vaccinations
AMMAN: A measles outbreak in opposition-held regions of southern Syria […]
In recently surrendered Damascus suburb, rebel fighter stays behind: ‘I want a normal life’
An estimated 10,000 civilians, rebel fighters and their families began […]
Idlib’s education director tours the province to find out: Why are so many children dropping out?
In rebel-controlled Idlib province, school enrollment is plummeting. Idlib’s Education […]
Final evacuees depart Homs city, rebels surrender the ‘capital of the revolution’
AMMAN: The final convoy of opposition fighters and residents is […]
At nexus of Aleppo power struggle, displaced Syrians lose homes, demand right to return
AMMAN: Hundreds of displaced Syrians in the east Aleppo countryside […]
Idlib’s rebel court system in disarray, says former judge
Mohammad Nour a-Din al-Hameidi has not presided over a courtroom […]
Why I chose to stay: Mother of detained sons stays behind in destroyed Homs district after surrender
At a protest in Homs city against the rule of […]