Bio
Ammar Hamou
Ammar Hamou is a Senior Editor. Originally from East Ghouta outside the Syrian capital, Ammar studied journalism at Damascus University. He has participated in numerous journalism trainings in the US, Europe and Jordan, and has published in-depth research on the Syrian conflict.
Latest Articles
Grim prospects for Deir e-Zor youth refusing to join Islamic State
Aside from a few regime-held pockets, the Islamic State controls […]
On the Record: Lebanese army rounds up Syrian refugees
May 26, 2015 The Lebanese army arrested 90 Syrian refugees […]
Grassroots Damascus campaign: Detainees ‘biggest tragedy of Syrian people’
An untold number Syrians have died in regime prisons since […]
On the Record: Ahrar a-Sham targets regime leadership
Fighters with Ahrar a-Sham al-Islamiya claim they assassinated Brigadier General […]
Regime resorts to conscription as options narrow in Deir e-Zor
The Syrian army, straining under battlefield defeats and flagging manpower, […]
Last Syriac family leaving PYD-controlled town in Al-Hasakah
The last Christian Syriac family remaining in Amouda, a town […]
Jabhat a-Nusra captures Islamic State child soldiers?
In a video purportedly showing a new type of captive […]
Mortars hit Red Crescent convoy in Douma
Mortar shells originating from an unknown source targeted a humanitarian […]
Rebels move closer to full control of Idlib province
AMMAN: The coalition of rebel groups called the “Victory Army” […]
IS cuts off key rebel supply route from Jordan to the Damascus countryside
AMMAN: Islamic State fighters in a convoy of roughly 100 […]