Bio
Avery Edelman
Avery Edelman worked with Syria Direct up until 2019. He graduated from Tufts University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Arabic and International Relations.
Latest Articles
Souriyeh / سوريّة: Art in Exile Part 2
For Syrian pianist and singer Salam Susu, music is about more than just a career.
‘Waiting for a place in the gas line’: Residents of government-held Syria voice discontent over fuel, electricity shortages
Gas cylinders are distributed in the Sarouja neighborhood of Damascus […]
Local councils, civil society brace for HTS takeover after cuts to healthcare funding in rebel-held northwest
AMMAN: Civil society organizations and local government bodies in Syria’s rebel-held northwest are bracing for funding cuts and an encroaching transition towards hardline Islamist rule, after several health directorates in the region suspended employment salaries in response to at least one key donor reportedly pulling funding late last week.
Intra-rebel ceasefire agreement brings HTS offensive to a halt, but expands hardline control in northwest
AMMAN: Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham and rival opposition factions reached a ceasefire agreement covering areas of Syria’s northwest early Thursday, halting a breakneck offensive by the hardline Islamist coalition and laying the ground for its complete administrative takeover of the rebel-held region.
US allies in Syria left stunned by shock announcement of military withdrawal
US forces near Manbij in 2017. Delil Souleiman/AFP. AMMAN: US-backed […]
Property seizures by hardline rebels stoke fears among Idlib province’s fading Christian community
A rebel fighter stands beside an Idlib church in […]
‘The one who gave life to the demonstrations’: Raed Fares, remembered
An undated photo of Raed Fares. Photo courtesy of Kafr […]
Flooded tents, unresponsive authorities at Turkish-run displacement camp bracing for first winter
A Deir Ballut resident assesses water damage to the camp […]
‘To Damascus!’ After years of closed borders, bus and taxi routes linking Jordan, Syria return to business
A taxi, waiting for passengers in Amman’s central Abdali district […]
US-backed SDF seizes key town in ongoing battle for Islamic State’s final foothold in Syria
SDF forces in an unnamed location in Syria. Photo courtesy […]