Bio
Joseph Adams
Joseph was a 2013-2014 Boren Fellow in Arabic based in Amman, Jordan and is the founder of Open Syria. He holds BA and MS degrees in political science from UCLA and MIT, and is an MA degree candidate in Arabic at Middlebury College.
Latest Articles
Open Syria Map: Damaged and Destroyed Schools in Aleppo and Damascus
AMMAN: One in five schools in Syria is damaged, destroyed, […]
The Ruin of Syria’s Schools: Mapping Damaged and Destroyed Schools in Syria
Photo courtesy of Al-Riyadh. AMMAN: One in […]
Islamic State revels in Palmyra victory amidst looted tons of weapons, ammunition
An Islamic State fighter tours a captured aircraft hanger containing […]
The Islamic State strips, marches regime POWs captured at Palmyra
Joseph Adams AMMAN: The Islamic State (IS) stripped, marched and […]
Regime resorts to conscription as options narrow in Deir e-Zor
The Syrian army, straining under battlefield defeats and flagging manpower, […]
Rebels assault regime supply lines in Hama ahead of Aleppo showdown
AMMAN: Jabhat a-Nusra and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured […]
Regime helicopters barrel-bomb Aleppo school in civilian campaign
A civil defense worker carries a wounded child from the […]
HEARTS, MINDS AND BLACK FLAGS: Jabhat Al-Nusra’s data dump takes aim at the Islamic State
Hearts, Minds and Black Flags: Jabhat Al-Nusra’s data dump […]
Open Syria: The Tabqa airbase massacre
December 7, 2014 On August 27, the Islamic State executed […]