Bio
Justin Clark
Justin worked with Syria Direct until 2019. He focused on post-reconciliation communities in Syria and issues of transitional justice, and previously worked as a translator, interpreter and freelance journalist.
Latest Articles
Suspected IS sleeper cells step up assassinations, attacks in eastern Syria after SDF ‘victory’ in Baghouz
Islamic State sleeper cells are assassinating local officials and laying roadside bombs across eastern Syria, where the militant group is exploiting a fragile security situation despite losing its final territorial foothold in Syria earlier this week.
‘Is it safe to go home?’ Amid promises of amnesty in Syria, defectors abroad weigh their options
One chilly night in recent months, a group of former Syrian army defectors gathered in an apartment in one of Syria’s neighboring countries.
‘To venture into the unknown’: After several years in the diaspora, a defector returns to Syria and then disappears
For months, Abu Mamdouh felt like he was being torn in half.
Souriyeh / سوريّة: The women of Syrian journalism
Syria’s 2011 uprising gave hundreds of Syrian journalists a new voice to tell their country’s story. But have men and women been given an equal voice? What if the language we use to describe Syrian issues is, in and of itself, biased? What if we’re missing half the story?
After cuts, German aid agency reinstates funding to health directorates in rebel-held north with ‘strict conditions’
German development agency GIZ reinstated vital funding to health directorates across northwestern Syria according to “strict conditions,” local officials told Syria Direct on Monday, after it cut funds following major advances by hardline Islamist fighters in the region last month.
After inconclusive talks in Sochi, pro-government artillery escalates bombardment on key Idlib towns
AMMAN: Pro-government forces escalated artillery and rocket barrages on rebel-held towns in Syria’s northwest on Sunday, days after trilateral international talks between Iran, Russia and Turkey over the region’s future ended with little sign of concrete agreement.
Life after reconciliation: East Ghoutans who stayed behind grapple with delayed settlement papers, disappearances
A man rides a motorcycle in an East Ghouta […]
Alleged IS suicide attack on Manbij restaurant kills four US soldiers, injures more than a dozen civilians
AMMAN: An Islamic State fighter detonated a suicide vest beside a restaurant in downtown Manbij, Aleppo province, on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least 15 people—including several American military personnel—and injuring more than 20 others, a Kurdish military source told Syria Direct.
HTS continues offensive against areas of rebel-held northwest, ‘cutting off’ and seizing nearly a dozen towns from factional rivals
AMMAN: Hardline Islamist fighters from Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham seized nearly a dozen towns and villages from rival Syrian opposition factions in the country’s northwest Tuesday morning, as inter-factional clashes continue to tip the balance of power across the rebel-held region for a second week.
‘Like a big prison’: Months into reconciliation, invisible borders still divide Syria’s southwest
A child rides his bike past a mural of Bashar […]