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
‘Uneasy’ peace hangs over Syria’s northwest after airstrikes, alleged chemical attack
AMMAN: A Russian- and Turkish-brokered demilitarized buffer zone in northwestern Syria that has weathered months of tit-for-tat violence between pro-government forces and rebels could hang in the balance after a major escalation in bombardments there that has tested relations between Moscow and Ankara.
‘We don’t even know if he’s alive’: Despite promises of reconciliation, rebels and former opposition figures disappear
Microbuses in Daraa city on October 2. Photo by Mohamad […]
Prosecutors issue arrest warrants for Ali Mamlouk, other high-ranking Syrian officials over ‘crimes against humanity’
A Damascus street in July. Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP. AMMAN: […]
After repeat delays, long-awaited aid convoy reaches Rukban camp amid critical food, medicine shortages
SARC personnel near trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Rukban camp. […]
Daraa residents ‘paralyzed’ by economy in recession, collapse of opposition-era civil society and NGO networks
Daraa city on October 2. Photo by Mohamad Abazeed/AFP. AMMAN: […]
‘We want things back to how they were’: Business owners in Jordan’s north await uncertain reopening of Syrian border
The border wall demarcating the end of Jordanian territory (right) […]
‘Nothing is as it should be’: Residents in East Ghouta struggle under broken economy six months into government rule
Al-Jalaa Street, site of Douma’s largest market, in December 2014. […]
Refugees expert: ‘More displacement’ to come as returning Syrians face myriad obstacles back home
Syrian refugees in Beirut prepare to depart for Damascus in […]
US-backed SDF battles to capture final IS stronghold in eastern Syria
A US helicopter above SDF territory in eastern Syria on Tuesday. […]
‘I don’t know where I can go’: Thousands displaced by bombardment in northwestern Syria
After a government airstrike in al-Hubeit on Sunday. Photo courtesy […]