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Madeline Edwards
Madeline Edwards worked with Syria Direct until 2019 and previously reported for the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut. She focused on under-reported displaced communities, particularly in Jordan and the Rukban camp.
Latest Articles
‘If we don’t show mercy to animals, we can’t be merciful with one another’: Aleppo’s cat rescuer on new memoir
All his life, Alaa Aljaleel dreamed of becoming a rescue worker. His father had served on Aleppo city’s fire brigade for 40 years, and he was determined to continue the tradition.
Syrian author Khaled Khalifa on latest novel about ‘fear, in all its manifestations’
Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa. Photo courtesy of Yamam Al Shaar.
Souriyeh / سوريّة: Damascus-Beqaa
Hop onto any one of the public minibuses parked on the street outside, and you can be in Damascus in about an hour or two. It’s one of many reminders of home here at Women Now, a center run by Syrian women refugees in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.
‘To the regime, or to the north?’ Rukban residents grapple with hopes of leaving desert camp behind
Qassem has a lot on his mind lately.The father of two is among some 40,000 displaced Syrians residing in the remote Rukban displacement camp along Syria’s border with Jordan.
UN-SARC aid convoy reaches Rukban camp as residents call for safe passage north
SARC aid trucks arrive at Rukban on Wednesday. Syrian Arab […]
Rare humanitarian convoy set to reach Rukban next week, says UN, amid ‘hardest winter yet’ for desert camp
A SARC handout photo shows Rukban residents receiving aid on […]
As ‘last man standing’ battle for final Islamic State enclave in Syria nears its end, what comes next?
Syrians who fled battles in eastern Deir e-Zor arrive at SDF […]
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.
Storm Norma: Inclement weather sweeping Lebanon reveals myriad vulnerabilities of refugees in Arsal, Beqaa Valley
Snow falls on tent canvuses near northeastern Lebanon’s Arsal on […]
US allies in Syria left stunned by shock announcement of military withdrawal
US forces near Manbij in 2017. Delil Souleiman/AFP. AMMAN: US-backed […]