Bio
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
Without proper civil status procedures, a generation of Syrians ‘at risk of statelessness’ in Rukban no-man’s land
Rukban in December. Video courtesy of the Rukban Civil Administration. […]
The other side of the border: In southern Syria, promise of Nasib border rings hollow for civilians mired by rising prices
AMMAN: Ahmad* spends his days sitting in a home without […]
The other side of the border: Despite fanfare over Nasib, business owners in northern Jordan await benefits from resumption in trade
Jordanian residents watch the border traffic from a pedestrian bridge […]
In Jordan’s capital, Syrian refugees mull a complicated return home across recently reopened border
A shopping street in Amman on October 24. Photo by […]
Stranded in Syrian desert, Rukban’s displaced wait on stalled UN aid delivery
A sandstorm hits Rukban camp in October. Photo courtesy of Rukban […]
SDF vows ‘definitive end’ to anti-IS offensive in Deir e-Zor after major setback
SDF fighters clash with IS near Hajin earlier this year. […]
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 […]
Jordan reopens vital border crossing with Syria amid talk of diplomatic ‘normalization’
The Nasib crossing on Monday. Photo courtesy of Damascus Now. […]
Ongoing closure of Rukban smuggling route leaves thousands of displaced Syrians fearing ‘siege’-like conditions
Displaced Syrians protest conditions in Rukban on October 10. Photo […]
In Syria’s relatively quiet, majority-Kurdish northeast, rumblings of Assyrian discontent
Qamishli residents protest the Self-Administration school curriculum in August. Photo […]