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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
‘Religious freedoms, political restrictions’: Amid dispute over local education policy, Assyrian writer reflects on minority rights in Syria’s northeast
Syria’s majority-Kurdish Hasakah province is, for the most part, quiet—tucked […]
‘Those who must go, must go’: As the years drag on in Rukban camp, pregnant women face strapped medical services or a risky return home
Rukban women enter UN-run clinic in Jordan in March 2017. Photo by […]
Despite talk of returns, displaced Syrians in Rukban remain ‘caught in the middle’ of closed borders and geopolitics
Pocket after pocket of opposition-held territory has fallen to the […]
After Idlib agreement, hints of HTS-NLF tensions in one rebel-held town
The remnants of an explosion in Darat Izza last week. […]
Photo essay: Displaced Syrians in Rukban camp build an education system from scratch
Displaced Syrians in Rukban camp build an education system from scratch
Sudden closure of UN-run medical clinic leaves tens of thousands in Rukban camp without vital care
Rukban camp in March. Photo courtesy of Rukban Camp Civil […]
Syrians brave Turkish gunfire, rugged backroads to escape looming Idlib battle
Turkish-backed rebels near the border wall in Idlib province, October […]
Despite government assurances, fears of conscription among young East Ghoutans sour hopes for return to university
Downtown Damascus in July. Louai Beshara/AFP. AMMAN: Nasser was into […]
With memories still fresh from Daraa battle, recent arrivals to Idlib fear violence on the horizon
Russian and Syrian soldiers guard a crossing east of Idlib […]
What’s next for the millions of internally displaced Syrians? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct
Rebel fighters and their families arrive in rural northern Aleppo […]