Maher al-Hamdan

Bio

Maher comes from Outer Damascus. He is currently a political science student at Asia Virtual University in Malaysia. During the conflict, Maher worked with different local coordination offices in Outer Damascus. He moved to Jordan in June 2015. He joined Syria Direct to professionalize his journalism skills.

Latest Articles

Syrians fleeing conscription find ‘unsafe’ havens

27 June 2022

For Syrians–including highly educated professionals—fleeing conscription, countries such as Somalia, Libya and Iraq are havens.

Syrian refugees in Libyan prisons: Hostages for ransom

12 April 2022

In Libyan prisons and detention centers, thousands of people—including hundreds of Syrians—face abuse and extortion after being caught trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

‘Expelling the usurper’: Legal avenues to retake homes stolen by Hezbollah in Quneitra thwarted by security concerns

17 May 2021

An estimated 25 houses have been illegally seized by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in the “triangle of death” in southern Syria.

Ain Issa: SDF caught between military confrontation with Ankara and submission to Damascus’s demands

18 January 2021

The latest negotiations between the Kurdish-dominated Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AA) and Damascus have reached an impasse.

Discrimination, inefficiency and politics plague medical care in al-Hol camp

9 September 2019

Amid a dire humanitarian situation in al-Hol camp in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, medical services are reportedly scarce and quality treatment hard to receive, in addition to complaints from residents of discrimination in access to services.

Tribal sponsorship system offers hope to thousands of Syrians in al-Hol camp in al-Hasaka

26 August 2019

AMMAN— In partnership with tribal leaders in eastern Syria, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AA) has issued “tribal sponsorships” to release 1,122 women and children from al-Hol camp in July 2019.