Bio
Orion Wilcox
Orion Wilcox was a 2014-2015 CASA fellow in Amman, Jordan where he interned with the UNRWA Jordan Field Office. He received his BA in Economics and Arabic language from the University of Mississippi. Following the CASA program, Orion worked as a freelance translator and interpreter in Amman.
Latest Articles
Airstrikes, landmines and mandatory beards: On the road with a Syrian truck driver
On a clear morning last month, Abu Ahmed, a truck […]
Some Kurds dodge conscription, wary of rumored offensive for A-Raqqa: ‘A battle that is not ours to fight’
AMMAN: The Kurdish-led Self Administration in Al-Hasakah province arrested dozens […]
Sectarianism, suicide bombers and retaliation along the coast: ‘The monstrous way this hatred can manifest itself’
AMMAN: Multiple coordinated explosions rocked two highly secured cities on […]
YPG blocks trucks transporting fuel into rebel-held northwest, creating shortage
AMMAN: Kurdish officials in northwest Aleppo province are blocking hundreds […]
‘Targeting everything that moves’: Regime drops dozens of barrel bombs on camp, destroying last hospital
AMMAN: A regime airstrike struck the only field hospital operating […]
Heat wave slams 50,000 Syrians in desert hoping to cross into Jordan
AMMAN: More than 50,000 displaced Syrians stranded at two desert […]
Economist: New Syrian Central Bank policy sign of ‘massively depleted’ foreign reserves
AMMAN: The Syrian Central Bank on Tuesday increased the official […]
Islamic State ‘still a threat’ to the regime amidst battles for natural gas fields
AMMAN: The Syrian air force claims it conducted multiple sorties […]
‘The lawyer handles everything’: A Daraa mother pays to keep her son in prison and off the frontlines
“In Syria, everything has a price,” says Umm Mohammed, a […]
US investigation of Syria donor leads to aid suspension, price hikes in Idlib
AMMAN: The price of bread grew significantly in parts of northwestern […]