Bio
Will Christou
Will Christou studied Arabic and International Studies at the University of Florida. He has interned and worked for a variety of publications and think-tanks and joined Syria Direct in 2019. He has studied and worked in Jordan since 2017.
Latest Articles
SDF continues to recruit child soldiers, despite pledges to stop the practice
Despite promising to end the use of child soldiers in 2014, the SDF has continued to recruit and use child soldiers.
Damascus struggles to import food as Syrians go hungry
Syria is increasingly struggling to import the most basic of goods — and its citizens are going hungry as a result.
‘A ticking time bomb’: COVID-19 spike catches northeast Syria unprepared
The COVID-19 caseload has sharply spiked in northeast Syria over the last month, challenging the Autonomous Administration’s governance capacity.
Delayed by COVID-19, constitutional committee renews hope in political solution for Syria
Delayed by COVID-19, the third round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was meant to be a stepping stone towards a political solution of the civil war.
Update: Syria’s official COVID-19 caseload passes 2,000
Visualizing the current number of Coronavirus cases and potential hotspots in Syria.
Turkish dams threaten northeast Syria with ecological and economic blight
Decades of Turkish dam building on the Euphrates river has left northeast Syria on the brink of ecological disaster.
Inside an American journalist’s fight to get off the US ‘kill list’
“Most of my drama revolves around having a big mouth; I got it from my mother,” Bilal Abdulkareem said, laughing. Inside Abdulkareem’s fight to get off the US ‘kill list.’
Is the EU obligated to repatriate its children from northeast Syria?
What are the legal obligations of EU member states in repatriating EU children from northeast Syria?
UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Kevin Kennedy: Closing Bab al-Salameh ‘endangers the lives of children’
UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Kevin Kennedy, speaks with Syria Direct about the humanitarian situation in northwest Syria and the impact of the recent closure of Bab al-Salameh.
What’s next for humanitarian aid in NW Syria after cross-border aid veto?
With the expiration of the UN cross-border aid resolution looming, alternative methods for aid delivery appear less than satisfactory.
