‘Unprecedented’ drug use in Raqqa as city recovers from IS rule, say residents
A sign warns against drug use in Raqqa on August 4. Photo courtesy of the Raqqa Municipality.
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Alaa Nassar
Alaa was forced to flee Damascus with her family because of the pressure from the Syrian regime in 2013. She was a student of Arabic Language & Literature at the University of Damascus. She came to Syria Direct because she hopes to find a new direction in her life and to show the world what is happening in her country.
‘They took the idea of a ceasefire and distorted it’: Opposition negotiator reflects on de-escalation after Daraa battle
Government buses gather in held Daraa in a photo from July 15. Photo courtesy of Nabaa Media. ...
Rebel siege of two Shiite-majority Idlib towns ends with total evacuation of residents, militiamen
Evacuees from al-Fuaa and Kufraya arrive in government-held south Aleppo on Thursday. Photo co...
‘We’ve been forced to take up arms’: Idlib civil society workers turn to factions in wake of US funding freeze
A main street in Kafr Nabl in May. Photo courtesy of Gate to Idlib.
AMMAN: Joining a hardline Isla...
‘Deal underway’ for evacuation of two Shiite-majority Idlib towns: rebel source
Al-Fuaa and Kufraya residents calling for an end to the siege in May 2018. Photo courtesy of Kufray...
Grain shortages and financial ruin plague Hasakah farmers as crops fail after devastating drought
AMMAN: For 40 days after sowing their crops last autumn, farmers in Syria’s rural, northeaste...
Unclaimed explosion kills 3 in Idlib town as rebels hunt Islamic State sleeper cells
AMMAN: An unclaimed explosion killed three children and injured other residents of the opposition-h...
Government seizes full control of south Damascus from the Islamic State: Syrian Armed Forces
AMMAN: Syrian government forces announced they seized full control of the southern districts of Dam...
Pro-government forces close in on holdout Islamic State districts in south Damascus
AMMAN: Syrian government forces and allied militias are fighting a “building-by-building&rdqu...
Thousands of displaced people from Homs and Damascus ‘stuck’ at crossing to rebel-held northern Aleppo
AMMAN: Thousands of recent evacuees from the north Homs countryside and south Damascus are “s...
