Alaa Nassar

Author

Alaa Nassar

Reporter

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.

ARTICLES

Despite societal and financial hurdles, Idlib's women persevere

November 10

One of the largest barriers to womens' professional advancement and ability to support the family in Idlib is a lack of investment in women and their training facilities.

After stealing their dream of freedom, Damascus goes after Syrians’ assets

November 07

A year and a half after "reconciliation" agreements were signed, Damascus is going after Syrians' assets more than ever.

Nowhere to run: Syrian refugees face Damascus’ security apparatus in the EU

October 23

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians sought refuge from the Syrian government in the EU; however, Damascus' security services are determined to follow them.

Looming humanitarian crisis as Turkey launches its military operation east of the Euphrates

October 11

AMMAN–Ahmad Ali, 21-years-old, stepped out of his car to fill up his gas tank at a station in Raqqa Province, northeast Syria. As his mother and three young siblings waited inside...

Russian pretexts at Assad's disposal

October 01

AMMAN—Although the reasons that led Russia to intervene militarily in Syria, on September 30, 2015, are “plentiful, complex and interrelated,” according to Taha Abdul Wahed, a Syr...

Hijacking of the “freedom revolution”: HTS imprisons activists in northwest Syria (interactive map)

September 15

During the first week of September, protesters across Idlib province expressed their opposition to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) leader, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, and the Syrian gove...

Darayya: Three years in waiting for the return of life

August 27

AMMAN— A few civilians disembarked from an old bus that had just stopped in the western countryside of Damascus and continued their journey to Darayya, a city that has been pummel...

Khan Sheikhoun: A city that dies more than once

August 15

AMMAN - Until recently, the city of Khan Sheikhoun was a symbol of life in Syria. While some accounts date the building of the city to the Byzantine era, discoveries made of build...

Syrian students in Jordan struggle with multiple obstacles to post-secondary education

August 06

AMMAN- 4761 Syrians sat for high school final exams (tawjihi) this year, according to the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education, Sami al-Salaitah, among which hundreds ar...

Four months in, civilians remain a target of the government military campaign on northwest Syria

August 02

AMMAN- Since the beginning of Russia and the Syrian government’s military campaign on northwest Syria in April 2019, territory control has barely changed.