Ammar Hamou

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Ammar Hamou

Senior Editor

Ammar Hamou is a Senior Editor. Originally from East Ghouta outside the Syrian capital, Ammar studied journalism at Damascus University. He has participated in numerous journalism trainings in the US, Europe and Jordan, and has published in-depth research on the Syrian conflict.

ARTICLES

“Home is always on my mind”: A new podcast by Syria Direct

November 22

In a new podcast series, Syria Direct presents the experiences of displaced Syrians.

Russia urges Syrian refugees to return - with no guarantees for their safety

November 17

Despite the obvious danger to Syrian refugees, Moscow and Damascus urged them to return in an international conference last week.

Syrians in France face the uncertain fallout of political tensions around caricatures, Islam and migration

November 11

After the recent beheading of school teacher Samuel Paty and the ensuing cultural backlash against Islam in France, Syrians have felt increasingly unsafe in France.

In the time of COVID-19, displaced children in Idlib struggle to cling to their right to education in a safe environment

October 29

In order to overcome challenges created by COVID-19, Violet, a local NGO in NW Syria, has created a distance learning program.

Efforts to document chemical weapon attacks in Syria lead to first criminal case against Assad

October 07

Syrian civil society organizations took the lead in building a case against the Syrian regime for carrying out chemical attacks on East Ghouta in 2013.

Five years after the Russian military intervention, Iran’s influence in Syria is growing

October 05

Russia's military intervention in Syria in 2015 has been credited with changing the course of the revolution—however, it also increased Iran's influence in the country.

Sorrow in the city, joy in the desert: A marriage in al-Rukban camp

September 28

Despite of all the challenges, love flourishes in the no-man's land of al-Rukban.

Losing family overnight: A survivor recalls the Ghouta chemical massacre

August 26

Seven years after the chemical weapons attack in East Ghouta, the pain of survivors has not healed.

Update: Syria's official COVID-19 caseload passes 2,000

August 19

Visualizing the current number of Coronavirus cases and potential hotspots in Syria.

Through newly implemented Baath Party primaries, Assad tightens his grip on the Syrian Parliament

July 23

Though the elections might have been a facile process, it helped consolidate Bashar al-Assad's control on the Syrian parliament.