Jodi Brignola

Jodi Brignola is a former Syria Direct intern and current trainee in Syria Direct’s Media Training Program. Jodi is a Masters candidate in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and is in Amman on a Boren Fellowship.

‘Uneasy’ peace hangs over Syria’s northwest after airstrikes, alleged chemical attack

Nov. 26, 2018

Fighters from pro-Turkey rebel coalition National Liberation Front (NLF) in Aleppo province on Sunday. Photo by Aaref Watad/AFP. AMMAN: A Russian- and Turkish-brokered demilitari...

For ransom or for rule: Local aid workers describe risks amid wave of kidnappings in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

Nov. 1, 2018

Customers buy food on a busy street in the centre of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on September 24, 2018. Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP. AMMAN: Saddam al-Muhammad was walk...

‘The head is Turkish, the body Syrian': Expanding Turkish influence in rebel-held north leaves Syrians ambivalent about the future

Oct. 24, 2018

Inauguration of a courthouse in a-Rai in September. Photo courtesy of the National Police and General Security Forces in a-Rai. AMMAN: When the governor of Turkey’s Kilis p...

Syrians divided over prospects for local election results, as government ‘consolidates its power’

Sep. 20, 2018

Latakia residents vote on Sunday. Photo Courtesy of The Baath Party - Latakia Branch. AMMAN: Turnout was “good” when Syrians in government-held areas made their way t...

Infographic: Idlib, last resort for more than one million displaced Syrians

Aug. 30, 2018

East Aleppo residents aboard buses Idlib in December 2016. Photo courtesy of Aleppo Media Center. Scattered across the strategically crucial northwestern province of Idlib, aroun...