Lina Eghzawi

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Lina Eghzawi

Originally from Daraa, Lina studied Literature at Damascus University. She moved to Jordan in 2012 and completed a degree in interior design.

ARTICLES

Assad forces nearly reach Jordan border in midnight stealth operation

June 20

AMMAN: Syrian Arab Army forces came within three kilometers of a border crossing with Jordan on Tuesday following a secretive midnight operation behind rebel frontlines, local mil...

Dozens of casualties in Daraa countryside town as airstrikes spill over from rebel-regime battles in provincial capital

June 15

AMMAN: Residents of an opposition-held town in southwestern Syria are reeling after the second major airstrike in ten days pushed the death count there to over 30, residents and C...

After nearly two-year closure, Turkish border crossing opens to hundreds of Syrians

June 13

AMMAN: Hundreds of Syrians residing in Turkey are temporarily re-entering their home country for the Eid holiday on Tuesday, as Turkish authorities reopen a northern Aleppo border...

Dozens of casualties after latest row between Turkish-backed rebels

June 12

AMMAN: Residents of a former Islamic State stronghold in Syria's northern Aleppo province are sheltering indoors on Monday, 24 hours after infighting between Turkish-backed rebels...

US-backed rebels losing territory in east Syrian desert to regime

May 29

AMMAN: As US-backed rebels confront the Islamic State in Syria’s strategic eastern desert, regime forces are capturing chunks of their rear positions farther west, with oppo...

‘We must set an example’: Enforcing the polygamy ban in Syria’s Kurdish-held north

May 29

In April 2014, the legislative council of the Self-Administration—the governing authority of Syria’s de facto autonomous Kurdish-held regions in the north—issued...

Four hours of water every 10 days: Municipal services falter in 'overcrowded' Idlib city

May 23

Before the war, Idlib city, a provincial capital in northwestern Syria, was home to an estimated 180,000 people. Today, as the urban center of the...

At nexus of Aleppo power struggle, displaced Syrians lose homes, demand right to return

May 18

AMMAN: Hundreds of displaced Syrians in the east Aleppo countryside held protests this week, demanding the right to return to their towns that were declared military zones when th...

Sick residents evacuated, injured fighters leave as second round of Four Towns Agreement begins

May 08

AMMAN: Ambulances transported five chronically ill residents from two encircled, pro-regime towns in Idlib and 20 injured fighters from the Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus on Mo...

As Waer returns to regime control, residents once determined to stay explain why they're leaving for a life 'in tents'

May 04

Ramziah al-Assaf was determined to stay in Homs city. Al-Assaf lives in Waer, a formerly rebel-held neighborhood of Homs now in ruins after years of siege and Syrian regime airst...